THE PAVILION The new Pavilion; replacing the old hockey arena. Awesome all-weather space, ideal for all sorts of activities, gatherings, meetings, and events such as, but not limited to, Inclement weather Pickleball and Knock-Out, “Modified” Quidditch, STEAM, STEM, rehearsals, sing practice, Olympics team meetings, etc.
TYLER BISK’S ROBOTICS!
Tyler (Club 2016 and former counselor) returns to Towanda with a passion for camp and robotics. Very exciting; look for more info and how to sign up in the upcoming “Additional Options” form.
MASTER CAMP CLINICS
In addition to our sports clinics offered during the summer in many activities, we are excited to announce these official additions (back by popular demand from 2023). You will be able to sign up for these as well as all of our Master Camp Clinics on the “Additional Options” form - available in February.
MASTER GOLF: Jay Blumenfeld returns for multi-day golf clinics. Jay’s impressive resume includes, but is not limited to: 3 Time U.S. Maccabiah Golf Team Member And Medal Winner Ranked In the Top 10 US Senior Amateurs; 30 Time Club Champion; 11 time USGA Championship Participant; 20 Time Royal And Ancient Championship Participant; 2 Time New Jersey Amateur Player Of The Year; 2 Time Metropolitan Golf Association Senior Amateur Champ; 2 Time New Jersey Senior Amateur Champ; 4 Time New Jersey Senior Amateur Player Of The Year; 2 Time New Jersey Super Senior Amateur Champ; Metropolitan Golf Association Senior Masters Champ; University Of Miami Golf Team.
MASTER LAX: Dave Crone returns for his multi-day LAX COACHING CLINICS as well! Check this out–
Dave was a Lacrosse goalie at SUNY Albany; Played MLL, Coaches at Florida Select (one of the top girls' programs in the country), and at Saint Andrews School in Florida, where he trains many players that attend and will attend top Division 1 schools!
O&A UPGRADES
Our Continuous Belay course by The Treehouse is being revamped, redesigned, and re-configured; more excitement and variation for all O&A-ers…Karyn O&A says, “This is O & Awesome”!!! Editor’s note: O&A is Outdoor Adventure at Camp Towanda and part of a multi-year plan of adding new challenges and elements.
SCORE!!!!
A new electronic scoreboard will be on display at Main Basketball, complementing the electronic scoreboards at Main Baseball, Gully Hockey, Field House, and the many portable ones too.
REMODELING
The White Rock Cafe: Continuing to develop with oh-so-cool decor!
New windows coming to the Canteen and G-3
The “old Staff Lounge”: Getting some new diner tables - from our favorite bowling alley, Valley Lanes!
More to come!
LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS Despite the challenge of the national tree disease that has forced us to take down several hundred trees on our property; we are transforming many of the trunks into “log benches” for the Tombstone and Tipi fire circles as well as several other strategic locations around camp.
WEATHER OR NOT Many of you might know that Mitch is a weather enthusiast. In addition to his Mansion rooftop weather station that monitors lightning warnings and detection, anemometer (wind), altimeter (altitude), temperature, humidity, and rainfall, we have now added a Wet Bulb Temperature (WBGT) monitor to our toolkit, which measures the heat stress in direct sunlight. This fall, Mitch, Mendy and Lauren attended a conference on climate effects on camping. This new WBGT will help us make smarter decisions on when to consider modifying activities (and the new Pavilion comes in handy adding to our long list of indoor or covered spaces).
HEY I. I mean, A.I.!!! We also attended a conference on AI and how/if it can help at camp. Well, let me tell you—AI cannot replace Mitch’s Late Night Emails to the parents!! Of course, I could tell it to throw in some typos and bad jokes!!
However, we will be experimenting with AI to “help” us balance and implement our multi-faceted and extensive programming schedule. Could be fun!!
There's so much more in 2024!