Category CYO/Camp Howard

Courage to Lead

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Paige Alie has slipped into a role at camp this year that seems to fit her well.  She acts like she has been doing for quite a long time but in fact she just began three weeks ago!  Her role for all practical purposes is the youth leader of Camp Howard for the summer.  She is the person viewed by the young campers as the person in charge.  She directs the traffic, the ringmaster you might say.

It thrills the older adult leadership team to watch Paige and her contemporaries take charge of the camp and execute the activities.  It is youth leadership development at its best!

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Paige prepares for Cougar Campfire Thursday night of camp with all of the new cougar awards to be awarded!

Greenwood Village at Camp Howard

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In addition to the bright shiny packaged activities at the camp, creative play in places like Greenwood Village are hard to beat!  As is evidenced by the pictures, the kids have been hard at work building forts and experiencing the wonder of the area.

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Camp Howard Has a Great Staff!

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Camp Staff Photo

Every year we wonder, how could we get a better staff than this…somehow, God provides!  We have a first class group of young men and women at Camp Howard this summer doing some very special work.  They are MAKING GREAT MEMORIES FOR KIDS!

Our Staff Members this Year:

Youth Program Leader: Paige Alie (She is the leader of the pack!)

Unit Directors: Anthony “Fergie” Ferguson, Emily Cochran, Madeline Parvankin, Maggie Miller & Hannah Duffey.

Program Staff: Anthony Cioeta, Colleen Rooney, Gabe Klinger, Kay Greene, Kayla Hoston, Kenna Reid, Latece Brown, Gabe King, Erik Gravengaard.

Counselors: Amanda Weddle, Amber Parkins, Andreas Markantonatos, Carlie Leach, Elijah Ward, Elle Vodden, Gianna Sullivan, Jeremy Clark, Kelly Gentry, Kelsey Stankye, Kenna Sandblast, Mads Gwynn, Margo Stermer, Mariah Graham, Marquis Cruz, Meg Gilbert, Natalie Andersen, Olivia Worley, Phillip Kent Jr., Ryan Ohm, Skylar “Sky” Deitch, Sofie Dobberfuhl, Thomas Gray.

Year Around Leadership:  Nora Gravengaard, Camp Director, Shawna King, Asst. Camp Director, Leila Blakely, Health and Safety Director, Sr. Michael Francine, Camp Store, Karen von Borstel, Property Director, Sr. Krista Exec. Dir.

We are also most grateful for the support we receive daily from the CYO/CH office in Portland where the staff do all possible to help make camp run smoothly!

Congratulations Werner!!!

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Werner Nistler Jr. and his wife, Colleen were the chairs of our Champions of Faith benefit dinner in 2011 and 2012!  A very well deserved award for sure!  We are proud of you!

CYO Coach “K” to the Supreme Court

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These girls are very fortunate to be coached by a nominee to and potential Supreme Court Justice!  The memories we make as youth are pretty spectacular! These girls will have some great stories to tell for sure!

Go CYO! Congratulations Coach “K”!!!

Owen Wilson WAS at Camp Howard

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News reports of sightings of Owen Wilson in Portland were correct as he was here to shoot a segment for Documentary Now shot at Camp Howard June 14 – 18, 2018.  The film will be shown in January.  If you are not familiar with Documentary Now, they put short spoofs together of real documentaries where they poke a little fun (kindly) on various themes.

The segment shot at Camp Howard has to do with a cult coming to a small town, similar to what happened in Central Oregon in the early 1980’s.  See if you can figure out the role Wilson played.

After the “shoot” he came to the camp dining hall to meet the leadership staff of Camp Howard which was a very kind gesture!  The staff was thrilled to say the least to have the opportunity to meet Owen Wilson and I am sure it will be one of the top highlights of their summer!

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Camp Howard Volleyball Camp NCAA National Champion Player to Coach

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The CYO/Camp Howard Volleyball Camp is led by Patty Jayne.  She is a current CYO coach at St. Joseph in Vancouver.  In addition to this current coaching position, Patty has also coached at the high school and collegiate level.  Patty was also a member of the 1988 Portland State NCAA National Championship Team.  Patty loves the game of volleyball and it shows.

Over the course of the weekend, the campers will be divided by age to work on the fundamentals of the game, including passing, setting, hitting and serving.  Patty incorporates numerous games so the players are having fun and learning the game.  In addition to learning volleyball skills, the players will also engage in camp activities such as arts & crafts, swimming, visiting the camp store, giant swing/zip line (for campers 13 yrs. and older) and archery.  The kids will sleep in cabins and enjoy camp fires, as well.

The camp is from Thursday, June 28th through Sunday, July 1st.  Registration is open on our website at http://www.cyocamphoward.org/camphoward

Jenna Bass

CYO Director of Basketball & Volleyball

Office: 503-231-9484 x107

Cell: 503-740-7640

Email: jennab@cyocamphoward.org

Below: 1. Campers at the 2017 Camp Howard Volleyball camp 2. Anna Maria Lopez (sister of Patty Jayne) helps coach the summer camp at Camp Howard

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Mary’s Lodge Update

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5.30.2018 Camp Howard – Check out the latest drone footage of the Mary’s Lodge construction at Camp Howard.

Ed Kluss, Executive Board President, CYO/Camp Howard, Receives Appreciation

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From the Script:

Ed Kluss

Mr. Ed Kluss CYO/Camp Howard Executive Board was led by Ed Kluss again this year.  Ed is the Vice President of Umpqua Bank.  He has been especially helpful to me this year with some of the historic gifts CYO/Camp Howard has received.  It is great to have a good banker in the house!  Ed has been indispensable working with the Catholic Charities Board, on behalf of CYO/CH.  Ed is very detailed, precise, humorous and enjoys a good laugh. 

I would like to award our Spirit of CYO award to Ed Kluss for his great work with the Executive Board.

Sister Krista: gives him a plaque

George and Tammy Awarded by CYO/CH

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George & Tammy Weivoda

George and Tammy Weivoda – Awarded May 22, 2018 at the CYO/Camp Howard Appreciation Dinner held at the University of Portland

From the Script:

“October 9th will be the date of our 8th Champions of Faith benefit Dinners – can you believe it?  We have had some really great people step up to lend their good names to chair the dinners – Werner & Colleen Nistler, Sean & Sheri Dooney, Judy Winczewski, Bob & Kathleen Burtchaell and this past year, we had George and Tammy Weivoda.  George has served for many years as a coach, Basketball Commission member and basketball commission chair.  I called him last year and asked him if he and Tammy would be willing to step up and help us out as chairs of the dinner last year and they said “Yes”.  We could not be more pleased with the great job they did helping us spread the word about CYO and Camp Howard.

  • We would like to say thank you, George & Tammy, for your service this past year as chairs of our dinner! God bless you both!”

Lisa Sanders: Give  them the book

Sr. Krista: Give them the Clock