Daycamp Slideshow is up!

Our daycamp slideshow from Camp Orkila this year. We hope you enjoy it!

Daycamp Slideshow 2009 from Camp Orkila on Vimeo.

CIT Parents' Weekend Slideshow

The slideshow from our CIT Parents' Weekend. We hope you enjoy it!

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Session 6 Slideshow is up!

The slideshow for Session 6 of 2009 here at YMCA Camp Orkila. See you next year!

Session 6 Slideshow from Camp Orkila on Vimeo.

All Camp Event

Tag!

Tug of war

This week's all camp event featured American Gladiators-themed competitions between our campers. We had a great time!

CIT Parent Weekend

We welcomed the parents of our current CIT's to camp this weekend. It was great to have them here!

Session 6 continues

Our campers this week are outstanding! Camp has been jam packed with fun activities.

Dance party

Glove balloon battle

Podcast #4 is up!

Our latest podcast, episode 4, is available now.

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE! You can find us on iTunes as well.

Our fourth podcast of 2009 from YMCA Camp Orkila features record-setting dock jumps, whaleboons, facilities director Steve Miller, and a song from our annual alumni campfire. We hope you enjoy it!

This podcast features music used from Chatham County Line, used under a Creative Commons License, available here.

More fun for Session 6

As our sixth session continues, here are some more images from this week.

Some people play duck, duck, goose. We play drip, drip, POUR!!!

Feeling free on the giant swing

Session 6 activities like whoa

Whiffleball

At the dork dance

Now playing: Session 6

Our Session 6 campers have arrived and they're having a great week so far!

Running, yeah!

Session 5 Slideshow is Up!

Our slideshow from Session 5 is up! We'll miss you Session 5!

Session 5 Slideshow - 2009 from Camp Orkila on Vimeo.

All Camp Event: Carnival

All Camp Event is a tradition here at Camp Orkila that happens on the Sunday before camp ends. As you might expect, it includes all of our staff and all of our campers. This week's event was a carnival with an exciting assortment of activities.

Drum circle

Three-legged race

Give DanJay a haircut (!)

Fortune-telling

Podcast #3 is up!

Our third podcast of the summer features campers talking about space travel, an interview with Robert Smith, our executive sous chef, and music from a recent campfire. We hope you enjoy it!

Download here, or look us up on iTunes.

The Session 5 Fun Continues

As session 5 continues, we're having a fantastic time here at camp.

Creative wreckage strategy

Horses in the sound

Underwater fun

Alumni Campfire

Camp Orkila hosted our annual alumni campfire last night. It was great to have everyone back!

It was a full house!

Singing onstage