ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE CAMP

February 2024

AN UPDATE FROM THE ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE

AV Open Golf Outing

Hosted by Champion Lakes Golf Club

Enjoy a day of golf on the scenic Champion Lakes Golf Course during the AV Open Golf Outing! All proceeds will go towards our newly established AV Camp Endowment which will help support camper scholarships and/or capital improvements in the future.

Registration includes day of golf, green fee, cart, special competitions, lunch on the course and dinner at the camp.

Winter Camp Recap

This past weekend was our biggest Winter Camp ever! An exciting weekend for all 300+ involved. From our talent show to our dance, our campers and staff had an extraordinary experience. We even got snow!

Our guest speakers were Fr. Anthony Baba along with Chris and Adella Al-Dehneh. Thank you to all campers, staff, and volunteers who made this weekend such an incredible experience!

Link to photos from the weekend:

https://avcamp.smugmug.com/AV-2024/Winter-Camp

OYCC Recap

Orthodox Youth and Camp Conference

Our Year Round Staff attended this year's annual Orthodox Youth and Camp Conference held at the AV Conference Center on January 24-27. Our staff learned how to better serve our campers and new ways to improve our ministry.

Namie's Nook Competition Winner!

Congratulations to Luke Nicholas for winning our Namie's Nook T-Shirt Design Competition!

Find this design at Namie's Nook this summer!

New AV Thrift Shop!

Introducing the Village Thriftstore! Have old AV gear that you don't need anymore? Donate it to our Thriftstore and we'll sell it for a discounted price!

A thank you to our alumn Amanda Regnier for this idea!

To donate, just mail items to:

Antiochian Village Camp - attn Thriftstore

201 Saint Ignatius Trail

Bolivar, PA 15923

We've already received our first donations!

Village @ Home Recap!

On February 3, we held a Village at Home for the DC/Baltimore area at SS Peter and Paul church in Potomac Maryland.

Campers Grades 3-12 got to experience a day of camp

including sports, arts and crafts, gimme shop, and of course church services!

Following this event was our Young Adult and Alumni gathering.

Upcoming Programs

Stay tuned for registration opening for our programs!

Program	Dates	Registration Open
AV Open	May 18, 2024	NOW!
Summer Family Camp	May 24-27, 2024 Speaker - Bp JOHN	NOW! (FULL)
Summer Camp	June 16 - Aug 9, 2024	NOW! (FULL)
Arch Week	June 30 - July 7, 2024	NOW! (FULL)
Adult Camp	September 20-23, 2024	TBD

Village Updates

Ongoing Projects

NAMIE HALL UPDATE!

Renovation on Namie Hall is well underway! The new siding, windows and roof are done and they are installing HVAC as you read this! We can't wait to be able to use this space to hold events, host guest speakers, and more.

Thank you so much to those who have contributed to this project and made this transformation possible!

The Sports Shed!

Work has now begun on renovating our sports shed (old camp office).

SHRINES UPDATES

Work continues on replacing the shrines of St. Raphael, St. Thekla, and St. Artemius!

Kitchen Manager Needed!

Kitchen Manager - With so many programs and guest groups throughout the year, we are in need of someone to join our year-round team and run the AV Camp kitchen.

If you or someone you know are interested in either position please email frchris@avcamp.org.

AV's UPDATED DREAM BOARD!!!

Check out our hopes and dreams for the future!

We're always dreaming about the future here at AV...from projects, to programs, to staffing...and we want to share those dreams with you! Click the link below to check out our Updated Dream Board, which now includes program and staffing dreams, as well as completed dreams over the past 3 years...and feel free to send us your ideas of what you'd love to see here in the future!

Check Out Our Dream Board!

Shop online at Namie's Nook!

Our Nookstore is online - check out all the merchandise from sweatshirts to Christmas ornaments. AV swag makes great Christmas gifts! Don't forget our new thrift store as well!

Check out the Nookstore!

RELIVE AV MEMORIES!

Hey AV Alumni! Do you love flipping through our photo albums when you come to visit? Well our Director of Communications Constantine Kallaur has spent the last year scanning all of our photos from our photo collection going all the way back to 1981! In an effort to preserve the history of The Antiochian Village, we are in the process of digitizing as much content as we have. God willing, we'll have every session video going back to the 1990's online in the near future as well.

Check out our SmugMug photo-site below to re-live the AV memories!

AV Camp SmugMug

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