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Summer 2025’s Craziest Camp Names

by Mina Hudson

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“NAME GAME, gimme that name, I want that name!” If the cheer hasn’t already been stuck in your head, it will be now as we reflect on all the singing and dancing we’ve done to it around camp as new staffers were receiving their camp names! Since way back in 1967, every staffer has been […]

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Training Week 2025

by Mina Hudson

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With opening day just around the corner, each and every one of our camps is alive with energy and anticipation! Our incredible summer staff are finally here and have spent time spread across the grounds deep into Training Week as they prepare for the season ahead. From lifeguards and high ropes specialists to media pros, […]

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Renew: Staff Conference 2025

by Pine Cove

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At each region, our summer staffers gathered to kick the year off together. Hear from our program teams on how it went and take a look at some highlights of the first annual Pine Cove staff conference!  “It was so encouraging for staff to be together as the new year started! Just the concept of […]

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A Camper’s Leap of Faith

by Pine Cove

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Editor’s Note: The following story was shared by Sami Grace “Scoob” Donnelly, a summer staffer at the Pine Cove Woods.  I was a Crew counselor for Week 5 in 2022, so I was super excited when I found out my assignment for Week 5 of 2023 was Crew again. My old cabin and my new […]

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7 Reasons Why Pine Cove Summer Staffers are One of a Kind

by Erin Harris

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Editor’s Note: The following post was written by Erin Harris, a long-time camper mom whose son just served on summer staff at Pine Cove for the first time! Check out a few of the things she’s noticed about Pine Cove’s college staffers. For the past ten years, our family has been blessed by the ministry […]

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Falling For Camp Names

by Valerie Morby

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With the leaves getting crunchier and mornings growing frostier, we thought it’d be fun to take a dip into our archives to find some fall-inspired camp names! While their “namers” may not have had autumn on their minds when they came up with these seriously fun turns of phrase, we still enjoyed sifting through years’ […]

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Top Ten Schools 2024!

by Valerie Morby

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This summer more than 2,500 (let’s count ’em!) college staffers helped make camp Christ-centered, others-focused, and seriously fun! These awesome staffers represent a wide variety of colleges and universities from all across the southeast United States—and beyond. Each year we like to see how those schools stack up against each other for a little “comp-etition, […]

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More 2024 Camp Names We Love!

by Valerie Morby

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Every year, our summer staffers come up with the funniest (and craziest) camp names for all of the newbies! From references to movies and holidays to puns based on food and songs, their creativity truly knows no bounds. We just can’t keep all these incredible—we love it!—camp names to ourselves, so we rounded up a […]

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New 2024 Camp Names We Love!

by Karissa Pitaniello

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1,538 new summer staffers this year makes room for 1,538 new uniquely hilarious camp names! This serious fun happens when each of our new staffers experience one of our favorite traditions: The Name Game! The Name Game is a time for new staffers to introduce themselves, and things tend to get personal (and sometimes pretty […]

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2024 Orientation Recap!

by Karissa Pitaniello

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After months of searching for the most trustworthy, seriously fun college students across the US, we finally have them ALL on property! Orientation week is filled with acclimating the new staffers to the Pine Cove way (remember the first time you experienced “scraperhead?” Yeah, it takes a second to get used to!) and getting everyone […]

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