Today was our first day of classes. The juniors began their morning with Religion, Armenian Language, Heritage and Arts & Crafts. While the teens began their day with sports and swim. In Armenian class the campers learned basic conversational skills. In Religion, the clergy instructors discussed the importance of the
Our first full day of the camp season began today with the celebration of Badarak. Fr. Aren relayed the story of “The Ten Legged Man” to the campers and encouraged them to go out of their way for their Hye Camp family to be good Christians and serve one another
Opening Day was a great success at Hye Camp! After registration, the campers and their families gathered for a brief prayer service and welcome followed by an outdoor barbecue. After dinner, the CITs and counselors rounded up their campers and headed to their cabins for games and activities to help
On Wednesday, August 4, 26 staff and 32 CITs gathered from around the Diocese for a three day training session prior to the arrival of their campers. During their training, the CITs and Staff worked together to prepare themselves for their leadership role at Hye Camp. Each morning, the staff
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The goal of Hye Camp is to bring together children of Armenian heritage, in a Christian family atmosphere, where they can experience friendship and fellowship, participate in athletic activities and learn the history, culture, and faith of the Armenian Church. Hye Camp is a unique, Christian-based youth camp for Armenian
Saturday at Hye Camp was a day of uniting together as one. Many of our activities over the course of the week end up separating our campers by age groups, but today we were all together all day long. Fr. Tavit celebrated Soorp Badarak and everyone accepted holy Communion. Following
Friday at Hye Camp was a very rainy day. However, nothing was going to dampen the spirits of our campers because everyone was looking forward to the Hye Camp dance in the evening. We had to say goodbye to Maestro Khoren but our staff took advantage of the situation and
This morning, Srpazan wrapped up his visit to Hye Camp. After leading our morning prayer service, he met with our senior staff members to wish them well and offer his blessing for all their hard work this week. We all wished Srpazan safe travels as we prepared for another day
On Wednesday, Hye Camp really started heating up. The weather was perfect for all outdoor activities, even for arts and crafts. Today, the campers made prayer boxes outside at the picnic tables to soak in the beautiful weather. Maestro Khoren continued his singing. Religion classes were a big hit while
