7/03/09
Camp Mason on Twitter and Facebook!

Camp Mason is on Facebook and Twitter this year! Today, Summer 2009 photos were uploaded to the Camp Mason Facebook page and the upload was 'tweeted' on Twitter.

More photos will be uploaded as the summer progresses although the main source of Camp Mason Photos will be on Bunk1.com!

Camp Mason is also about to launch an upload to YouTube - so stay tuned for more details on when we get our first video onto YouTube!

7/03/09
Camp Mason Menu for Friday!

Breakfast:
Breakfast Burritos with scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs with ham, warm salsa, sour cream, grated cheese, onions and peppers. A selection of cereals and a fresh fruit bar.

Lunch:
Pizza's such as Cheese, Pepper or veggie. Antipasto salad and a fresh salad bar.

Dinner:
Pilly cheese steaks, veggie nuggets, cheese, pickles, condiments, Tater Tots, Broccoli with cheese sauce and a freshly stocked salad bar.
Desert: Popicles

7/01/09
Diamond M. Ranch Camp Rodeo!

On Saturday 11th July 2009 from 9:30 to 11:00am, the famous Diamond M Ranch Rodeo is going to take place at Upper Barn. Our Ranch Campers are going to participate in different Rodeo event such as Halter Show, Dollar Bareback, Simon Says, Red Light - Green Light, Pony Express and the action loaded Barrel Racing.

During the two weeks of this session the Ranch Campers are working hard to perform well and have fun in the Rodeo. All of the are improving their riding skills each day and will get even better before the Rodeo.

Campers and Counselors to meeting you at the Rodeo to show you what they have learned and accomplished.

6/30/09
New CIT Program 2009!

The YMCA Camp Mason Counselor in Training program is a 4 week leadership training program where 16 year old campers learn the skills and qualities necessary for becoming an effective counselor. The program is divided into two parts, each lasting one, two week session.

During the first session, the CIT’s live together in gender grouped cabins and do leadership excercizes as well as service projects. This session the CIT’s have chosen to re-clear and rebuild a degraded trail that used to lead around Mason’s beautiful marshes. Making these trails usable again involves laying large, flat stones on top of the low, muddy areas of the trail. In order to clarify the safest path is large rocky clearings the CIT’s also used logs and fallen tree trunks to line the trail. At this point, much progress has been made, but there is much left to do in coming weeks. On Wednesday, the CIT’s will be traveling to Genesis Farms in Blairstown, NJ to volunteer at an independent and sustainable local farm. These projects exemplify the service aspect that is the main focus of the first session of the CIT program.

The second session, the CIT’s will be moving into cabins with junior campers and acting as a third counselor in the cabin. The aim of this is to give them the experience of supervising young children, while allowing them to observe the way in which older, more experienced counselors manage their children. During the third week of their program they will still be spending time working on in-camp service projects, as well as creating skits and other performances for chapel, the talent show, and campfires. The final week of the program they will be acting as counselors both in the cabin, and during activity periods. They will help to run activities such as backyard sports, soccer and drama. This four week regimen will give them the tools necessary for returning to camp next year as junior counselors.

There are still places to sign up for the second session of the CIT program this year - starting in 2A. If you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to contact us here at Camp Mason!