Archive for May, 2009

CPC Highlight: Wendy

May 23, 2009

Wendy – This will be Wendy’s third year at DYMO camp. She is enjoying being on CPC and hopes everyone has a great camp experience. Wendy enjoys bowling, knitting, crocheting, being involved in youth group and being outside not doing anything in particular. She graduated this year from St. Pat’s in Portland, and will be attending [...]

Staff Highlight: Patti

May 22, 2009

Patti Reynolds has a handle on life. She may have an extra on hand, if you happen to have lost yours. She loves DYMO Camp. Patti is the youth/young adult minister at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Grand Rapids, a member of the Secular Franciscan Order, a wife, a mother of four (3 attended [...]

Church Outdoors

May 21, 2009

Yes. Outdoors. Camp Pinewood has an outdoor chapel looking out over the lake. The roof is sky. The stained glass is the tree branches filtering the sunlight. The sounds of little children are replaced with the sound of birds and squirrels. The air conditioning is a breeze off of the lake. A church experience for [...]

How Tweet It Is

May 20, 2009

For those of you who use Twitter, search for DYMOCamp on Twitter and start following! We’ll augment our blog posts with status updates on Twitter as we get ready for Camp. Then, we’ll tweet whenever we can during Camp for those back at home.
You do not need a Twitter account to see our tweets. We hope [...]

Look Who’s Coming to Camp!

May 19, 2009

We are pleased to say that we will have some very special guests at DYMO Camp this year! Who? Well, we spoke with the agent for one of the twelve apostles, and everything looks good for his appearance. We have several guys lined up who have been known to wear white plastic tabs at their [...]

Camp Director Highlight: Sally Sremba

May 13, 2009

Sally Sremba, junior DYMO Camp director.
Sally is a proud lifelong Catholic that enjoys learning new things and asking questions. She is an office manager at Kerkstra Septic Tank Cleaning, in Hudsonville. (Thankfully she gets to stay in the office and doesn’t work in the field!) When not at work, she enjoys spending time outdoors with [...]

Vote For Pinewood!

May 12, 2009

Camp Pinewood has been home to DYMO Camp since 1977!  That’s a long time!  Over the years we have enjoyed a wonderful partnership with Camp Pinewood.  We recently received word that Pinewood is a finalist in the Kellogg Corporation’s athletic field renovation contest!  If you get a chance visit the website and vote!  See an [...]

CPC Highlight: Alicia

May 9, 2009

 
Alicia  is a senior at Grand Haven HS. She enjoys reading, watching Grey’s Anatomy, and hanging out with family and friends. Next year Alicia will be living in Grand Rapids while she goes to Aquinas!
More about the CPC members is found at http://www.dymo.org/cpc09.html

Staff Highlight: George

May 7, 2009

George is 53 going on 16. He loves life. George is active at Portland St. Patrick parish. Among his many activities is singing at Sunday Mass and serving as chair of the school commission. What he loves the most however is interacting with teens (but then, he is a little strange). In his spare time [...]

Photos from the Staff Retreat at Pinewood

May 7, 2009

We pulled together some photos from the March staff retreat, and put them in a photo gallery for you to see… Yes, there was ice on the lake at the time. Brrr. But the camp is beautiful at all times of the year. We certainly look forward to being back there in June!