AV CAMP

May 2025

AN UPDATE FROM AV CAMP

Adult Camp Registration OPEN NOW!

Big news! Adult camp 2025 has been moved to Labor Day weekend. This event will now take place on August 29-September 1.

Registration is OPEN NOW!

Our guest speaker: Charles Ajalat

Charles has been active in growing Orthodoxy in North America in so many ways, as he helped start well-known ministries such as IOCC, OCMC, and FOCUS-North America. We are excited for him to be with us and share his wisdom of how to serve in the Orthodox Church here in America!

AV Open Recap

AV Open 2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 3rd annual AV Open Golf Tournament at Champion Lakes!

Because of the support from the teams that participated along with our 50/50 raffle, gift basket raffles, and silent auction, we raised over $20,000 for AV!

Congratulations to the winners Robert Trbovich, Dn. Ned Trbovich, Bill Jesserer, and Bob Brill aka The Turbo Guys!

AV Open Photos

Summer Wish Lists!

Summer camp is just a few weeks away! As we prepare for our busiest season we continue to count on your support to further this ministry.

One way this is accomplished is through our Wish Lists! Below are Wish Lists for various parts of our ministry in which we we need your assistance.

Please consider supporting our program by ensuring we are well prepared for our summer ministry. Thank you to those who have gotten us started with some supplies!

Programs

Office

Health Center

Sensory Room

Summer Camp Reminders!

Please check out our Parents Corner on the website. This has lots of information including:

Camper Parent Handbook (please read through this carefully as it has updated information every year)
Arrival / Departure Information
Preparing your camper for Camp
Packing list
Photos - links
Forms
Policies
FAQ's
Much much more!

Summer Zoom Meeting!

Camper Parent Zoom

Bring your questions and join Fr. Chris Shadid on a Zoom call. Parents and campers welcome!

Sunday, June 1st, 2025 - 5:00pm EST

Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 850 2206 0799

Passcode: 583035

Ongoing Projects

New Floor!

The Lodge got upgraded with a brand new flooring throughout the whole building. Including the main floor, basement, and loft!

Fresh Look!

We added a fresh new stain to our iconic Gathering Place building to keep it looking the way we all know and love!

Decal Lift!

Not only did we get new camp vans, we also got new decal added to them!

Volunteer Applications are OPEN!

Volunteer TODAY!

Want to be a part of our ministry? We always need volunteers to help Summer Camp run. Spots are filling up fast. Fill out your application today!

Volunteer TODAY!

Stay tuned for registration opening for our programs!

Program	Dates	Registration Opens
Family Camp	May 23-26	NOW! (Full) Freel free to join the waitlist!
Summer Camp 2025!	Summer 2025	NOW! (Full) Feel free to join the waitlist!
Arch Week	June 29-July 6	NOW! (Full) Feel free to join the waitlist!
Adult Camp	August 29-September 1	Open Now!

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!

AV Thrift Shop!

Have old AV gear that you don't need anymore? Donate it to our Thrift store and we'll sell it for a discounted price! If you are a camper parent, feel free to bring items on arrival day.

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

To donate, just mail items to:

AV Camp - attn Thriftstore

201 Saint Ignatius Trail

Bolivar, PA 15923

We've already received many donations!

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. Our intern Nick Dujmovic has collected camp videos going all the way back to the 1990s as well.

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

Photos Here!

Videos Here!

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