Plast camps draw over 700 throughout U.S. (08/27/00)

Plast camps draw over 700 throughout U.S.

by Roman Juzeniw

NEW YORK - Over 700 campers and counselors participated in this summer's Plast camps throughout the United States at sites in New York state (Vovcha Tropa and Novyi Sokil), Ohio (Pysanyi Kamin) and Michigan (Zelenyi Yar).

The largest camps were at Vovcha Tropa where more than 450 campers and counselors and administration populated the campsite in East Chatham, N.Y., during the month of July. The camps at that site encompassed two regular camps each for novatstvo and yunatstvo, plus one for older teens and one for first-time campers.

There were 191 campers and 35 instructors at the camps at Pysanyi Kamin in Middlefield, Ohio (two camps each for novatstvo and yunatstvo); 89 campers and 20 counselors at Novyi Sokil in North Collins, N.Y. (two camps for novatstvo and one for yunatstvo). The Detroit area's Zelenyi Yar campgrounds hosted 19 children and seven counselors (one camp for novatstvo);

Specialized camps in water scouting and mountain biking - both in Pennsylvania - were also held over this summer in August. Those camps had 65 and 30 participants, respectively.

In addition, members of the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization also conducted Tabir Ptashat camps for preschoolers both in the eastern and the midwestern United States.

Though Plast's summer camps went on as scheduled, the weeklong Jamboree to mark Plast's 50th anniversary in the United States, which was to be held in the Adirondacks in August, was called off by the National Plast Command in June. However, further events commemorating this anniversary are scheduled through 2001.

The Plast camp program continues in the winter with ski camp at Gore Mountain and winter camp at Lake Placid, both in the Adirondacks of New York state.

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