CAMP WOODSTOCK YMCA

Camp Updates

The Witness Stones Project Comes to Camp

by Mike Sherman In 1740 the enslaved persons of Ebenezer Lyon, including one named Crumbo, built a stone dam for a grist mill on the outlet stream of Black Pond along what is now called Camp Road. In 1760 the dam harnessed the water to operate the bellows for one of the first known iron-making works in Connecticut; the New Roxbury Iron Works. In 1996 the still-standing stone dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2023 Camp Woodstock will begin an educational program with the Witness [...]

2023-06-01T08:53:06-04:00April 1st, 2023|Categories: Camp Updates|

What’s new for Summer Camp in 2023?

Greetings, Woodstockers! As I am writing to you from the Wirth Panorama in the boathouse on a beautiful fall morning, the leaves are changing and my reminiscing on the past summer is in full effect. Looking back at the 100th summer of Camp Woodstock, I feel incredibly lucky to be a part of that and the upcoming summer too. In working alongside Tony and Megan, our 2023 planning phase began the second that the 100th summer came to an end. Our goal for the upcoming year is to create an [...]

2023-03-12T16:23:11-04:00February 7th, 2023|Categories: Camp Staff, Camp Updates|

Meet Jackie, Alumni Relations Officer

Greeting, Woodstockers! I’m excited to be writing this, but I’m more excited for the chance to meet each of you as your schedule allows. My name is Jackie Orlowski and I am the (fairly) new alumni relations officer for Camp Woodstock. I come to serve Camp Woodstock with a professional background in volunteer management and alumni engagement with the goal of creating space and opportunity to bring people together. Before my role here, I served for just over 4 years as the hospice volunteer coordinator for Middlesex Health and then [...]

2023-03-12T15:54:06-04:00January 31st, 2023|Categories: Alumni, Camp Staff, Camp Updates|

Annual Campaign 2023

A Note From Our 2023 Campaign Chair: As we step into a new year and a new century at Camp Woodstock, we reflect on what incredible the strength, determination, dedication, and passion are present within our Camp family! The last few years were challenging, to say the least, for everyone as we navigated a worldwide pandemic. Camp faced issues it had never seen before from closing its doors in the beginning, to opening a limited day camp, to opening overnight camp again and testing every single camper at check-in. However, [...]

2023-03-12T15:40:16-04:00January 10th, 2023|Categories: Annual Giving Campaign, Camp Updates|

Introducing Camp Woodstock’s 100 Year Promise

Hello Woodstockers, Arguably, this moment in time is quickly becoming one of the greatest in our camp’s history—during significant strains on families, Camp Woodstock has worked tirelessly to remain resilient so that we may continue to serve youth as a place that offers safety, friendship, and positive mentors. This summer, Camp provided a Day Camp experience to over 170 individual kids from 120 families and a novel Virtual Camp program to over 50 campers. We were asked by our local Superintendents to provide childcare during the online school year so [...]

2021-10-11T13:57:03-04:00February 19th, 2021|Categories: Alumni, Camp Updates, Camp Woodstock 100 Years, Capital Campaign|

Preparing for Woodstock’s 100th Year Celebration (2022)

Hello Woodstockers! Many Camp Woodstock Alumni have been volunteering their time and working hard (remotely) to prepare for Woodstock's 100 Year Celebration. Here is an update on some of the projects already underway. If you are eager to lend a hand with any of these activities, please fill out our Alumni Contact Info form. We would love to hear from you! 100th Celebration Weekend: UPDATE: Registration is now open! Our 100th celebration weekend will be a 3 day event, Friday June 17th - Sunday June 19th, 2022 (with the option [...]

2022-06-10T17:12:38-04:00December 21st, 2020|Categories: Alumni, Camp Updates, Camp Woodstock 100 Years|