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Here is the link to the Session One Album where you can find the galleries to AV Session One Arrival Day Photos and Day One Photos and Day Two Photos!

Session One is underway and the campers are loving it... all thanks to God. This year we are using a new website for our photography and we are excited to provide the campers and parents, per request, with many more photos from every day this summer! At present we have our 2013 Family Camp album and our Staff Training Week album full uploaded. The Session One Album is up and running and we are keeping it updated with hundreds of pictues every day! You can find the gallery right below!

Camp Smile Did you know one of every three campers receives scholarship assistance to attend camp? Did you know that the Order of St. Ignatiusis donating $190,000 in scholarships for campers to attend any of the eight camping programs in the Antiochian Archdiocese? Did you know that our alumni and friends last year helped raise nearly $20,000 in scholarship funds? This year the request for scholarship funds is greater than ever. We need your help! Are you able to help send a kid to camp? No donation is too little or too large. You may make a one time gift or offer a recurring gift. Check with your employer and see if they possibly have a matching gift program to double your donation. The most cost effective way to donate is to send us a check payable to the Antiochian Village (201 St. Ignatius Trail, Bolivar, PA 15923) with "Scholarship Fund" in the check memo. If you prefer to use your credit card, you can call our office and we can process it over the phone or you may utilize one of the following links: Network for Good, JustGive.org, or Causes. We thank you in advance for your consideration of the need of our campers.

We are pleased to announce that our 2013 Summer Staff has been selected and is already preparing for the summer camping season. We invite you to visit our 2013 Staff page to meet our entire staff. Each day we plan to introduce two of these wonderful and dynamic young people so that world may know what fantastic young people will be working and caring for our campers. If you miss reading the brief bios posted here each day you can catch up clicking on their names on our 2013 Staff page.


Liz K. Counselor		Dean J. Camp Cutie
Elizabeth, also known as “Liz Khalifa” is an Auburn-haired cool person and soul skater from East Grand Rapids, Michigan. This fall, Liz will be entering into her junior year at The University of Michigan, where she is studying International Studies and Spanish. In her free time, you can find Liz spending time with family and friends, reading, watching and quoting movies, conversing, soul skating, making prayer ropes, thinking about and making absurdly beautiful references to Lord of the Rings, (board)gaming, STARGAZING, dreaming about Renaissance Fairs, soul skating some more, twirling her hair, and saying, “Yeah.” This summer, Liz will be working as a counselor, meaning who gets to chill out, max, and relax all cool with campers ALL DAY EVERYDAY. This is Liz’s second year on staff at the Village, and she is more excited than an excited person to meet her campers, teach morning program, go to church, eat gimme shop and all the food from Aunt Sadie, AND JUST BE AT THE VILLAGE BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD!! Can I get a yeah?! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!		Dean is an exceptionally handsome and independent toddler from Bolivar, Pennsylvania. This fall, Dean will be celebrating his second birthday and beginning his third year of life, where he has already mastered walking and is now learning to talk, throw tantrums, feed his dogs (Walker and Kallie), and throw away the trash. After camp, Dean plans to start potty training. In his free time, Dean loves to throw balls, play with trucks, build and knock down blocks, slide down the stairs, and snuggle with his puppies (though they try to run away). This summer, Dean will be working as the Camp Cutie, meaning he will have to do absolutely no work but will be will fawned over for his cuteness by campers and staff alike. This is Dean's second year on staff at the Village (not counting in utero), and he is counting down the days until he will have an abundance of friends to play with!

Many years in the making, we have now made the life of our camper families a little easier. You now have access to your health history online. Instead of printing out four pages (every year) for your camper(s), you can go online into your password protected account and provide your health history. Each year you will only have to go online and verify or update information as necessary. The one page you will have to download is the Medical Examination Form and take it to your doctor to complete. Please follow the instructions below to complete your health history online:

1)      Have your camper’s health information ready (insurance info, immunization record, etc.).
2)      Login to your AV online account: http://antiochianvillage.pointinspace.com/family/login.php
3)      On the registration home page, you’ll see the name(s) of your campers listed under Current Sessions.
4)      Click on the Health Form Required link under your camper’s name.
5)      Enter the appropriate info on each page (4 pages total). At the bottom of each page, you’ll be able to save the information you’ve entered. You may enter everything at once, or log back in at a later time to complete the process.
6)      On the final page, you’ll be prompted to download the Medical Examination Form, which must be printed, then signed by your child’s physician and sent to us, along with copies of your health insurance card (front & back).
7)      That’s it!

There are still a few spots left open for camp this summer. The chart below indicates where room exists. To attend camp this summer register now! If you are still not sure what you are going to do this summer then check out our new 2013 Summer Camp Promotional Video. It just might help you decide. Enjoy! If a session is full you may contact our office to have your camper placed on the Wait List.

2013 Summer Camp Space Availability as of May 27th
Camp Sessions	Males	Females
Session One - 1 week June 16 - 23	full	4
Session One - 2 weeks June 16 - 28	full	21
Session Two June 30 - July 12	full	full
Session Three July 14 - 26	full	2
Session Four July 28 - August 9	full	full
Sacred Arts Camps
Byzantine Chant Session One June 16 - 28	full	full
Byzantine Chant Session Two June 30 - July 12	full	full
Iconography Camp July 14 - 22	1	full
Total Campers Registered: 1,045

If a session is full and you would like your camper to be placed on the waiting list for that session please download a registration form and send it to our office. You will be notified when a spot opens up and we are able to move your camper into a registered position.

Hey Villagers! Our Environmental Education Program is really taking off here in the Ligonier Valley. We have put together an excellent resource for interested parties that want to learn a little more about Antiochian Village and the EE Program. You can view it here!

Contact Tatiana if you are interested in bringing a group to experience all the Antiochian Village Environmental Education Program has to offer!

Have you ever thought about what happens at the Antiochian Village during summer camp? Are you wondering what your children, grandchildren or siblings do while they are at camp? Well, we have a way to give you a glimpse. This year we had our own staff photographer, Nicole, who took photos every day and night. We uploaded photos and brief descriptions of the day to our Summer Memories page.

We have added a new page to offer parents some resources that relate to camp and also for general parenting. We welcome suggestions of other material that may prove to be helpful to other parents. Visit our Resources for Parents webpage.

Join the Antiochian Village Community by becoming a Fan on our AV Facebook page. Our plans are to have this online interactive community to keep everyone up to date with happenings and information regarding life at the Antiochian Village. If you have suggestions for our online presence, feel free to contact us.

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