A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do...

Register for one, or several, of Plast's diverse summer camp adventures

NEW YORK - As the winter season drew to a close, many members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization began making preparations for what is shaping up to be another active summer season. With it comes the ability to spend time in the great outdoors practicing and honing what was learned during meetings held over many cold months, often indoors and in cramped quarters.

So this year's camps provide Plast members a chance to get back outside, see old friends from across the country and, perhaps, make some new friends or meet a special someone.

Camps for Plast "novatstvo" (children age 7-11) and "yunatstvo" (youths age 11-18) are being held on July 5-26 at the Novyi Sokil campsite in North Collins, N.Y., Vovcha Tropa in East Chatham, N.Y., and Pysanyi Kamin in Middlefield, Ohio (In order to attend a three-week summer camp, campers must have been members of Plast for at least three months). Additionally, a two-week camp for "novatstvo" will be held at Zelenyi Yar campground in Michigan on July 5-20.

The following specialized camps are also planned for this summer:

• "Tabir Ptashat," to be held at the Soyuzivka resort in Kerhonkson, N.Y., (organized by the Pershi Stezhi Sorority) in two one-week tours (one beginning on June 23 and the other on July 7); and at Zelenyi Yar on July 13-20;
  
  
• A "Pochatkovyi Tabir" for the youngest "novatstvo" at Vovcha Tropa, held in three one-week tours (beginning on July 5, 12 and 19);
  
  
• "Morskyi" Camp, August 9-16, at Lake Wallenpaupack, in northeastern Pennsylvania;
  
  
• Mountain Bike Camp, August 2-9, based in Lehighton, Pa.; and
  
  
• Sports Camp, July 26-August 2, at the Vovcha Tropa campground in East Chatham, N.Y.;

Additionally, there are several newcomers to the list of specialized camps this year, as well as a Plast-affiliated tour through Ukraine:

• Golf Camp, July 27-August 2, based in North Collins, N.Y.;
  
  
• Paint Ball Camp, called "Terenova Hra," July 27-August 2, based in Lehighton, Pa.;
  
  
• A tour/camp for older members of "yunatstvo" and members of "starshe plastunstvo" interested in Ukraine, will travel through various Ukrainian towns begining on August 10. The camp will culminate in the capital, Kyiv, on August 25 to celebrate Ukrainian independence.

Instructors' camps are being planned as follows:

• Novatstvo instructors' training camp at the Vovcha Tropa campground in East Chatham, N.Y., on June 21-July 3;
  
  
• Yunatstvo instructors training camp at Vovcha Tropa on July 27-August 2.

Additional information and camp applications may be obtained at local Plast branches, from the National Plast Command headquarters at 140 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003, or from the official Plast national website, www.plastusa.org, where you can find additional contact information for the various camps as well as forms for campers and individuals who would like to be camp counselors.

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Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 4, 2003, No. 18, Vol. LXXI

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