We had a breezy day here at St. Vartan Camp. The weather was beautiful and the campers loved spending time outdoors. They played soccer in sports and enjoyed their time at the pool. Our arts and crafts teacher, Zaven Donoian, also took advantage of the nice weather and had the
Session C is officially in full swing! The whole camp family woke up bright and early and gathered for chapel at eight o’clock. After being filled with a delicious batch of chocolate chip pancakes, campers went to their morning locations. The CITs did a great job at teaching Armenian dances
We’ve finally arrived at our last session, and we couldn’t be more excited to begin! The new batch of campers came in this afternoon, settled into their rooms and (eagerly!) bid farewell to their parents. At the opening meeting, we reviewed the schedule and the rules with the campers and
We can’t believe Session B is already over! This morning was a flurry of laughter and tears as the campers reminisced over the past two weeks and said goodbye to their new family. At closing program, counselor groups handed out their Camper of the Week awards, and some campers got
Today was a bittersweet day for our Session B campers. They had so much fun while going throughout their day, but they knew that soon they would be packing and saying their goodbyes. The campers made the most out of classes, sports and swim and their time with their counselor
We’re almost at a close! Everybody at camp was definitely soaking up every moment they could to have fun and grow closer with their new friends. Our schedule went as usual today, but by the afternoon, we were vigilantly watching the approaching storm and made sure that we were as
We’re halfway through our second week! Today Vahe worked everyone to their cores in bootcamp. For the juniors, Stepan brought the campers back in time to visit famous Armenian artists, such as Yousuf Karsh, Arshile Gorky, Komitas Vartabed and Martiros Saryan. Before dinner, everyone got their thinking caps and running
We had another full day today! Unfortunely, we had to say goodbye to Jenni this morning as she left for Hye Camp, but we now have Greg Dalakian filling in as Camp Administrator for the remainder of the camp season. This morning, Der Diran Bohajian from Fair Lawn, NJ began
Today was our second Snowday here at St. Vartan Camp. It was a blast! The campers loved being able to keep their pajamas on and having a change from the classes routine. They rotated between singing Christmas carols, drinking hot cocoa, building snowmen, coloring ornaments, listening to A Christmas Story
Since we celebrated Badarak yesterday evening, we were able to sleep in a little bit and have a special Jashoo service led by Michael and other deacons in our camp family. Jenni encouraged us to love others both at camp and at home with a message based off of Romans
