TRIP DETAILS

WHEN

LABOR DAY WEEKEND – Friday August 30th to Monday September 2nd, 2024

LOCATION

Camp Kresge, Located in White Haven, PA., in the Pocono Mountains

Google Map directions in link above or 382 Camp Kresge Ln, White Haven, PA 18661

TRANSPORTATION

Buses leave from Port Authority: exact gate & location coming soon.
Please arrive around 1:15/30 to get checked in by our bus monitors … This is actually an OPEN SERVICE POSITION! To volunteer come to next weeks planning meeting (Zoom ID:  821 9630 9066).
Buses will leave on time so please don’t be late!!

HOUSING CHANGES As of 2023!   

CAMP SPECIFIC REQUESTS

YMCA Camp Kresge serves as an Asthma Camp for kids while not hosting us, and their requests are as follows:

• No Pets: There is a no pets allowed policy, and we need to adhere to their requests regarding this matter.
• Smokers: Please field strip your cigarette butts. If you are unclear on the method please ask another camper, but here is a brief description of the process: upon finishing smoking the cigarette, stamp it out then pick up the butt, separate what’s left of the paper and tobacco, you can dispose of that anywhere, it is biodegradable. Pocket the filter to dispose of in a trash receptacle.
• There is NO electronic smoking or vaping indoors.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Final balances are due by August 18th.

To pay your balance, login to your Account on this NAGL Website, Click on ORDERS, then you should see an invoice for the balance, click PAY, and checkout through Paypal.

Tickets will be available: August 2nd @ 3:00 PM 

Pricing (all prices are PER PERSON)

Premium Cabin – SOLD OUT

Standard cabin – SOLD OUT

Tent – SOLD OUT

After clicking the link above, you will also be able to choose a deposit ($104.12) option to reserve your spot if you are not ready to pay the full amount.  Final balances are due by August 18th.

Kresge Merch is HERE!

We are happy to release this years merch options! Limited supplies so get in there and pre-order your T-Shirt or Sweater today! (NO SHIPPING)

To pre-order: click the item image above and your browser will redirect you to the sale page.

Pick up will be at Kresge. No shipping available!

Vintage merch will be available on location, as well! All on-location purchase will be cash.

ACTIVITIES

Kresge has a plethora of activities available for campers. Some are put on by the Kresge team and others are put on by your fellow campers. Each year the Kresge team puts on the following activities:

• Main daily meetings around the camp fire in the upper village
• Love mail – each camper that wants to participate puts up an envelope with their name and other campers can write them friendly notes
• Ice cream social – to help kick off Kresge and go over some basic orientation information we host an ice cream social in the mess hall on the first night
• Dance – a themed dance is thrown on Saturday night
• Talent show – Sunday night we have the famous talent show, anyone is welcome to participate, information about signing up will be given by the talent show chairs at various points before the signup period
• Pavilion BBQ – we bbq up some delicious dinner on Sunday night

LODGING

Tents

Campers can set up their tent in designated areas on the land. YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN TENT!

Cabins

All cabins in the Upper & Lower Villages have 8 bunk beds.

The Upper Village, is where we have the campfire and where we hold the main meetings. This is also where people will be staying up late playing music, singing, making s’mores, hanging out, etc. It can get a little loud at times. Generally this will not disturb you if you go to sleep early, but if you are a light sensitive sleeper, it might. So if you think this is you, we recommend that you ask to be put in the Lower Village.

The Villages are less than 50 yards from each other, and at most, a one minute walk between them. There is a community Men’s & Women’s bathroom containing a minimum of five stalls, five showers, & five sinks.

A general blueprint of the cabins: Cabin Blueprint.

Should your accommodation preference not be available, please write to us. We will try to accommodate as best as possible.

Any questions: campkresge@notaglumlotny.org

IMPORTANT NOTES

• Each bed is just a mattress, there is no bedding. You will need to bring your own sheets, pillow, blanket, etc. A sleeping bag is generally a good option.  The weather can be tricky up there. It can be extremely hot during the day, but get really cold at night. There is no air conditioning or heat in the cabins, so try to account for both conditions.
• There is no running water in the cabins.
• There are three dressers in each cabin.
• There are six windows in each cabin, so ventilation is good.
• There are electrical outlets in the cabins.
• There is absolutely No Smoking allowed in any of the cabins.
• The Cabins go around in a horseshoe/circle, and we usually try to alternate with male/female from one to the next.

HOUSING, ROOMMATE REQUESTS

If you have a friend, or a group of friends, attending the trip, and you would like to request to be put in the same cabin together, please let us know. You can do this when you register online. Just fill in their name(s) in the text box marked: “Roommate Request”. Please don’t request opposite sex cabin mates.

Please be aware that if you request to be in a cabin with a friend, make sure that he or she hasn’t requested a different village than you.

We cannot guarantee exact cabin requests, but we will try to accommodate everyone and changes can be made, if need be, once we get up there. Please keep the requests to Lower or Upper Village, and people you would like to be in a cabin with.

All Gender Cabins. If we have enough consenting adults we will create one. Please indicate your housing placement preference in your registration form.  Please remember, the cabin is an open space with no private rooms.

We will try to create a “Family” cabin for adults and children. Please select this preference when registering and write to us if you’d like to explain your family situation further.  Please remember the family cabin may include children of all ages. If you need nap time, strict scheduling, or privacy, you might want to consider tenting instead.

If you’re not sure of your Village preference right now, choose  “No Preference”. If your not sure of your Cabinmate preference(s) right now, write “No preference” – you can email us at a later date if you have a request and we will do our best to honor it.

WHAT TO BRING

Essential

• Bedding sheet, pillow, blanket or sleeping bag
• Toiletries
• Beach, bath, and hand towels
• Swimsuit
• Sun block
• Flip flops
• Bug spray
• Flash light/lantern
• Lightweight collapsible sitting or lounge chair

Optional

• Hiking shoes
• Sweatshirt or light jacket (It can get a little cold at night)
• Plastic or metal camp mug
• Camera
• Yoga mat
• Something to read
• Musical instruments
• Sporting – Athletic equipment (Frisbees, baseball gloves, bats & balls, footballs, etc.)

NOTE FOR SMOKERS

Smokers, please field strip your cigarette butts; When you’ve finished smoking a cigarette, stamp it out then pick up the butt, separate what’s left of the paper and tobacco, you can dispose of that part anywhere, it is biodegradable, pocket the filter part to dispose of in a trash receptacle. This is really quite important since Camp Kresge also serves as an asthma camp during part of the year.

QUESTIONS

Please feel free to email  campkresge@notaglumlotny.org

SERVICE

CAMP IMPROVEMENTS

PICS FROM OVER THE YEARS