St. Vartan Blog

A1 – Wednesday

We took full advantage of the sun today! Jennifer Morris, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, began our day with a message in chapel that inspired us to let our faith be stronger than our fears. Making the most of the gorgeous weather, campers ran laps and motivated each

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A1 – Tuesday

This morning, our Camp Director Der Khachatur rallied our spirits with an encouragement to lend a helping hand wherever we see a need. We took full advantage of the morning sun and soaked up our sessions of sports and swim in the beautiful weather. Campers cheered each other on as they

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A1 – Monday

  Today was our first full day here at St. Vartan Camp! After breakfast, chapel, and flagpole, our campers jumped into their new camp routines. They cheered each other on during a game of handball, and they enjoyed the coolness of the pool during swim time. Today in classes, campers

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St. Vartan Camp 2016

The St. Vartan Camp season kicked off today with the start of session A. After several days of staff training, the counselors eagerly awaited for their campers arrival. Once settled in their dorms, the campers, CITs and Staff gathered in counselor groups to get to know each other before the

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C2 Friday

Today was our last full day at camp and we certainly made it a good one! To everyone’s surprise, instead of our usual reveille this morning, Christmas carols played! We had a surprise “Christmas Day” here at camp and it was a ton of fun. We enjoyed sleeping in for

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C2 Thursday

Another busy day here at camp! The sun was shining all morning, so Armenian and Arts and Crafts were held outside today. The CITs were hard at work making decorations for our dance tomorrow and had a lot of fun making some awesome murals! We also had a visit from

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C2 Wednesday

What a Wednesday! We started off with two campers, Ariana and Molly, sharing a story during chapel that taught us not to judge at first sight. The rest of the day was very busy, with round two of boot camp exercises during sports and a lot of fun in the

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C2 Tuesday

Today was Tiki Tuesday! We had great weather this morning so everyone loved seeing the pool decorated like a tropical island complete with a juice bar, balloons, island music, and other Hawaiian themed surprises. Maria Derderian, the Director of Youth Ministries at St. James Armenian Church in Watertown, MA delivered

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C2 Monday

We had a busy but exciting Monday as we kicked off our second week of classes and resumed our daily schedule! The juniors and teens switched their morning and afternoon routines, and the teens attended classes in the morning and had sports/swim in the afternoon. We had beautiful weather for

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C2 Sunday

We had a wonderful mid-session Sunday here at St. Vartan Camp. We celebrated Badarak, and had many campers and staff serve on the altar while everyone else sang the choir part together. We ate a hearty brunch and got ready for another day of Olympic competition in our red and

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