Today was our first full day of camp, and what a beautiful day it was! The weather was fantastic allowing us to fully enjoy the extent of the campus. Juniors began their classes today in the morning (Religion, Heritage, Arts & Crafts, and Armenian Language) while the Teens had Sports
Today began with Badarak for the Staff and CITs, celebrated by our incoming director and long-time SVC veteran, Fr. Vasken Kouzouian. After brunch, campers and their families started to arrive for registration. After the campers got settled into their dorms, Counselors and CITs had group time with their campers to
Today was a gorgeous day! It was sunny and the temperature wasn’t too hot or too cold. After our normal daily schedule came to an end everyone began preparing for the CIT Hunt. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a delicious outdoor bbq. Then everyone headed to shower and get ready for the
Today we welcomed Maria Derderian, St. James (Watertown, MA) Youth Minister to St. Vartan Camp and enjoyed her morning message during chapel. She also taught our religion classes today. It was a stormy day in Upstate New York, so we were unable to be outside in the afternoon for sports
This morning we were very excited for Culture and Heritage with Maestro Khoren. We had a lot of fun singing Armenian folklore songs and dancing. In Arts and Crafts, we tye-died pillow cases. In the evening, we had so much fun playing CLUE and running around the campus in our
Today was a great day at St. Vartan Camp. Our new campers that arrived on Sunday night enjoyed their first day of classes, sports and swim. We all especially loved the Armenian Daning in Culture and Heritage and using the sand volleyball court during sports. In the evening we played
Our day began with Badarak celebrated by Fr. Krikor Sabounjian. In addition, we were blessed to have Archbishop Yegishe Girazian and Fr. Diran Bohajian with us. We enjoyed a delicious brunch and then had some free time before the day’s schedule began. Today we welcomed 15 new campers for session
Saturday we all enjoyed sleeping in for an extra 30 minutes before heading to chapel. After breakfast, we said goodbye to 16 one-week campers during our closing program. Then we headed off to lunch and got ready for a day of camp-wide Olympics. The red and blue teams competed in
During sports today, the campers loved playing dodgeball and swimming in the pool. After our pizza dinner, the campers prepared for the dance, while the CITs decorated the rec center for “A Night Under the Stars.” Everyone enjoyed dancing to both Armenian and American music throughout the night. After the
Today was a gorgeous day! We took advantage of the wonderful weather on the sports field and in the pool! Today in Arts and Crafts we had some fun with sidewalk chalk, and in Religion we enjoyed being taught by Hayr Daniel. Once our daily schedule wrapped up, everyone’s mind
