Camp Alumni Gatherings
Catoctin Alumni Weekend Registration Open!
The 2009 alumni weekend will be August 14-16th!
The time has come to register for the 2009 Catoctin Alumni Weekend! It's going to be fun! The weekend is scheduled for August 14-16, 2009. Please plan to arrive after lunch on the 14th and stay through lunch on the 16th.
We are offering Work Grants this year to help those in need of financial assistance. We don't want anyone to miss the event because of money!
The weekend will run as a typical camp day and will include Fire Circle, Unit Activities, Meals, Socio Economic Groups, Afternoon Activities, Evening Activities, General Swim, Rest Period...and more!
New this year will be an Art/Craft exhibit during Afternoon Activities on Saturday. We want to see your work! If you're the creative type and have been producing works over the years...or will be over the next few months, please feel free to bring your work to display and SELL! Artwork will be displayed on the dining hall tables in a location to be determined. We suggest that you consider donating a portion of your proceeds to the camping program.
A few words about who's invited:
Everyone who has attended or worked at camp in the past is invited to attend the Catoctin Alumni Weekend. Please bring your family! If you are under 18 please bring a parent!
2 Things we need help with:
1. Getting the word out. Please forward this message to all Catoctin Alumni you know and ask them to do the same.
2. We need a Kitchen Director for the weekend! This will be a paid position. We are looking for someone who has experience, is organized, and can put together a team of kitchen staff to help them. The Kitchen Staff positions are being offered in the Work Grant Program and we will assist the Kitchen Director in putting together a team. Please let us know if you are interested in this position or if you know of someone who might be.
For more information, please e-mail Chris DeWilde
Download the registration form for the Catoctin Alumni Weekend
Join the BYM Camps Yahoo! Group
This group is designed as a forum for counselors, staff, alumni, cooks, nurses, handy-people, parents, and others associated with the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Camping Program. Sorry, it is not intended for current or potential campers. (But, please, feel free to start your own group.) It is simply a way for us to keep in touch with each other throughout the year, to share what is happening in our lives, to organize reunions and get-togethers, to share ideas about camp, etc. Any user can post a message to the list. This is a fairly low traffic list so don't worry about being inundated with e-mails. We hope this forum is useful and fun. Enjoy!
Click here to join the group or enter your e-mail address below and click "Join Now".
A NOTE ON OUR PROGRAMS:
Our goal is to foster the kind of self-esteem that facilitates spiritual growth. Opportunities for such growth are created in the process of supporting campers through challenging experiences. Success in negotiating rapids or exploring artistic creativity offers a deeper strength from which to accept the challenge and risk of turning inward toward the Light. Typically, a camper goes home a more competent, confident person whose spiritual roots have deepened and whose ties to the broader Quaker community have strengthened.
