Camp through the decades.Snapshots of camp's history remain steadfast in the minds and hearts of camp pioneers, moving beyond the boundaries of time. In a series of interviews with several American Camping Association (ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture ) Pioneers, Camping Magazine chronicles the spirit of camp's yesterdays. Let us honor the past and embolden em·bold·en tr.v. em·bold·ened, em·bold·en·ing, em·bold·ens To foster boldness or courage in; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. the future of camp -- Camp's very nature is evolving. As the earth transforms with the seasons, organized camps have reshaped and molded outdoor recreation in powerful ways over the decades, tearing down the walls of indifference to the environment, prejudice, and education, all while enjoying the changing trends in clothing, transportation, and food preparation (hotdogs roasting on sticks and s'mores seem to be permanent delicacies...). Before urban sprawl infringed upon the land, camps were settled on large plots of acreage. In the '20s and '30s the wilderness went on for miles, now the lakefront wilderness factor is only in the trees. "The wilderness isolation is not like it used to be. We were used to the freedom of the woods, and we decry de·cry tr.v. de·cried, de·cry·ing, de·cries 1. To condemn openly. 2. To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor. its passing as the years go by," notes Fred Rogers. Stores grace every corner it seems, but the modern camper does not complain. Rogers explains, "They are used to the commercialism around them." In the '50s, campers went about their tasks unfettered by environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. . They drank from clear streams and lakes oblivious to pollution. "Our only rule was that we scrubbed our dishes at the lake down shore from where we drank water and swam. We cut down saplings for tent poles, and dug trenches so the rain would not seep under our tents," says Robert Telleen. "I remember seeing canoes draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. in water lilies Water Lilies (or Nympheas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last thirty years that campers would gather in the bogs." The camp staff of today tread lightly on the land, teaching environmental awareness and recognizing their impact on nature. Alan Stolz tells of his purchase of Camp Cody in 1959. At the time, the camp had a Middle-Atlantic, well-to-do, suburban clientele and limited outdoor programs. Stolz and his partners made sweeping changes to the camp: "We expanded the Cody programs to include team and individual sports, an industrial arts industrial arts n. (used with a sing. verb) A subject of study aimed at developing the manual and technical skills required to work with tools and machinery. Noun 1. curriculum, nature and science outdoor programs, ocean marine biology marine biology, study of ocean plants and animals and their ecological relationships. Marine organisms may be classified (according to their mode of life) as nektonic, planktonic, or benthic. Nektonic animals are those that swim and migrate freely, e.g. , and more high-adventure trips. The walls of segregation came down. We opened segregated buildings, totally opening the camp. We hired staff for what they could offer the kids, and we opened hiring to international staff." Recognizing the Value of Camp Camp has been incorporating more and more professionalism over the years. Camp has always been touted as educational, but no anecdotal evidence anecdotal evidence, n information obtained from personal accounts, examples, and observations. Usually not considered scientifically valid but may indicate areas for further investigation and research. was available in the '50s through the '90s. Only until the late '90s, when the American Camping Association (ACA) began focusing research into the area of outcomes, has camp begun to be understood as a valued educational experience. Much of the strides that have been made in the recognition of camp's value stems from camp directors acknowledging and fulfilling their camps' stated missions. "A person I knew in church had a vision of starting a camp for kids to just have fun, and that was the mission for many years. ACA standards and the Camp Director Institute really pushed camp executives to define their mission. As a result, camp directors more often define segments of their camp's mission, including health, safety, and development--it's [the mission] now spelled out and equitable with healthy development goals for children," explains Telleen. Changing Trends Clothing What did campers wear through the decades? Jean G. McMullan describes the evolving uniforms of Alford Lake's campers: "In 1915-1929, the standard wear for girls was long, serge royal blue bloomers worn with long black stockings and white or blue pullover blouses with smaller collars. Former director of Camp Wyonegonic Wyonegonic Camps for Girls, the oldest girls' camp in the United States, is located in Denmark, Maine, noted for its non-competitive atmosphere. History Wyonegonic was founded by organized camping pioneer Charles E. Cobb in 1902. in Maine, Helen 0. Cobb, age 92, reports that in the '30s as a young counselor, she was incensed that teenaged campers were required to continue to wear long black stockings while younger campers were allowed to wear socks. She personally led a midnight raid on all the black stockings in senior camp, hiding them up the steep hills in the woods. The next day the director simply went to town and bought all the white socks he could find to outfit the rebelling seniors. And gone was an era! "Clothes were sent to camp in wooden trunks in the early days. Now we have campers arriving with canvas wheeled roll duffels and plastic trunks--foot lockers are popular, too, "The '30s-'50s saw cotton, must-iron blouses change to knit (no-iron) shirts with camp logos. From high-laced shoes in the early days to sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl to light strap-on Velcro[R] sandals to heavy hiking boots -- the footwear continues to change. From heavy jackets in the past to camp wear with the modern-day, rain repellent Gortex jackets -- apparel becomes easier to put on and more light-weight." Transportation McMullan recalls the early decades (1910-1930) of Alford Lake when campers arrived by steamship steamship, watercraft propelled by a steam engine or a steam turbine. Early Steam-powered Ships Marquis Claude de Jouffroy d'Abbans is generally credited with the first experimentally successful application of steam power to navigation; in 1783 his from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Boston to the Rockland, Maine Rockland is a city in Knox County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,609. It is the county seat of Knox CountyGR6. It was settled in 1769, and was originally part of Thomaston, Maine. , docks. They spent the night on the ship and arrived in the morning. They transferred to horse-drawn buggies and, later, to open truck "buckboards." Today they arrive by chartered buses, small planes, limos, and private cars. Transportation at camp from the 50s on has made dramatic changes in risk management and safety. "It was not unusual for the back of a wooden-sided pick-up truck to be loaded with thirty campers as they drove us through the woods. Carrying campers in open truck beds was common. The safety aspect was different then. Now we have a balance between safety and unrestrained fun," explains Telleen. Food Preparation Camp foods in the '50s were made from scratch. Camp staff would carry spice kits. No prepared foods were available. Campers might carry dry macaroni macaroni: see pasta. and wedges of cheese that would not go bad for the day and make macaroni and cheese. On the first day of a trip, a group of hungry campers might take along pounds of frozen hamburger that would thaw during the day. They would cook a meat casserole or hamburgers later that day. "We would do some creative cooking, too. We would bake cakes and pies in the reflector ovens. Baking in reflector ovens is a real art -- you must stack the wood to burn at a 90-degree angle, in a rock-lined fire pit so that the reflector oven can carry the heat around and behind. We would use tongs tongs long-handled, about 3 feet, shaped like pincers with knobs on the ends of the grasping blades. Applied by standing behind the subject in a confined space and closing the jaws to grasp the animal's head just below the ears. to turn the cake. I can remember horrible disasters with the cakes dotted with charred wood. Or, you might wind up with a wonderfully baked cake," remembers Telleen. The joy, discoveries, and teachable teach·a·ble adj. 1. That can be taught: teachable skills. 2. Able and willing to learn: teachable youngsters. moments that camp offers children and adults have endured through the decades -- some things never change. With the advent of ACA standards in the '40s, safety and risk management practices have evolved and become the norm. Telleen explains, "In those days we had a cavalier attitude, like we were going on holiday and nothing bad could happen. Now the safety practices at camp are vastly different and rightly so." While the days of campers sitting on rooftops, draping draping, n in massage, technique of securely covering and uncovering parts of the body and moving the client. draping covering the animal with sterile drapes for surgery leaving exposed only that part of the body that has been canoes with water lilies, or riding in old pick-up trucks through winding, narrow roads in the woods are over, a safer, more environmentally conscious camp prevails and will continue to enlighten generations to come. RELATED ARTICLE: For the Love of Camp Fred Rogers Just a neighbor boy to the vast and seemingly untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. Camp Lincoln Camp Lincoln (also known as Long's Camp, Fort Long, Lincoln's Fort, or Fort Lincoln), in Crescent City, California, was a United States military post. for Boys at Lake Hubert in Minnesota, he played ball with the campers, swam with them, and then went home to his family's cabin on the lake. The only difference between him and the campers -- he didn't stay overnight at the camp. It was 1926, and Fred Rogers finally got his chance to be a real part of Camp Lincoln. The camp lost its dishwasher. Rogers was there to take up the slack. A hard-working fourteen-year-old, he couldn't wait to help in the kitchen, carrying wood, water, and washing dishes. And, so began a remarkable career in the camp field as a food service and kitchen worker, counselor, director, and camp owner -- a career that spans decades of change and dedication. However, some things never changed: "I still have the same feeling of friendship and fellowship and wonder about children's resiliency," says Rogers, who served as the American Camping Association national president from 1959 to 1960. Robert Telleen Robert Telleen, risk management consultant and former national executive director of the YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. of the USA, remembers how his camp career began: "I was eleven years old in 1951 during my first summer as a camper. I have been in camping ever since. I went through law school while simultaneously working my way up in camp. I decided I did not want to counsel from the legal side, but I wanted to counsel full-time in camping." Alan Stolz In 1937, Alan Stolz enjoyed the private camp life of Camp Delawana in Pennsylvania, and at Camp Onota in Massachusetts in 1939-1945; his devotion to camp remained through the meat and dairy ration ticket days and hanging laundry on shrubbery to dry because of fuel and energy shortages during the war. "Camp is about personal growth and accomplishment. That's the fun and the value of camp," says Stolz. He became active in the military and continued work in the camp field by leading a Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training troop on the base. Then, in the winter of 1959 he purchased Camp Cody in Freedom, New Hampshire Freedom is a town located in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The 2000 Census showed a population of 1,303. As of 2005, the population was estimated by the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning at 1,431. . He has been camp owner ever since and served for many years as a member of the American Camping Association (ACA) National Board. Jean G. McMullan For Jean G. McMullan, her camp adventure began in 1934 as a Girl Scout. She advanced to counselor, founder, and co-director of various camps. She owned and directed Alford Lake Camp in Maine for thirty-two years and now serves as the resident consultant for the camp. Her dedication to the camp field is evident. She has shared her expertise in the camp field while serving as national president of the ACA from 1984 to 1986 and was awarded the ACA Distinguished Service Award in 1993. A Camp Memory .... My First Directive at Alford Lake Camp I could barely contain myself. After seven years of delicate negotiations, Alford Lake Camp was ours. It was November 1962, and Mrs. Carleton Knight had "transferred" the camp to us. This momentous event was brought about by promising Mrs. Knight that we would say nothing about acquiring the camp until she was able to announce that after my assisting her in the upcoming summer Alford Lake would be carried on by 'someone from within the ALC (Assembly Language Coding) A generic term for IBM mainframe assembly languages. 1. ALC - Assembly Language Compiler. 2. ALC - Airline Line Control. family." My husband, Andrew, and I walked down the beautiful woodland property to find Donald, the camp's caretaker, piling brush on Verb 1. brush on - apply with a brush; "Brush butter on the roast" coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" an outdoor fire. I introduced myself as Mrs. Knight's new assistant. Donald barely stopped working to acknowledge us. He pushed his cap back on his head, straightened to his six-foot-four-inch frame and said, "Always nice to know who y'er workin' fer." And that took care of that. As the three of us walked through the camp, I became increasingly, but secretly, dismayed at the condition of the buildings. Since Alford Lake had been there since 1907, some of the structures were badly in need of bringing up to American Camping Association standards. I looked at one small building where the front steps were rotted and unsafe. Inside, I was quaking. But, I decided not to waste any time in preparing for the summer ahead. "Donald," I said diplomatically. "I really think we need to repair the steps on this building." Donald peered at them as f he was just seeing them for the first time. He had a shake to his body, and it became more pronounced as he intoned in·tone v. in·toned, in·ton·ing, in·tones v.tr. 1. To recite in a singing tone. 2. To utter in a monotone. v.intr. 1. , "Oh, I wouldn't do that f I was you!" I looked at him in sharp surprise as my first request was being denied. My husband leaped, perhaps a trifle too quickly, to my aid: "Donald," said Andy, "Those steps don't need just repairing, in fact -- they should be entirely replaced." "Why not replace them, Donald?" I asked. "Well ya see," said Dona ld, looking me straight in the eye, "You replace them steps, and the building 'll fall down!" As we said goodbye to Donald, I determined that I had better take control or I would never be able to work with him. Besides, the steps had to be fixed. "Donald," I said lightly but firmly. "When we come back next time, we want to see those steps replaced." We drove off, waving back in a friendly fashion. It was three weeks later that we made our second trip to camp. How would Donald have responded to my first directive? As we walked down through the woods, I was delighted to see, bright with new wood, a brand new set of steps. But, looking more closely and focusing with horror, we saw that the building had fallen down! Lesson number one: listen to your caretaker. --Jean G. McMullan The Evolution of ACA Humble Beginnings Humble Beginnings was an American pop punk band from New Jersey. While never gaining large-scale success, many of the band's members went on to mainstream success with other outfits. On February 14, 1910, at the Twenty-third Street Branch of the YMCA in New York, the first inklings of a camp directors' association began forming through the efforts of Alan S. Williams of the Sportsman's. Show in New York. He gathered interested camp professionals, together to develop an organization called 'the; camp Directors Association of America, which eventually grew into a camp movement that has inspired generations. Initially, the groups members were men. In 1924 the group merged with the National Association of Directors of Girls' Camps and the Midwest Camp Directors' Association to create The Camp Directors Association. In 1935, the. name was revised with a more, national focus and became The American Camping Association (ACA), which "marked the general acceptance of a broadened scope to include all camping and all people interested in camping." Many Homes but One Spirit At 11 Beacon Street Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and several of its western suburbs. Beacon Street in Boston, Brookline, Brighton, and Newton is not to be confused with Beacon Street in nearby Somerville. in Boston, members convened to further the organized camp movement. Moving to Hotel Commodore in New York and continuing to grow, the association ran into financial stress and moved its headquarters into the home of the ACA national president at the time, Herbert Twining twine v. twined, twin·ing, twines v.tr. 1. To twist together (threads, for example); intertwine. 2. To form by twisting, intertwining, or interlacing. 3. , in Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Michigan--and then moving again to St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minnesota, and Chicago, Illinois. By 1954, the American Camping Association was fully established, and the ACA Board of Directors began to consider and plan a permanent home for the association's national office in Bradford Woods, Martinsville, Indiana Martinsville is a city in Morgan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,698 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Morgan CountyGR6. Geographically it is located in the central southern section of Indiana. . Nestled in a wooded setting indicative of many camps in the great outdoors, the association continues to thrive. ACA in these modern times is a community of camp professionals whose mission is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adults through the camp experience. Reference Sinn, B.A. & Webb, K. B. (1960). A Brief History of the American Camping Association. Light from a Thousand Camp Fires. (p. 371). Martinsville: American Camping Association. PIONEERS of CAMPING The Pioneers of Camping Club (formed in 1985) offers special recognition for camp professionals with at least thirty years of experience and for camps which have been in operation for at least thirty years and affiliated with the American Camping Association. For further information contact the ACA National Office, 765-342-8456. Camps as of March 2003 Agawam (1919) Maine Akiba (1926) Pennsylvania Alexander Mack (1925) Indiana Alford Lake Camp (1907) Maine Alleghany (1922) West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. Aloha Camps (1905) Vermont Alvernia (1922) New York Appalachia (1945) Virginia Atwater (1921) Massachusetts Awosting (1900) Connecticut Baco (1950) New York Bearskin Meadow (1938) California Belknap (1903) New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Beth Tfiloh Camps (1943) Maryland Blue Star Camps, Inc. (1948) North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Bonnie Brae brae n. Scots A hillside; a slope. [Middle English bra, from Old Norse br (1919) Massachusetts Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. Lake camp (1916) New York Brookwoods (1944) New Hampshire Brown Ledge Camp (1927) Vermont Brown Ledge Camp for Girls & Boys (1956) New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). Brush Ranch Camp for Girls & Boys (1956) New Mexico Buck's Rock Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp is an educational summer camp located in New Milford, Connecticut. The camp was established in 1942 by Dr. Ernst Bulova, an educator and psychoanalyst, and his wife Ilse, Austrian educators who had studied under Maria Montessori. Work camp (1943) Connecticut Byron Center (1848) Wisconsin Calamigos Star C Ranch (1949) California Catalina Island Catalina Island: see Santa Catalina. Camps (1926) California Catherine Capers (1953) Vermont Cheley Colorado Camps Cheley Colorado Camps is a summer camp owned by Don and Carole Cheley at 3 locations in Colorado, United States. The main camp lies 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Denver on the 750 acre (3 km²) Land O' Peaks Ranch south of Estes Park, Colorado. , Inc. (1921) Colorado Che-Na-Wah (1923) New York Chewonki (1915) Maine Chinqueka (1955) Connecticut Choconut (1895) Pennsylvania Circle M Day Camp (1954) Illinois Claire (1916) Connecticut Clearwater (1933) Wisconsin Courant Cou`rant´ a. 1. (Her.) Represented as running; - said of a beast borne in a coat of arms. n. 1. A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto. 2. (1894) Connecticut Covington (1927) Louisiana Culver Summer Camps (1902) Indiana CYO CYO abbr. Catholic Youth Organization CYO n abbr (US) (= Catholic Youth Organization) → JC f Camp Christopher (1924) Ohio DeBaun (1949) New York Dorothy P Flint Nassau County Nassau County is the name of two counties in the United States of America:
Eagle's Nest (1927) North Carolina Echo (1924) Burlingham, New York Edward Drummond Libbey Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) is the father of the glass industry in Toledo, Ohio, where he opened the Libbey Glass Company in 1888. He was also the founder of the Toledo Museum of Art in 1901 and was a large influence on the town of Ojai California. (1936) Ohio Ella J. Logan Camp (1928) Indiana Elliott P. Joslin Elliott Proctor Joslin, M.D. (June 1869 - January 1962) was the first doctor in the United States to specialize in diabetes and was the founder of today’s Joslin Diabetes Center. Camp (1948) Massachusetts Equinunk/Blue Ridge Camp (1920) New York Fatima (1948) New Hampshire Fernwood (1921) Maine Flying G Ranch Camp (1944) Colorado Forest Acres/Indian Acres Camp (1924) Maine Forest Home Christian Conference Center (1938) California Forest Lake Camp (1926) New York Four Echoes (1938) Washington Four-H (4-H) Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See (1946) Illinois Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. Glen Camp (1922) Colorado Gilmont (1940) Texas Gold Arrow (1933) California Good Health (1923) Iowa Good News (1935) Massachusetts Greenbrier greenbrier: see smilax. (1898) West Virginia Greylock for Boys (1916) Massachusetts Griffith Park Boys' Camp (1925) California Gwynn Valley (1935) North Carolina Hantesa (1919) Iowa Happy Hollow Children's Camp, Inc. (1951) Indiana Hazen YMCA (1920) Connecticut Heart O' the Hills (1953) Texas Herzl Camp (1948) Wisconsin Hidden Valley Camp (1947) Washington Highbrook Lodge Camp (1928) Ohio Hillard Day Camp (1929) New York Hiram House Camp (1896) Ohio Holiday Home Camp (1887) Wisconsin Hollywoodland Camp for Girls (1926) California Jewell (1901) Connecticut Kelly's Camp (1939) Illinois Ken-Jockely Camp (1929) Ohio Kieve (1926) Maine Killooleet (1927) Vermont Kippewa for Girls (1957) Maine Kiwanis Twin Lakes Camp for Crippled Children (1911) Indiana Kiwanis Camp Wyman (1898) Missouri Lambec (1947) Pennsylvania Lucerne Lucerne (l  sûrn`), Ger. Luzern (ltsĕrn`), canton (1993 pop. (1948) Wisconsin Manito-wish YMCA (1919) Wisconsin Max Straus (1938) California Mawavi (1943) Virginia Mendocino (1931) California Merrimac (1919) New Hampshire Merry Heart (1949) New Jersey Minaluta (1929) California Minnehaha (1943) West Virginia Molly Lauman Camp (1929) Ohio Monomoy (1922) & Wono (1939) Massachusetts Monte Toyon toyon: see Christmasberry. (1930) California Mueller (1939) Ohio Namequoit (1944) Massachusetts Nashoba Day (1957) Massachusetts Nebagamon (1929) Wisconsin Nicolet (1944) Wisconsin North Country Camps: Lincoln (1920) & Whippoorwill whippoorwill: see goatsucker. whippoorwill Species (Caprimulgus vociferus) of nocturnal North American bird, similar to the nightjar, named for its resonant “whip-poor-will” call (first and third syllables accented), which it may (1931) New York North Star Camp for Boys (1945) Wisconsin Oak Hill Day Camp (1952) Tennessee O'Fair Winds (1930) Michigan Ojiketa (1926) Minnesota Osoha (1921) Wisconsin Philmont Scout Ranch (1938) New Mexico Pierce Country Day Camp (1918) New York Pine Forest Camp (1931) Pennsylvania Pok-O-Moonshine (1905) New York Presbyterian Camp (1899) Illinois Quinipet (1947) New York Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp (1957) Colorado Redlands YMCA Camp Edwards (1927) California Robin Hood (1923) Connecticut Robindel for Girls (1951) New Hampshire Roganunda (1923) Washington Sacramento Methodist Assembly Camp (1931) New Mexico Salvation Army Camp Wonderland (1924) Massachusetts Salvation Army Wonderland Camp & Conference Center (1905) Wisconsin Salvation Army Camp Puhtok (1942) Maryland Sanborn Western Camps (1948) Colorado Scatico (1921) New York Schade (1922) Connecticut Seacamp (1965) Florida Sesame/Rockwood Camps (1953) Pennsylvania Sherwood Forest Camp (1937) Missouri Sky High Ranch (1952) Colorado Soroptimist (1947) Texas St. Albans (1935) Washington Stewart for Boys (1924) Texas Sunshine (1934) Pennsylvania Surprise Lake Camp Surprise Lake Camp is a non-profit sleepaway camp located on over 400 acres in Cold Spring, New York (approximately 60 miles north of New York City). The mission of Surprise Lake Camp is to "provide a high quality Jewish camping experience where children and young adults will be (1902) New York Susque (1947) Pennsylvania Susquehannock for Boys (1905) Pennsylvania Swatara (1943) Pennsylvania Sweyolakan (1922) Washington Taconic (1932) Massachusetts Takajo (1947) Maine Tamarack Camps (1902) Michigan Tanadoona (1924) Minnesota Tanglefoot (1947) Iowa Tawingo (1961) Ontario, Canada Thunderbird thunderbird In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder. for Boys (1946) Minnesota Timberlane for Boys (1961) Wisconsin Tom Sawyer Camps, Inc. (1926) California Towanda (1923) Pennsylvania Trail Blazer Camps (1887) New York Treetops (1920) New York Triple S Camp (1947) Ohio Tripp Lake Camp (1911) Maine UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX UniCamp (1935) California Union (1929) New Hampshire Union League Boys' Clubs Camp (1924) Illinois Vacamas (1924) New Jersey Wasewagan (1921) California Waukeela (1922) New Hampshire Wawenock (1910) Maine Waycross Episcopal Camp (1957) Indiana Waziyatah (1922) Maine We-Ha-Kee (1923) Wisconsin Whip-Poor-Will (1936) Ohio Willow Grove Day Camp (1955) Pennsylvania Winape (1911) Vermont Wolahi (1931) California Woodstock (1922) Connecticut Wyonegonic (1902) Maine YMCA Camp Arbolado (1924) California YMCA Camp Copneconic (1915) Michigan YMCA Camp Cory YMCA Camp Lawrence Cory, better known as "YMCA Camp Cory" or simply "Camp Cory," is a resident-style summer camp in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. It was dedicated in 1921, although campers began attending through the Rochester YMCA in the summer of 1920. (1921) New York YMCA Camp Dudley (1885) New York YMCA Camp Fitch There are two YMCA camps named Camp Fitch,
YMCA Camp Jones Gulch (1934) California YMCA Camp Kern (1910) Ohio YMCA Camp Kitaki (1904) Nebraska YMCA Camp Piomingo (1938) Kentucky YMCA Camp Ralph S. Mason (1901) New Jersey YWCA YWCA abbr. Young Women's Christian Association YWCA n abbr (= Young Women's Christian Association) → Asociación f de Jóvenes Cristianas YWCA Camp Newaygo (1927) Michigan YMCA Storer Camps (1918) Michigan Individuals as of March 2003 Charles R. Ackenbom (Camp Friendship) Virginia Josiah (D) & Dorothy Alford (Crystal Lake Camps) Pennsylvania Bill (D) & Dorothy Allen (Blue Mountain Ranch Camp) Colorado Clarence E. Allen (D) (Chewonki Foundation) Maine H. Cushman Anthony (D) (Yawgoog) Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. Armand B. Ball (Alpha Beta Consultants) Florida Ray Bean (D) (Camp Grady Spruce) Texas Jeanne Shibley Bell (D) & John C. Bell (Shibley Summer Day Camp) New York Mary Frances Biering (Girl Scouts of U.S.A.) New Mexico Annette W. Black (Pine Forest Camp) Pennsylvania Edwin I. Black (D) (Pine Forest Camp) Pennsylvania Marvin E. Black (Pine Forest Camp, Timber Tops, Lake Owego Camp) Pennsylvania Robert N. Bliss (Camp Treetops) New York Mrs. Willard R. "Mickey" Bonwit (Camp Woodmere) Pennsylvania Annabeth "Brandy" Brandle (D) (Sherwood Forest Camp) Missouri Harold Breene (Breene's Camp Riverbend) New Jersey Marcy and Bob Brewer (Circle M Day Camp) Illinois Rufus Beecher Butts (Camp Waredaca) Maryland Max & Marion Caldwell (Kennolyn Camps) California Reynold E. Carlson (D) (Outdoor Educator, Indiana Univ. Outdoor Ed. Dept.) Indiana * 1949-50 ACA National President Theodore (D) & Nina Cavins (Camp Mishawaka) Minnesota * 1955-56 ACA National President Jack Cheley (D) (Cheley Colorado Camps) Colorado Helen Herz Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. (Camp Walden) Maine William Cohen (The Town & Country Day Camp) Maryland George Coleman (Coleman Family Camps) New York Rev. Msgr. George Cummings (Good Counsel Camp) Florida S. Cooper Dawson, Jr. (Alleghany) Virginia Edmonia C. Dillon (D) (Camp Wyman) Missouri Rev. Karl E. Dowd (D) (Camp Fatima) New Hampshire Clifton M. Drury (D) (YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha) Michigan Barbara V. Ebner (Camp Chinqueka/Ebner Camps) Connecticut Oscar Ebner (D) (Camp Awosting) Connecticut Virginia R. Ebner (D) (Chinqueka) Connecticut Brigadier Douglas Eldredge (D) (Camp Puh'tok) Maryland Stephen Eller (Beth Tfiloh Camps) Maryland Oscar L. Elwell (D) (Cheshire County YMCA) New Hampshire Cap & Mom Endres (Camp Chippewa) Wisconsin Clark Ewing (YMCA Storer Camps) Michigan Dr. Eugene M. Ezersky (D) (Indian Head Camp) New York Jeanne "Hap" Feeley (D) (Daddy Allen) Pennsylvania Dorothy P Flint (D) (Dorothy P Flint 4-H Camp) New York Paul M. Frisbie (Campo Fiesta) Florida Irene Hooper (Seacamp) Florida J. Grant Gerson (Calimigos Star C Ranch) California Robert S. Gersten (Brent Lake Camp) New York Robert B. Gerstenzang (D) (Brant Lake Camp) New York Howard G. Gibbs (D) (National Boys Clubs of America) New York * 1966-68 ACA National President; National Standards Chairperson Russell & Mary Gimbal (Camp Hidden Hollow) Ohio Milton L. Goldberg (Camp Max Straus) California Morton J. Goldman (D) (Takajo) Maine Bryan "Skipper" Hall (D) (Sacramento Methodist Assembly Camp) New Mexico Libby Black Halpern (Pine Forest Camp, Timber Tops, Lake Owego Camp) Pennsylvania Ted S. Halpern (Pine Forest Camp, Timber Tops, Lake Owego Camp) Pennsylvania Gordon Hamilton (D) (Catholic Youth Organization A Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) is an organization for young Catholics. Usually each group uses the church for meeting and gathering, although some have their own premises. It was initiated by Bishop Bernard J. Sheil of Chicago in the year 1930. ) Washington Helen L. Haskell (D) (Camp Treetops) New York Dorothy V. (Walton) Hill & Conger A. Walton (D) (Walton's Grizzily Lodge) California Russell Hogrefe (D) (Executive Director of ACA Illinois Section) Illinois Pop Hollandsworth (Camp Sequoyah-Asheville Mountaineering School) North Carolina Irene Hooper (Seacamp) Florida Ruth T. Howe (D) (Skylake Camps) California Thelma Hurwitz (Camp Derry, Camp Camelot) New York Ruth Isserman (Camp Chickagami) Missouri Dorothy Jean Kerr (D) (Camp Miniwanca) Missouri William A. Key (Presbyterian Conference Association) New York Robert & Alexandria Kinoy (Camp Taconic) Massachusetts Edie Klein (D) (Pine Forest Camp) Pennsylvania * 1988-90 ACA National President Gertrude & Abraham Krasker (Forest Acres/Indian Acres Camps) Maine Joseph Kruger (D) (Camp Mah-Kee-Nac-1929) Massachusetts Seymour Lebenger (Hofstra University Camps) New York Edward D. Lehrer (D) (Equinunk/Blue Ridge) New York Fred Lorenz (D) (Gnaw gnaw v. gnawed, gnaw·ing, gnaws v.tr. 1. a. To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth. b. To produce by gnawing: gnaw a hole. Bone) Indiana William V. Lorimer Lor´i`mer n. 1. A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler. (Camp Roosevelt) Ohio The Mason Family (Agawam) Maine Robert L. McCausland (D) (Village Camps) Switzerland Robert McKinlay (Hidden Valley Camp) Washington John R. McPhee (D) (Camp Fitch) Ohio Jean G. MoMullan (Alford Lake Camp) Maine Eliezer Melendez (Seventh Day Adventist) Puerto Rico Asher Melzer (D) (Camping Services, UJA UJA United Jewish Appeal UJA Union des Jeunes Avocats (French) UJA Universal Jet Aviation Federation) New York Karen Meltzer (Brent Lake Camp) New York Robert (Dcc) Miller (D) (YMCA Camp Storer) Michigan Robert H. Miner (Pinemere Camp) Pennsylvania Monroe 'Monte" Moss (Camp Lenox) Massachusetts Judith Myers (D) (Trail Blazers) Washington Doris J. Nielsen (Mountainbrook Camp for Girls - Pennsylvania) New York Mary B. Olney (D) (Bearskin Meadow Camp) California Deborah F. Parker (YMCA Camp Nokomis) Connecticut Howard R. Patton (D) (joined 1923, Camp Directors of America) New Jersey Jack Pearse (Camp Tawingo) Canada Herman M. Fopkin (D) (Blue Star Camps) North Carolina Silas B. Ragsdale Jr. (Camp Stewart for Boys) Texas Mrs. Berry Delahanty Richardson (Cape Cod Sea Camps, Monomoy/Wono) Massachusetts Otto K. Rosahn (D) (Camp Birchwood) New York Helen Rosenthal (D) (Camp Pinacliffe) Maine William Y Saltzman (D) (Camp Canadensis) Pennsylvania Roger & Laura Sanborn (Sanborn Western Camps) Colorado Greg Schneider (Peninsula Bay Cities Camps) California Bernard Schrader (Happy Hollow Camp) Indiana Wendell (D) & Ann Schrader (D) (Nicolef, Inc.) Wisconsin Dr. Ruth Schellberg, Minnesota Charles R. Scott (Camp Wawayenda) New Jersey Edwin Hampton Shafer, II (Susquehannock Camps) Pennsylvania George Carlton Shafer, Jr. (Susquehannock Camps) Pennsylvania Allen & Carol Sigoloff (Thunderbird for Boys & Girls) Minnesota Marty Silverman (Kippewa for Girls) Maine Sylvia L. Silverman (Kippewa for Girls) Maine Dr. Andrew L. Sim (Wa-ta-ga-mie) Illinois Ellen Simpson (Bearskin Meadow Camp) California Dorothy J. Stivers (Camp Birch Ridge) New Jersey Stolz Family (Camp Cody) New Hampshire Miles M. Strodel (Brookwoods/Deer Run) New Hampshire Dr. John Murray Thompson (D) (Appalachia) Maryland Mary Vehslage (Happy Hollow) Indiana William (Bill) Waggoner (Windy Wood) North Carolina Nate & Edna Wasserman (Camp Menominee for Boys) Wisconsin Robert B. Watkins (D) (Fairfield) Pennsylvania Jack Weiner (D) (Camp Interlaken JCC JCC Jewish Community Center JCC Jackson Community College JCC Jefferson Community College JCC Joint Consultative Committee JCC Jamestown Community College (Olean and Jamestown, New York) JCC Johnston Community College ) Wisconsin Nelson E. Wieters (D) (Man & His Land Expeditions) Wyoming * 1972-74 ACA National President Rev. W. Wyeth Willard (Camp Good News) Massachusetts Jack and Marilyn Williams (Kiniya) Vermont Rabbi Alfred Wolf (Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps) California James J. B. Worth (Minnehaha) West Virginia Melvin S. Wortman (Che-Na-Wah) New York Ruth Wort wort 1 n. A plant. Often used in combination: liverwort; milkwort. [Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see man (Che-Na-Wah) New York Isodore "Zak" Zarakov (D) (Camp Zahelo for Boys) Maine (D) Deceased Teresa Nicodemus serves as the assistant editor of Camping Magazine. |
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