Diamond Ridge Camps and Diamond Ridge Conference Centers' ''Open House'' Celebrates New Facility on Former Site of Camp Neumann and Neumann Conference Center.JAMISON, Pa. -- The Batterman Family Preserve a Beautiful Bucks County Local Facility, Offering Distinctive Programs for Day Camp, Overnight Camp and Retreats and Conferences Diamond Ridge Camps, Bucks County's newest day and overnight camp and corporate retreat and training facility, announces it will hold its Open House Ribbon Cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which on November 12, 2005 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at the camp, 1965 Deer Run Deer Run can refer to the following:
senator - a member of a senate Robert M. Tomlinson and State Representative Bernard T. O'Neill, will be in attendance to cut the ribbon at the official ceremony at 2:00pm. Alumni staff, campers, families, and potential campers and their families are welcome to preview Diamond Ridge Camps' unique sports- and art-focused programs and teen travel. Diamond Ridge Camps and Diamond Ridge Conference Center will settle into the former site of Bucks County's well-known Camp Neumann and Conference Center, a 32-acre, winterized facility. It will soon house a summer camp program specializing in sports and the arts for children ages 4 through 14. The camp will also be "home base" for a teen travel program, with short-term overnight experiences throughout the Northeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada for campers ages 12 through 14. The facility is currently open to local businesses, organizations and community groups as a scenic setting for corporate conferences, staff/employee team-building and development outings, association retreats, etc. The Diamond Ridge Camps and Diamond Ridge Conference Center location has a long-standing history in Bucks County, through the Philadelphia Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc , having served as both a day and resident camp setting for children, youth and adults as well as a retreat and conference center for 40 years. The property also served as another religiously affiliated resident camp for the prior 40 years. The property was recently purchased by Howard and Dale Batterman, Bucks County residents for over 26 years with more than 35 years' experience in the camp industry. It is also worth noting that Mr. Stephen M. Taylor, long time Executive Director for the former Camp Neumann and Neumann Conference Center will continue in this capacity at Diamond Ridge. The continued utilization of these grounds as a camp and conference center, insures that this property, so rich in youth development history, will not be lost to encroaching development. The facility will also infuse in·fusev. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. approximately 150 to 250 new jobs into the area for high school, college and adult staff. In an innovative twist, most of Diamond Ridge campers will be able to "major" and "minor" in a specialized sport and arts discipline, in addition to enjoying a schedule of daily traditional activities and "special" events. Programs will include sports such as basketball, softball, hockey, lacrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. , soccer and tennis as well as archery, nature, rope/challenge courses, American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. swimming instruction, and kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is differentiated from canoeing by the fact that a kayak has a closed cockpit and a canoe has an open cockpit. They also use a two bladed paddle. Another major difference is in the way the paddler sits in the boat. on its own Diamond Lake; plus theatre, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , dance, cooking, jewelry-making, ceramics, and more. "We see this as an all-around positive for the community. We are proud to be able to preserve this location and use it in the same spirit that it's been used for so many decades," said Batterman, who concurrently owns the Sesame/Rockwood Camps, Rockwood Adventures Teen Travel, and The WonderKey School in Blue Bell (Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
About Diamond Ridge Diamond Ridge Camps and Diamond Ridge Conference Center function as a summer camp, year-round corporate retreat and conference facility offering unique programs for children, youth and adults in the Bucks County and surrounding communities. The location has an 80-year history of serving the region as a camp, recreational area and retreat for residents, businesses and community organizations. Diamond Ridge Camps and Diamond Ridge Conference Center is now under the ownership of long-time camp directors Howard and Dale Batterman, owners of the Sesame/Rockwood Camps in Montgomery County's Blue Bell, PA. You can find Diamond Ridge Camp at 1965 Deer Run Drive, Jamison, PA 18929, 215-343-8840; or visit www.diamondridgecamps.com. |
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