From
Camp to CAMPus
Starting in 2007,
Dragonfly Forest will be
settling into a more
permanent home. "We are
excited about making the
move to a new location
that will give our
campers an amazing camp
experience," said John
Colburn, President of
Dragonfly Forest, "this
new facility will give
us the opportunity to
grow our summer
sessions."
This summer, Dragonfly
Forest will move to a
location on a beautiful
600 acre CAMPus with a
lake, arboretum, farm,
forests, and meadows.
Dragonfly's new summer
home will be at The
Westtown School, the
oldest continuously
operating co-educational
boarding school in the
country, which was
established in 1799 by
Philadelphia Quakers.
"Westtown looks forward
to opening its doors to
Dragonfly Forest," said
Robert Connolly,
Business Manager of
Westtown School, "we see
great synergy between
our organizations and
look forward to
supporting the Dragonfly
principals of safety,
love and respect."
"Dragonfly Forest's new
home is clearly not the
same type of camp that I
remember going to when I
was growing up," stated
Fred Weiner, Executive
Director. The 600 acres
which is located 25
miles west of
Philadelphia, 11 miles
north of Wilmington,
Delaware, 120 miles
northwest of Washington,
DC, and is just outside
West Chester,
Pennsylvania. Westtown
School includes some of
the following amenities:
*
14 acre canoeing
lake with beach and
boathouse
*
Arboretum and
natural forest
*
Climate controlled,
dormitory style
housing for campers,
volunteers and staff
*
Dedicated medical
facility on campus
with a
Triage/Wellness
Center in the
housing area
*
A newly renovated
$9.7M
Gymnasium/Field
House Complex with
indoor
facilities
including tennis
courts, basketball
courts, and a track
*
25 meter indoor
heated swimming pool
*
13 outdoor playing
fields - 10
multipurpose, 2
baseball, 1 softball
*
Outstanding tennis
stadium with 14
courts
*
27-element high and
low ropes course
*
564-seat theatre
with computerized
lighting system and
professional sound
system
*
Three art studios, a
ceramics room, a
woodshop and a dark
room
*
Recording/sound
studio
Weiner sees the new
facility as "a state of
the art CAMPus that will
allow us to provide
insanely great
programming for our
campers." Weiner
continues, "given the
layout of the new
facility, bad weather in
the form of rain or
excess heat, will no
longer hinder our
programming, and our
campers will get to
experience a campus like
setting that rivals many
Ivy League colleges."
|
