posted by Michael Dattolo

It’s time for another PYC video! If you missed the previous videos, check out the camp category to see them. We continue our PYC videos today with Dorm 3B’s “Gideon’s Chosen Few.” Enjoy!

posted by Michael Dattolo

It’s time for another PYC video! If you missed the first one, click here to view it. We continue our PYC videos today with Dorm 5G’s “PYC Strong.” Enjoy!

Hey campers and teens! Here’s another installment of Philadelphia Youth Camp photos. We know you all had a blast and want to keep all your memories fresh. We’ll keep posting the best photos we have. If you have some high-quality shots, feel free to let us know! For our friends that didn’t get to go to camp this year, these shots will give you a taste of what it’s like to be a PYC camper. Enjoy!

Nick Henry (4B), James Privratsky (3B) and Joel Hudson Stewart (2B) sprint the homestretch in a Track & Field Night relay.

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posted by Michael Dattolo

During Philadelphia Youth Camp, each dorm produced a video for the True Education website. Some are funny, some are motivational. Some are about camp, some are not. But all of them give a short, entertaining glimpse of the teens who were here this year at summer camp. We’ll be posting all of these videos over the next two weeks. Today, we begin with Dorm 4B’s “We Are PYC.” Enjoy!

posted by Philip Nice

One of PYC’s families, back during this year’s AC graduation.

Hey guys, camp is over, which means a lot of you are headed back to where you can actually log on to the site and see everything we’ve been posting! Oh the hits. Well, it was awesome having you all here for PYC; you all transform headquarters into a nuclear reactor of enthusiasm and energy when you’re here, and even though I didn’t really work camp this year I still miss you all already!

What is my random thought of the day? Well, it is this: Family is everything.

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posted by Philip Nice and Michael Dattolo

All 120 campers telling you about PYC, one second at a time.

Here’s our latest PYC update! It is already the final day of PYC. Tonight is the PYC awards ceremony, recognizing the most outstanding campers for their attitudes, talents and athleticism this camp. Campers have been living the PYC way of life for almost three weeks now, and they’ve got a lot to say. And we captured it all on video at last Wednesday’s work party. Let’s take a look at the tape:

Each dorm has also prepared a unique video for True Education. We’ll be posting those over the next couple weeks. Enjoy!

posted by Adar Kielczewski

So last week started “Trumpet week”—which means Mr. Joel Hilliker, Mike Dattolo, Philip Nice and I were all working on various aspects of the September Trumpet. We’ve been really busy with this, camp and the work party. That was last Wednesday night, where the campers got the opportunity to see different aspects of the Work: the MPC building, talking to the guys in Jerusalem via Skype, watching a slideshow chock-full of pictures from college events, filming a skit of their own, and seeing and talking about this website. All this plus a busy life in general would be why there hasn’t been a lot of material coming up on the site in the past few days. These things are nearing their end now, however.

I came across a series of good softball shots and thought all you softball and AC and PYC fans might be interested to see a few of them, taken by our lovely photographer, Aubrey Mercado.

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posted by Philip Nice

Campers and workers enjoy a Sabbath morning hymn sing.

Hey guys, another quick update on what’s going on here at camp. On Sabbath, there was a hymn sing and then brunch, and then Director Wayne Turgeon spoke for the sermon and a local deacon, Mr. Mark Saranga, related an awesome story about the effect the campers had on a local businessman who happened to be in the Mail Processing Center while they were there. Afterward, we all fellowshipped for a few hours and campers munched on muffins and fruit while they waited for dinner time. After dinner, it was a special video about camp and then the second dance of camp.

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posted by Philip Nice

Camper Aimee Lowry smacks the ball as Miss Ivory Vendig, her counselor, spectates.

Hey there! Just got in from the softball diamond, where I’ve been for the first few days of PYC. I assisted Mr. Jason Cocomise, who has written more than a few articles for this blog. Wanted to let you know what it’s been like on the diamond this year, especially if you’ve never been to camp before.

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posted by Michael Dattolo

With PYC under way for the next three weeks, many of us who work on the website are busy teaching various sports and activities there. So, for the next few weeks, you might see fewer posts than normal.