Port Washington, NY (July 27, 2015) – They couldn’t wait to see their darling Melyssa at Camp Wanna-Be. The anticipation and excitement of not seeing their precious first born for the past four weeks was too much for any parent to handle. They woke up before the rise of the morning sun, crammed the SUV with more crap than one can fathom, and started the nearly two and half hour trek to their daughter’s summer home away from home. The…
Thank you to Camp Huron Lake Junior Boy Camper Jake Goodman’s mother, Alyssa, of Old Bethpage, LI for sharing this letter.
Lake Huron, Pa (July 18, 2015) – This past Saturday, a crazed mother of a child attending Camp Huron Lake shattered her left tibia while sprinting to see her daughter for the first time in three weeks. Jenna Goldenberg of Plainview, NY, suffered a clean break to the bone below the knee after running through a large bench near the girls’ side tennis courts. The bench was split into two pieces due to the speed and force at which it…
Huron Lake, Pa (July 16, 2015) – In a landmark ruling by the Greater Wayne County Camping Association (GWCDA), the Board of Camp Directors has ruled by a 5-4 vote that the Fourteenth Amendment of the Camp Constitution obliges all Camp Carnival Wedding Booths to allow same-sex marriages and afford same-sex unions the same rights and privileges as traditional camp marriage. Considering that nearly 92% of all Camp Carnival marriages are of the same sex, this ruling will have a…
Plainview, NY (July 14, 2015) – Parents Pamela and Marc Fishbein, both 41, recently received their first call home from their first-time camper, Jonathan, 9, who is apparently enjoying a fantastic summer at Camp Huron Lake in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. The Fishbeins were ecstatic after the four minute fifty-three second conversation yet were still a bit apprehensive as to whether the boy they talked to was actually their son. With each parent attempting to speak into the same receiver, the…