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THREE-WEEKERS ARRIVE - Special activities and events are planned to help orient the new campers and weave them into the program. Additionally, a class/activity seminar will be held to assist the newly arriving campers with their selections.
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Abe makes an appearance.
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THE BLUE & GRAY GAME: The Battle of Gettysburg - The first of the three-week
programs lineup of all-camp games, campers split into the Union and Confederate Armies and reenact the battle for Little Roundtop and the town of Gettysburg. Gameplay is modeled after the
4-Week sessions Rev War Game.
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Perennial favorite, the Counselor Sponge Toss!
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THE POK-O PALOOZA - A Festival of art, music, dance and overall camp fun! A live band and D.J. play host while various booths such as a slip-and-slide,
a zip-line, face painting, and fortune telling amuse and entertain the campers.
TRIP WEEK - These overnight wilderness trips- some of them co-ed- to the Adirondack Mountains and lakes highlight the summer-long wilderness trip program.
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Robinson Hall goes Vegas!
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CASINO NIGHT - Try your luck. Try your skill. Theres blackjack,
poker, craps, roulette. Horse racing and a stock market. And, of course, food and soda for everyone!
THE POK-O OPEN - A camp wide tennis tournament featuring matches and titles contested in both the ladies and gentlemens divisions.
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Parents are invited to the Big MacCready, the culmination of
a summer of riding.
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BIG MacCREADY HORSE SHOW (Sun. 8/10) - The camp opens its doors to Equestrian
competitors from around the region, who try their talent and luck at competing against the Pok-O-MacCready riders on their home turf. This is the culmination of the summer-long horseback riding program.
GREEK GAMES - A day and a half of color war competition in which four Greek city-states
compete in a variety of events to win the favor of the Olympic gods and goddesses. It culminates on Wednesday evening with a toga-clad camp at the Greek Feast.
JACKS CUP - Camps premiere sailing regatta. Top sailors qualify to compete and hope to advance all the way to the cup.
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Robinson Hall, lit only by candles, ushers out every memorable summer.
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BANQUETS - Annual banquet meal and awards ceremony. Among the highlights:
Presentation of Years-of-Service awards, the Pok-O "P" and MacCready "M", and
the naming of the prestigious "Honor Camper."
CAMPERS DEPART (Sat. 8/16) See you next summer!
POK-O-MACCREADY FAMILY CAMP (Aug. 20-24) Modeled after our quinquennial reunions, Family Camp is five days of fun, reuniting
, recreation and relaxation at Camp, where the staff and the program cater to entire families.
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