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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

We love Spring here at Camp Wa Wa Segowea!

It's May 5th and it seems like summer is already here at camp! With temperatures in the 80s here this week, the trees have plenty of buds and the wildlife is coming alive after a long winter. Spring has definitely sprung!

In Springtime, there's plenty of events happening involving camp. This past weekend we had our 2nd Annual Wa Wa Fish and Bait Fishing Derby as well as our first Open House of the season. Both events came on the same day, Sunday and we couldn't have asked for better weather. Parents and kids alike came out for the fishing derby and took pleasure in some great fishing! All kinds of fish were being pulled in left and right and a fun time was had by all who attended. They enjoyed a lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers provided by the American Legion.

The Open House began at noontime with tours and conversations taking place. Camp Director Randle Cassady and Camp Executive Director, Jay Cohen showed prospective campers around with help from some volunteers. At the end of the day, we had kids register for that unique Wa Wa camp experience! One returning alum (whose daughter will now attend camp) exclaimed that she was ecstatic that "camp was still camp"!

Next up on the Spring event list is the 6th Annual 5k Race, the Wally Waddle! Camp Alumni Josh and Lisa Perks have organized and run the race from Day 1 and it just keep getting better and better! Thanks Josh and Lisa! It will take place, as usual on Mother's Day, this coming Sunday, with race day registration beginning at 7:30 am at Vassar Farm in Poughkeepsie, NY. Here's all the info-

6th Annual Wa Wa Wally Waddle 5k and Kids Runs.

Benefiting Camp Wa Wa Segowea Camper Scholarship Fund

Time: Sunday, May 10 · 9:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Vassar Farm Poughkeepsie, NY

Race Day registration 7:30-9:30 am

Kids 1 mile 9:30 am (free if you preregister $5 on race day)

Kids Rugby Field Rush 100 yards 9:45 am (free)

5K Run/Walk 10:00 am ($20 preregistration $25 race day)

Awarding of the Pies 11:00 am

T-shirts to the 1st 200 Registered 5k runners

Free games, face painting and balloon animals for the kids

A huge Wa Wa thank you to all of this years race sponsors, we couldn't do this without you.

Silver Sponsors.

Mid-Hudson Oral Surgeons

Tubby's Bathroom Resurfacing

Morris Associates Engineering Consultants, PLLC

Adams Fairacre Farms

Mid-Hudson Road Runner's Club

Justin Feldman Physical Therapy

The Derby

Caffe Aurora

Sign Sponsors

Eric's Fuel Service

WDST

The weekend after the Wally Waddle, we'll turn our efforts to camp and our Work Weekend. It will take place on May 16th and 17th and we definitely need some help. There's at least 8 MAJOR projects and both manpower and materials are needed. If you can spend any time on either day, please let us know- campwawasegowea@gmail.com

So what projects will we be working on? Here's the list:

Outside Lodge Repairs

Pawnee Cabin leveling

Log replacement on the path to Seneca Cabin

New cable railing at the Overlook.

Replacement of electrical box covers

Setting new flag pole

Parade Field Drainage Improvements

Replacement of lodge and Dining Hall Lights

New Cabin Shutters

Staining and Spray foaming

Electrical work

Raymond roof repair

Repair Hart Lodge Porch

What materials will we need?

6-8 sacks of ready mix concrete

heavy duty house jacks

6-12 solid concrete blocks of various thickness

LP Coated Cabling 1/4" bolts with eyes and cable hardware

Shovels, wheelbarrows

2-3 gallons of brown stain

2-3 cans of spray foam

2 lbs of roofing nails, 100' drip edging, 2 rolls of base coat and 2 rolls of cap coat

2-3 sheets of 3/8" plywood

5 sheets of 3/8" marine grade plywood, 2 lbs 1.5" coated deck screws

If you can provide any of these, please let us know! campwawasegowea@gmail.com

It will indeed be a very busy weekend! Won't you come and help?

One bit of sad news. The tree at the Outpost that held the rope swing was a victim of the bad winter. It was dead on the inside and fell over. No word on whether it made any sound!

Here's some recent pictures of spring at camp as well as some Fishing Derby and Open House pics.

Hope to see you at camp!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

It’s Camp Wa Wa Segowea 101!

We’ve begun the 101st season at YMCA Camp Wa Wa Segowea!

It’s been a cold winter here at camp with the year round residents still mainly sleeping. Harmon Pond is frozen, but the snowbanks have generally melted. It is still mid-January though and we can be sure to expect more precipitation!

There’s a few updates of camp we’d like to share and the first is it’s time to register for camp! Registration is now open online (here). Just like last year, we’re offering early bird rates (if you register by February 28th), but this year the savings is even better! By choosing the dates to attend camp now, you can save money no matter which session or option you select. We’ve also continued the referral credits that began last year. As a thank you for any new (did not attend last year) enrolled campers that you refer to camp this summer, you'll be credited $100 each ($50 for a Day Camp registration) toward your summer camp fees! Full details are found on the camp website. http://nwcty.org/wawa/wawa.htm

The second update is that we’re offering a couple of new options this summer! For the older campers, we’re offering Senior Options Camp (or SOC). SOC’s program is for boys and girls, ages 15-16, and will be a combination of outdoor experiences with service projects in camp and around the community. They’ll go on hiking trips, canoe trips and overnight trips and will have a role in selecting and planning these trips and projects. Another option for the older campers will be something we’re calling Excursion Camp and that will take place at the beginning and the end of the summer. Stay tuned for more details on that!

Another update you may or may not be aware of- We are ACA accredited once again! Last year, not only was it the first year of operation of camp for the Northwest CT Y, the hard work of ACA Accreditation was taken on! And we made it! Congrats to the team that took on this herculean task. According to the website of the The American Camp Association (ACA), they accredit over 2,400 camps.

"As a leading authority in youth development, ACA works to preserve, promote, and improve the camp experience. ACA-Accredited® camps meet up to 300 standards for health, safety, and program quality."

Why should a parent care about accreditation? The ACA says it all. To read about it click here- http://www.campparents.org/funsafety

Here's what it says about us on the ACA website-

So now you know we’re accredited and you can register and save money, but why Wa Wa? Why did you choose this camp? Why should you choose this camp? What did you think of your camp experience? Those are questions we’ve asked previous campers and we received a few responses we'd like to share.

“On the first day, I kind of liked it. We did crazy stuff and it was really fun. I really love this camp and would come back every year.”

“It’s my first year here and my favorite part has been the amazing people and I enjoyed meeting all of you. You guys really make this experience what it is. You guys are so nice.”

“I’ve been coming here the past three years and my family’s been coming here and they loved it. I never really went to summer camp before and I really enjoyed this. I’m so grateful to be here”.

“I love how happy I am when I’m here.”

“It’s small enough, you can bond with everyone.”

“I love the kind of person this camp brings out in everyone.”

“I love it here. It’s real nice. We play a lot of games. We go swimming. You make a lot of new friends. What more do you want?”

More and more kids come to Camp Wa Wa Segowea and find out things about themselves. They grow in different ways. They learn things that surprise them. They accomplish more than they thought they could. They make friends of all ages. Camp becomes a part of them! That's why they choose Camp Wa Wa Segowea!

We recently came across some pictures from the past era’s of camp and want to share just a few here on the blog. Look for more in some upcoming posts. These are from the 1940's.