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Blind Awareness Month

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-10-01T16:17:54-04:00October 1st, 2011|

October 1 marked the start of Blind Awareness Month and what better way to raise awareness then to have a benefit walk at the YMCA Camps of Medford! The Little Rock Foundation started the BAM Walk last year and this year they improved on participants this year. In total, 100 people (and a handful of dogs) make their way around Lake Stockwell, some even did the loop twice. All racers enjoyed a delicious BBQ and plenty of sunshine! The Little Rock Foundation has been working with the YMCA Camps of Medford for over 10 years and the BAM Walk for [...]

A magical weekend…

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-09-25T19:22:37-04:00September 25th, 2011|

Hello dear friends… Did you know we cater events here at Camp? I hope you did… but if not, now you do! My staff and I, with the help of the Group Services Staff and just about every one else around Camp prepared for and hosted a magical weekend wedding event over the last three days. Many hours were spent transforming all of Matolly in to a “destination wedding retreat” for our new friends Nick and Kate. Roads were groomed, the dining hall was scrubbed and polished, leaves were raked, chafing dishes were shined… […]

Camp is buzzing again

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-09-10T16:30:01-04:00September 10th, 2011|

The YMCA Camps of Medford have been pretty quiet since Hurricane Irene passed through and this weekend we are extremely excited to have folks out at both camps. The Howell Girl Scouts arrived Friday evening with about 200 Girl Scouts and the University of Pennsylvania arrived Saturday morning with about 80 students. The Howell Girl Scouts have been coming to Camp Matollionequay […]

Labor Day Family Camp

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-09-04T06:07:32-04:00September 4th, 2011|

Each year we wrap up the summer by hosting Labor Day Family Camp for families and friends to spend some quality time at YMCA Camps of Medford. This year is special to us because it marks the third year in a row in which we have had an increase in new families attend Labor Day Family Camp. […]

On the move….

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-08-09T17:09:30-04:00August 9th, 2011|

This past weekend, the volunteers from Above & Beyond fitness spent their Saturday morning working to clear more of our trails in preparation of our 1st 10k Mud Run. Chad Mason, the driving force behind the event has been working extremely hard to build the only mud run in south New Jersey, in doing so, helping YMCA Camp Ockanickon develop it’s the amazing trail system. […]

Getting up and getting out

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-08-04T16:12:51-04:00August 4th, 2011|

Anybody who has run around Camp Ockanickon’s trail system in the past couple of weeks must be wondering why some of our single track trails have started to look a little bigger and a little cleaner.

A big thank you to Troop 22175

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-04-26T17:00:41-04:00April 26th, 2011|

A big thank you to Troop 22175 for coming out and joining us at camp last weekend An even bigger thank you to Rick and Kayla for giving them such a fulfilling experience. It’s amazing to see how just a touch of camp can make such a huge impact.

Going, Going, Green!

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-03-22T15:00:09-04:00March 22nd, 2011|

This past week, as you might have heard from Gab’s post, I was at the ACA Tri-State Camping Conference. The conference is a great opportunity for camps of all kinds to get together and hear from some of the leaders in the camping world. I attended a session on creating a competitive advantage by going green. It was a very interesting session and gave me a lot of ideas about what I can take back to camp to help us make a positive impact on the place we are responsible for. One little fact I learned from another camp was [...]

Camp had a very special visit.

By YMCA of the Pines|2010-11-26T17:37:53-05:00November 26th, 2010|

Hey folks! If you have visited Camp recently, or plan to visit soon, you will notice that the lakes look... well... a little empty. "Why?" you ask... well, I was wondering the same thing. Over all the years of working and living here at Camp, I never really knew why we lower the lakes every fall through the winter. I went straight to the source... our own Property Director, Mike Dzwill because surely he would have an answer for us. Mike informed me that lowering the lakes in the winter has a two-fold effect. One reason is to protect the [...]

Getting our hands dirty…

By YMCA of the Pines|2010-10-14T17:17:34-04:00October 14th, 2010|

Greetings Friends of Camp... Last weekend we had another hugely successful Roll Up Tour Sleeves Weekend!! We had about 60 participants come out and spend some time lending a hand to spruce up Camp. Among the projects completed were a new bike rack for Matolly, a makeover to the flower bed in front of the Ocky Dining Hall (pictured below) and to the flower beds at both front entrances, a new Gaga court by the Trading Post at Ocky, remodeling inside the Ocky Boat House, staining of various structures, new benches all around Camp, new lighting at our Headquarters Building, [...]