The Great Summer of 2012

The 2012 Priority Registration was a huge success, almost filling certain programs and sessions.  

Congratulations to parents that took advantage of the Priority Registration and saved on next year's prices and have now secured their camper's spot in camp next summer. 

Did You Know?

1. Halloween is one of the oldest celebrations in the world dating back over to 5th century BC, to the Celtic celebration of the dead. A Celtic festival was held on November 1, the first day of the Celtic New Year. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en).
2. When Christianity spread in to Europe, November 1 became All Saints Day, a day dedicated to all the saints that didn't have a special day of their own. A special mass called on Nov 1st was called "All hallows Mass". The evening before became known as, "All Hallows E'ene" eventually Hallowe'en then finally, Halloween.
3. The tradition of wearing masks on Halloween came from the celtic tradition that believed that the dead visited the living on October 31st and masks were intended to keep the spirits from recognizing the living!
4. Halloween is the second most successful commercial holiday after Christmas
5. Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing,s dance and tell fortunes.
6. The act of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century Christian European custom called "souling". On November 1st, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
7. Yes, we all know that Jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland and were hollowed out turnips with candles placed in them to keep spirits away on that holiday.
8. BUT did you know that the Jack-o-lantern custom is thought to come from Irish folklore?. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree. According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness.

Citizenship Award

Cabin #7 

Patricia Turcotte

Cabin #1

Robin Valerino

Leadership Award

Cabin #1

Thomas Lesage