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Flee Fly!

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-03-07T03:01:56-05:00March 7th, 2013|

One of my all time favorite camp songs is Flee Fly. Not only do all the campers get really into it but so does the Stockwell staff. Throughout the summer we hold two staff Flee Fly relay races in which the campers sing the song as loud as they can and 4 teams of 2 counselors race to the Ockanickon Dam and back to the Dining Hall. Is it summer yet?! Flee Fly - repeat me song flee flee fly flee fly flow flee scott acumalouda acumalouda acumalouda escot no no no not tenescot escamany salimany do ought do oughtimany [...]

Coach Carter

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-03-05T11:42:04-05:00March 5th, 2013|

Last night while watching one of my favorite movies “Coach Carter”, with Samuel L Jackson, a quote caught my attention. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be... Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children [...]

Learn to Cook… week two…

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-03-03T18:45:51-05:00March 3rd, 2013|

Hello all! This week in our Learn to Cook class we tackled the one and only... meatballs! We learned that meatballs are in just about every culture in one form or another... with the flavor and sauce varying depending on the region. Of course we all know the Italian version... or possibly the Swedish meatball... but did you know that in Germany there is a very famous variant of meatballs are Königsberger Klopse, which contain anchovy or salted herring, and are eaten with caper sauce? Or in Indonesia, meatballs are called bakso which are usually served in a bowl, like soup, with noodles, beancurd (tofu), egg, siomay/steamed [...]

Discovery Programs at Camp Ockanickon!

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-03-02T07:06:11-05:00March 2nd, 2013|

Looking to become a better climber, boater or mountain biker this year? Then be sure to sign-up for one of our Discovery Programs being held at Camp Ockanickon this year. https://ycamp.org/documents/2013SpringLearnToRegistration.pdf

Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-03-01T11:03:06-05:00March 1st, 2013|

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” Happy 109th Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Camp Kesem

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-02-26T10:59:10-05:00February 26th, 2013|

Nearly three million children live with a parent who has cancer and many more have lost a parent to cancer. This summer, Camp Kesem will provide life-changing summer camp experiences for over 2,000 children by empowering 1,500 college student leaders at 41 chapters across the country. We are proud to announce that YMCA Camp Ockanickon has partnered with the Camp Kesem – Columbia University chapter to provide 50 children whose parents have or have had cancer with a summer camp experience. This experience is provided for children at no cost to individual families and provides children affected by a parent’s [...]

Learn To Cook – Week 1

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-02-24T08:20:49-05:00February 24th, 2013|

Hello all! This past Friday we started our Learn to Cook program here in the kitchen and all 8 of our students showed up ready to cook! For the first class we started with a chat about kitchen safety and sanitation while we took a tour of our rather large instutitional style kitchen. […]

Beef & Ale Fundraiser

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-02-23T12:24:40-05:00February 23rd, 2013|

Well...just because St.Patrick's Day is a week before does not mean you cannot come out and celebrate St.Patrick's a week later. Please come out to Camp Ockanickon to support our annual campaign to send more children to camp. https://ycamp.org/documents/2013StPatricksDay.pdf

Code of a Camp Counselor

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-02-22T13:52:59-05:00February 22nd, 2013|

I have an old staff shirt from 1992, I believe. It is badly faded and is, at this point, more of a see-through shirt. I can't quite remember where I got it, because I was still a camper in 1992, but the words on the back of the shirt still ring true today for all of our counselors. I've never seen this anywhere but on that old shirt. We even used it again about 10 or 12 years ago on the back of a staff sweatshirt (that no longer fits around my middle!). I'm not sure who came up with [...]

School’s Out at Camp!

By YMCA of the Pines|2013-02-21T12:09:15-05:00February 21st, 2013|

Last week we hosted School's Out at Camp for our campers in the surrounding districts. We did some pretty fun activities: gaga, roof ball, archery, arts & crafts, and we even made our very own play dough! One of my favorite activities we did last week was play Predator vs. Prey in the Black Forest. Below is a picture of a few campers hanging out in the Black Forest waiting for a new game to start.

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