Events

September 10^th 2021 All Camp Reunion Annual Delaware River Canoe Trip

In spite of last year’s pandemic, a stalwart crew of paddlers had a grand day on the Delaware River during our annual all camp reunion canoe trip. This year, in addition to the canoe outing, we will be dedicating a wayside exhibit featuring the three river camp sites in the valley at 5:00 PM. But first, we’ll canoe twelve miles from the Bushkill Access to Smithfield Beach past the old river camps – Hagan, Ministerium and Miller. Please plan to be at Chamberlain Canoes near Shawnee on the Delaware by 9:30 AM so we can depart at 10 AM.  Bring your Covid 19 face mask, swimsuit, water shoes, sunscreen, camera, lunch and beverages for a great day on the river.  The cost is $34 per person for a canoe rental and $40 per person for a kayak rental. If you want to bring your own canoe or kayak the cost is $26 per person for boat transportation and shuttle service.  Paddlers must be at least 6 years old. Pre-Register at Chamb

In lieu of the now-cancelled 2020 Wayside Exhibit / 50th Anniversary celebration, a few of us that are within driving distance of Shawnee-on-Delaware are having a little "family" vacation and renting condos in the Shawnee Village.  This will not be a formal reunion by any means, but still, a good opportunity to see old friends and make some new ones that share a love of the camps.  We will make up the activities and agenda as we go and as Covid allows. 

Be there if you can!

Rich 

While the weekend is at Bear Creek Camp there has always been an interest sharing an understanding of the rich history of the river camps. The event timing follows the annual river canoe trip. Consider including a stopover if you are in the area for river camp reunions, particularly Saturday when most families are on site. The dining hall displays murals and there is a historical display of the river camps. This is where the memories will live on. Please come and share. The registration site is open. There is a fee for anyone sleeping or dining at the camp. https://www.bearcreekcamp.org/alumni/

Please see the following note from Jamie Werner Reeger who graciously offered to lead this year's All Camp Reunion Annual Canoe Trip. Jamie worked at Bear Creek Camp as their Nature Director for a number of years before moving into the academic world. If you have any questions about the trip, please feel free to contact Dave Veil at (610) 285-2238 or daveil@fast.net.

Join us for the annual Miller Hagan Mini BCC Delaware Canoe trip. All are welcome. Date: September 7th. Canoe - $29 per person, Kayak - $35 per person, bring your own and get it transported - $21 per person. Meet at Chamberlain Canoes at 9:30, please be checked-in, loaded and on the van by 10:00 a.m. (any later and its and automatic trainwreck). You MUST register with Chamberlain Canoes prior to the trip. Call 800-422-6631 Or online at chamberlaincanoes.com. Hope you can make it. Yup, you.

Please join us for our annual Camp Reunion Weekend Kickoff Canoe Trip on the Delaware River from Bushkill to Smithfield Beach. Please see the attached note for details. The remainder of the weekend's reunion activities are at Bear Creek Camp. Info will be provided as it becomes available. I hope to see you on the river! Cheers! Dave Veil

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Where:  (Fred Warings) Shawnee Inn – Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA

When: June 24-26, 2016

Why:  Because we aren’t getting any younger!  Come and remember those great summers at Camps Hagan, Miller, Ministerium, Miller-Hagan, and Bear Creek.  Let the River transport you back in time and reconnect you with old friends.

What:  A reunion for all of us that have been associated with the Shawnee on Delaware Lutheran summer camps, Miller, Hagan, Ministerium, and Miller - Hagan.  BCC folks that would like to know what these camps were all about are welcome as well.   Some of the activities will be: Sunday morning services at the old alter at the Hagan site, Day Canoe Trip, Campfire, Camp Songs, hikes on the old camp sites.  How can we not find a million things to do on the Delaware that take us back to those special times.

How:  In order to keep us close to the site of so many great memories and times, we have held rooms at the Shawnee Inn as well as function areas and meals.  The Shawnee Inn has pu

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Here's the link to the Bear Creek portion of the annual all camp staff reunion. The reunion begins Friday evening September 11th and ends Sunday afternoon September 13th.

Please note that the Bear Creek Camp portion of the reunion follows our annual Delaware River Canoe Trip beginning at 10 AM on Friday September 11th.

Dave Veil

daveil@fast.net

(610) 285-2238

It will be a real challenge to top last year’s camp reunion canoe trip. All 47 paddlers aged 6 to 80+ enjoyed a wonderful day on the river. Let’s try to outdo that milestone as our annual camp reunion weekend starts off with a splash on Friday September 5th 2014 at the Annual Delaware River Canoe Trip. We’ll canoe twelve miles from the Bushkill Access to Smithfield Beach past the old river camps – Hagan, Ministerium and Miller. We’ll meet by 10:00 in the morning at Chamberlain Canoes near Shawnee on the Delaware. Bring your swimsuit, water shoes, sunscreen, camera, lunch and beverages for a great day on the river. The cost is $28 per person for a canoe rental and $34 per person for a kayak rental. If you want to bring your own canoe or kayak that's fine too. The cost is $20 per person for boat transportation and shuttle service. Paddlers must be 6 years old. To join in the fun on the river call Chamberlain Canoes at (800) 422-6631 and reserve your spot. Don't forget to mention that you

Shawnee-on-the-Delaware River Camps Reunion 2014

Where:  (Fred Warings) Shawnee Inn – Shawnee-on-the-Delaware, PA

Why:  To remember great times at Hagan, Miller, Ministerium, Miller-Hagan, and Bear Creek

What:  A reunion for all of us that have been associated with the Shawnee on the Delaware Lutheran summer camps, Miller, Hagan, Ministerium, and Miller - Hagan.  BCC folks that would like to know what these camps were all about are welcome as well.   Some of the activities will be: Sunday morning services at the old alter at the Hagan site, Day Canoe Trip, Campfire, Camp Songs, hikes on the old camp sites.  How can we not find a million things to do on the Delaware that take us back to those special times.

How:  In order to keep us close to the site of so many great memories and times, we have held rooms at the Shawnee Inn as well as function areas and meals.  The Shawnee Inn has put together a very nice package for us for the weekend.  A single room for the event inclusive of 2 Breakf

Is anyone interested in playing golf on the Friday of the reunion. I was thinking of 11:00 or 11:30 tee off.

2013 Annual Camp Reunion and Delaware River Canoe Trip

Our annual camp reunion weekend starts off with a splash on Friday September 6^th 2013 with the Annual Delaware River Canoe Trip.  We’ll canoe twelve miles from the Bushkill Access to Smithfield Beach past the old river camps – Hagan, Ministerium and Miller. We’ll meet Friday September 6^th 2013 by 10:00 in the morning at Chamberlain Canoes near Shawnee on the Delaware.  Bring your swimsuit, water shoes, sunscreen, camera, lunch and beverages for a great day on the river.  The cost is $28 per person for a canoe rental and $34 per person for a kayak rental. If you want to bring your own canoe or kayak that's fine too.  The cost is $20 per person for boat transportation and shuttle service.  To join in the fun on the river call Chamberlain Canoes at 1-800-422-6631 and reserve your spot.  Don't forget to mention that you are part of the Miller-Hagan-Mini-Bear Creek Reunion Trip.  Payment is made directly to Chamberlain Canoes the mornin

We could really use some help with a fun camp memorabilia project. We're hoping to complete the Hagan mural restoration work at Bear Creek Camp on Saturday April 27th during their Work Weekend activities. We've already built and finished the oak frames; the remaining steps are installing the murals in the frames, fastening battens and cleats to the frames and mounting cleats to the dining room walls. All of the hardware is on site but please bring cordless drills for drilling pilot holes, screw drivers and work gloves.

Bear Creek Camp will provide meals and refreshments. Please RSVP the camp office at (570) 472-3741 or bccamp@bearcreekcamp.org so they can have a head count for meals.

If you have any questions please contact me at (610) 285-2238 or daveil@fast.net

Please pass this invite on to your camp friends. Thanks in advance for your help.

Dave Veil

Please join us for the annual all camp staff reunion held September 7-9 2012. We'll kick off the weekend on Friday with a great canoe trip from Bushkill to Smithfield (Pardees) Beach passing by all three of the former river camp sites. Then, we'll head to a restaurant in the Poconos before moving on to Bear Creek Camp for the rest of the reunion weekend. The invitation letter and registration form are attached below. Please note that Bear Creek Camp will not be mailing paper forms this year to save money and trees.

I hope you can all come out and enjoy the reunion.

Dave Veil daveil@fast.net (610) 285-2238

registration form

reunion invitation

Walk from Smithfield Beach parking lot to Miller site.  Parking costs $7.00 per car. 

Walk from Freeman Tract Road (the gravel road off River Road leading to Hagan) parking lot to Hagan site.  Parking is free but limited.  There is more to see at Hagan because it is not so overgrown as the Miller site. 

If  you plan to leave the McDade Trail and explore the sites wear long pants and long sleeves and wear bug repellent.  Ticks were found in April they certainly will be plentiful in June.

We can not start at Shawnee.  The  McDade trail starts at the Hialeah picnic area.  We can not walk on River Road.  The locals do 50 mph and above.

Where:  (Fred Warings) Shawnee Inn

Why:  For the love of the River Camps, Miller, Ministerium, and Hagan

What:  A reunion for all of us that have been associated with the Shawnee on the Delaware Lutheran summer camps, Miller, Hagan, Ministerium, and Miller - Hagan.  BCC folks that would like to know what these camps were all about are welcome as well.   We are developing a list of activities now and will look for volunteers that have interest in helping in various areas.  Some of the current working ideas are: Sunday morning services at the old alter at the Hagan site, Day Canoe Trip, Camp Dance (with the requisite oldies), Capture the Flag, a Recreation of Staff Follies,  Campfires, Camp Songs, hikes on the old camp sites.  How can we not find a million things to do on the Delaware that take us back to those special times.

How:  In order to keep us close to the site of so many great memories and times, we have held rooms at the Shawnee Inn as well as function areas and meals.  The Sha

Hi All,

Below is a message from Don Hayn, the Interum Director at the Bear Creek Camp.  Don recognizes just how important our memories of Camps Miller, Hagan, Ministerium, and Miller-Hagan are to us.  There are several trailers of items that have been stored from the Camps of our youth, and the folks at Bear Creek need our help to determine what items are important to us and what items should be disguarded (or given to us as remembrances of our summers there).  The date to do this is September 24th and Don would like a head count so that they can accomodate those of us that can make it.  I hope to see many of you there.

Rich "Big John" James

rjamesb@myfairpoint.net

"Friends, a couple of things: The date of September 24th beginning at (9:00 AM and ending at the latest by 5:00PM) is a go for cleaning out the trailers. Can you through your contacts get me the names of those who might be interested in helping by September 17th. If it would be easier for them to contact me at the camp

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Canoe Trip and weekend long reunion for former staff from Camps Miller, Hagan, Ministerium, Miller-Hagan and Bear Creek. See the attached invitation and registration form for details.

This event is for Camp Miller Staff from 1970 and earlier. Registration information and reunion details are listed at

http://www.tenlongview.net/Miller/campmiller1.html

and will be updated at that site.  Registration is through Frederick Larsen.  See details at above web site.

Please see the following links for more info on Bear Creek Camp's Golf Tournament. Contact Tracey O'Day for more info at bcc@bearcreekcamp.org or (570) 472-3741.

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