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AN UPDATE FROM THE ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE
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March 19 - Metropolitan PHILIP's 10-year anniversary of his repose | | |
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March 19, 2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of the repose of our beloved Metropolitan PHILIP of thrice blessed memory.
As we well know, Metropolitan PHILIP established the Antiochian Village, along with so many other organizations and departments in our Archdiocese. Leading our Archdiocese for more than 40 years, he did so much for so many and left a lasting impact on Orthodox Christianity in North America.
Every session our campers do a trisagion service to remember him, Bishop ANTOUN. and Fr. John Namie. We constantly ask for their Heavenly prayers. Memory eternal Metropolitan PHILIP!
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March is Women's Month in the Antiochian Archdiocese, and we want to honor and thank the amazing women who volunteer their time and talents here at the camp. | |
Week 1 - Aunt Sadie & Aunt Janet
(the kitchen warriors)
They both give so much of their time and talents throughout the year working 16 hour days running the kitchen to make sure we are fed at all of our programs. They can also be found playing kazoos while they make the food!
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Week 2 - Nurse Deena, Aunt Julie, & Dr. Elaina
(the health center heroes)
Along with several other nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals, these women volunteer in our health center during the summer to make sure camp is possible.
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Week 3 - Kh. Sophia Shadid & Maria Scott (the camp wives)
They sacrifice so much and give much of their time, energy, and talents to the staff and campers,
most of which nobody sees.
They both do cabin times, take walks with staff members, and offer a strong female presence to our camp family. Sophia is sharing her talents by helping establish a sensory room and sensory needs program for summer camp, and Maria gives us lots of great design ideas with her graphic design eye. They also sacrifice by giving up so much time with their husbands throughout the year.
They also make sure Luke, Nina, Nora, Belle, Louie, and Minnie are fed and ready to play with all the staff and campers.
AV would not be what it is without them!
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. . . Stay tuned for Week 4! | |
Same Place - New Name . . . | | |
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Aunt Pearl's Place
Our Health Center has a new name in memory of Aunt Pearl, our first camp nurse and one of the pioneers of AV!
Aunt Pearl passed away in 2023 (Memory eternal!), and she cared for generations of campers and staff. It is only fitting to name our health center in honor of her, after the many years of selfless service and love she offered to so many.
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Hosted by Champion Lakes Golf Club
Enjoy a day of golf on the scenic Champion Lakes Golf Course during the AV Open Golf Outing! All proceeds will go towards our newly established AV Camp Endowment which will help support camper scholarships and/or capital improvements in the future.
Registration includes day of golf, green fee, cart, special competitions, lunch on the course and dinner at the camp.
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Tri-State Camping Conference
Last week our year-round staff (along with Khalil Samara of the Dept of Camping and Peter Bondi from Camp Transfiguration in Quebec) had the opportunity to attend the Tri-State Camping Conference held in Atlantic City, NJ, the largest camping conference in the world!
We attended sessions on topics from staff training to sensory room implementation to legal issues related to camping. We are excited to implement what we learned this summer!
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We want to shout out Juzdan Gear - owned by AV alum George Juzdan from St. George Orthodox Church in Little Falls, NJ! George is one of our favorite vendors for Namie's Nook, as well as many other t-shirts, he always helps us get great deals to keep merch affordable, and he comes from the Juzdan family - all of whom have done so much for AV!
Campers, make sure to check out the merch from Juzdan Gear this summer!
And if you're looking for merch for your parish or group - check out Juzdan Gear!
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Weeeee're getting coffee!
Hey coffee lovers...we now have a perfect gift for anyone who loves coffee and AV.
Partnering with Dark Side Coffee Roasters, a popular local company, AV will be selling its own product in Namie's Nook...with AV-themed names of course!
Cabin TIme - Medium Roast
Stargazing - Dark Roast
Can it get more campy than that?!
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Introducing the Village Thriftstore! Have old AV gear that you don't need anymore? Donate it to our Thriftstore and we'll sell it for a discounted price!
A thank you to our alumn Amanda Regnier for this idea!
To donate, just mail items to:
Antiochian Village Camp - attn Thriftstore
201 Saint Ignatius Trail
Bolivar, PA 15923
We've already received our first donations!
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Sign up for Upcoming Programs! | |
Join us September 20-23
Adult Camp is for anyone ages 21+ who wants to spend a weekend in the beautiful natural setting of AV Camp and grow in our Orthodox Christian Faith. Whether you are 21, 51, or 101 years old, you’re never too old for camp! Come and enjoy fellowship with each other, daily services, Christian Education, afternoon program, arts & crafts, evening program, our ropes course, and much more!
Our 2024 speaker: Fr. Raphael Daly
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Upcoming Programs
Stay tuned for registration opening for our programs!
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Namie Hall
Renovation on Namie Hall is well underway! The new siding, windows and roof are done and they are installing HVAC as you read this. We can't wait to be able to use this space to hold events, host guest speakers, and more.
Thank you so much to those who have contributed to this project and made this transformation possible!
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Dining Hall Floor
The Dining Hall is getting a new floor! The work is being done by Asia Carpets, owned by "Uncle Eddie" Lesoon from St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA. Fun fact - his children all attended AV as campers, and he has daughters who attended the camp before we bought it while it was still a Presbyterian camp!
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Sports Shed
The Sports Shed (old office) got a facelift last month. New siding, doors, roof, and windows make this place look like it did back in the 1940's - new! Don't worry alumni - we have a few old pieces of it left for you to take home.
Should we put a payphone on the front of it?!
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Volunteer Cabins
After over 20 years of housing our volunteers, the Volunteer Cabins are getting some much needed TLC. Camp wouldn't be what it is without these selfless servants, so we want to make their stay a little more comfortable. Stay tuned for the finished product!
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Kitchen Manager - With so many programs and guest groups throughout the year, we are in need of someone to join our year-round team and run the AV Camp kitchen.
If you or someone you know are interested in either position please email frchris@avcamp.org.
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AV's UPDATED DREAM BOARD!!! | |
Check out our hopes and dreams for the future! | |
We're always dreaming about the future here at AV...from projects, to programs, to staffing...and we want to share those dreams with you! Click the link below to check out our Updated Dream Board, which now includes program and staffing dreams, as well as completed dreams over the past 3 years...and feel free to send us your ideas of what you'd love to see here in the future! | |
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Shop online at Namie's Nook! | | |
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Our Nookstore is online - check out all the merchandise from sweatshirts to Christmas ornaments. AV swag makes great Christmas gifts! Don't forget our new thrift store as well!
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Hey AV Alumni! Do you love flipping through our photo albums when you come to visit? Well our Director of Communications Constantine Kallaur has spent the last year scanning all of our photos from our photo collection going all the way back to 1981! In an effort to preserve the history of The Antiochian Village, we are in the process of digitizing as much content as we have. God willing, we'll have every session video going back to the 1990's online in the near future as well.
Check out our SmugMug photo-site below to re-live the AV memories!
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