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
This morning we said goodbye to nine campers, but we will be welcoming seven new campers and one CIT tomorrow. We had our closing program and handed out our first batch of Camper of the Week awards. Juniors and teens each had some swim time in the afternoon. We had
We had another great day here at St. Vartan Camp. We were able to enjoy an extreme break in the weather, and most of us wore sweatshirts throughout the day. Instead of going swimming, the campers had an extended period of sports and had a lot of fun playing dodgeball.
Today was a breath of fresh air – literally. The weather cooled down and we enjoyed being outside. Religion was taught by Der Madiros and Der Hrach, and we also had a short visit from Hayr Oshagan. Vahe whipped our campers into shape during bootcamp, so they especially appreciated their
We had another full day here at St. Vartan Camp. The heat went down a little bit, but we were still vigilant with water and sunscreen. Der Vart Gyozalyan joined us today with his wife Yn. Lucine and their two daughters, and they will be with us until Friday. We
The sun was beaming today, but the heat didn’t get our spirits down! The staff made sure that the campers were sun-screened, bug-sprayed and kept in the shade. We cut sports short and gave the campers an extended swim time. Today we had a visit from the Primate of our
