These next few days I will be unveiling some improvements at Camp Howard to look forward to. I will show you the progress on heating the pool AND what we did at the dining room! We will also be taking you on a work party at the camp so you can see how work parties benefit the camp. Blanchett High School students will be joining us on Friday at the camp. Karen has asked me to come up and help drive so I will take you along with me. Sound like fun? I can assure you it will be so stay tuned!
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Where am I? See if You Can Sleuth it Out!
Can you tell where I am? I am at a leadership conference until tomorrow (Wednesday) then back to the CYO office. Are there enough clues here to determine the location?
CYO Track & Field and Lacrosse “We Gotcha” April 14
Check it out, we may have captured you yesterday!
CYO Dance DJ Tom Farley – Did you see this? How Fantastic!
Tom Farley does all of the CYO Dances every month at Oaks Park for CYO 7th and 8th graders. He does a great job for CYO and we are really proud to share this news clip on Tom.
Bryan and MaryAnn Stewart, the CYO Middle School Dance Coordinators have worked with Tom Farley, the CYO DJ, for the past 7 years and have this to say about Tom: “In working with Tom for the past 7 years at the CYO Middle School Dances we have come to appreciate his skill as a DJ. Tom has been extremely helpful ensuring our mission of offering a safe, fun and appropriate environment for several hundred youth who attend each of the dances. We recently saw Tom featured as a Community Hero on KATU news. It was evident that Tom uses his position of a DJ as a mission showing dignity and respect to all that he works with. We are honored to work with such a wonderful individual, who clearly shares our mission and values here at CYO/Camp Howard!”
http://www.katu.com/news/specialreports/147415925.html?tab=video
Next CYO Dance is April 20th open to all current CYO 7th and 8th Graders – sign up on the CYO Website if you haven’t been before!
CYO Portland meets CYO Seattle
We had a wonderful day at Camp Howard meeting with the leadership of the Seattle CYO and Camps programs. We exchanged information about our organizations and learned a lot about each other. In many ways we are very similar and in many ways we are different. We explored those similarities and differences through out the day and then ended with dinner on the way home from camp.
I am personally looking forward to going to Seattle and visiting their camps this summer. I am particularly interested in their horse camp and high school camp. What do you think?
Photo by Sr. Krista: CYO/Camp Howard Staff meet with CYO and Camp staff from Seattle April 13, 2012.
Why Are there so few Accredited Camps in Oregon?
Answer: Because it is a lot of work to go through to become accredited and stay accredited. Why does Camp Howard go through the effort of being an accredited camp? Answer: because it helps tremendously to maintain a level of safety at the camp. Camp Howard holds itself to the highest standards in camping with the American Camping Association. Camps are accredited every three years or whenever the camp has a new Camp Director.
Facility Manager, Karen von Borstel and Camp Howard Summer Program Director, Bill Fogarty, work on the preparation for the American Camping Association Accreditation which will take place this summer.
Guess What the CYO/Camp Howard Staff is up to on Friday the 13th?
The CYO/Camp Howard Staff will be going to Camp Howard and will be meeting with the CYO and camp staff from Seattle, WA. We will be meeting one another and sharing information between the two groups and talk about how we might collaborate going forward. Imagine a border clash between 8th grade boys and girls championship basketball teams. Who knows what might come of it. Now you are on the cutting edge of information!
Easter Week Gift of Inspiration to YOU
Sit back, put on your head phones, and let this music video fill your soul with inspiration. Happy Easter Week!
Blazers Honor CYO/Camp Howard April 9, 2012
It was a special night at the Rose Garden for CYO Volunteers, Staff and Friends as nearly 50 gathered to spend an evening of fun and relaxation at the Rose Garden. Highlight of the evening was watching Phil Kent, CYO Coach from St. Joseph in Vancouver honored for his work with Seton Catholic High School Girls Volleyball. Coach Kent has coached for several years and turned out some exceptional teams. congratulations Coach Kent!
Special thanks to Jolie Abraham Phanton for setting up the evening for the group!
Easter Celebration just ramping up!
We are now in the season of Eastertide and it lasts until Pentecost – the time in which the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles – 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ! Many Catholic Schools are given Easter Monday off to honor the sacredness of this Holy Day and season.
CYO/Camp Howard 