News | After Candlelight Newsletter
"The Camp Fitch Bunch" | "Camp Fitch Fire Circle"
Fitch Day | Labor Day Weekend Alumni Reunion
Alumni
Alumni News Return to the top
Trying to locate a long lost member of the Camp Fitch Bunch? Do you have material for us to use in the next issue of After Candlelight? Do you know an Alumni not receiving the After Candlelight newsletter? Do you want to add your name or update your address for the newsletter? Feel free to contact us either by e-mail info@campfitchymca.org or phone 814-922-3219.
Also, Matt and Kelly Poese have created a website just for Alumni with pictures and stories and a forum for sharing. Please click here.
After Candlelight
Did you know that Camp Fitch has its own Alumni Newsletter, After Candlelight? If you are not already receiving it, please drop us an email. Below is a list of past issues of After Candlelight. Enjoy reading the selection of articles and stop back soon because we will continue to add additional issues to the on-line Camp Fitch Library.
Winter 2009
Spring 2009
Fall 2009
Camp Fitch Bunch Return to the top
oooooooh...
The Camp Fitch bunch
is the truest and the best
and we keep things going
and we never take a rest
and we have one yell
and we yell it all together
and it goes like this
CAMP FITCH FOREVER!!!!
ALLIGATOR
Add your verse to Alligator by sending us an e-mail.
SAY WHAT I SAY!
AND DO WHAT I DO!
The alligator is my friend
he can be your friend too!
I’d rather have him as my friend
than wear him as my shoe.
(chorus) alligator!
AlliGATOR
ALLIGATOR!
Can be your friend
can be your friend
can be your friend
too!
The alligator is my friend
he likes to hug and flirt
I’d rather have him as my friend
than wear him on my shirt!
(chorus)
the alligator is my friend
he likes to play with felt
I’d rather have him as my friend
than wear him as a belt!
(chorus)
the alligator is my friend
he has this big what-cha-ma-call-it
I’d rather have him as my friend
than carry him as a wallet!
(chorus)
the alligator is my friend
he likes to sing in verse
I’d rather have him as my friend
than carry him as a purse!
(chorus)
the alligator is my friend
he can be your friend too.
If only you would understand
that he has feelings too!
(chorus)
The alligator is my friend
I like to take him shopping
I have to walk in front of him
Or ill step in his alligator droppings
(from Diana Moore)
Camp Fitch Fire Circle Return to the top
Join the Online Campfire by adding your own
by sending us an e-mail.
You know you went to Camp Fitch if ...
You know you went to Camp Fitch if …
You start most of you sentences with "this one time, at summer camp ..."
You still refer to Kool-Aid as bug juice.
You have no problem at all showering with bugs.
S'mores are your favorite desert.
You own a footlocker and were never in the army.
You enjoy the smell of OFF!
You have been sprayed by a skunk.
You still sing camp songs when you are bored, and have no fear about
belting one out in public.
Your parents never saw you from mid June to mid August.
Teva is your favorite footwear.
You know the art of short sheeting.
You have been Mack Trucked.
You watch every summer camp movie, no matter how cheezie and relive your
adventures.
You were a camper, a junior counselor, a counselor and a director and
never stopped until you absolutely HAD to.
You still relish care packages.
You thought you were cool when you 'got mail' (and it WASN'T on the internet).
You made friends with the kid who had the best food.
You laughed when that same kid got their food ravished by a raccoon.
You stopped laughing when that raccoon got in a fight with a skunk and it
sprayed your cabin.
You had the biggest crush on that outdoorsy god-like counselor guy.
Nobody makes pies like Charlie!
You still have EVERY candle from candlelight!
"SAY WHAT I SAY!!!!!!! AND DOOOOOOOO WHAT I DO!"
You know what the MVIMA monster is.
You know what MVIMA stands for.
You know what a CABENT is. No one else does.
APACHE GORGE!
You have been on the Apache Gorge!
Whenever you hear the name 'Bill' you turn around to see if he is lookin.
You have the urge to wear bug spray to church.
'Oooo mama oooooo mama ooooo mau mau.'
PYGMIES.
MEGA GUMMIE FOOT.
Breakfast bars are fine food ...
You have had a crush on Duffy.
from Michelle Roman's mom:
You kept your toiletries in a plastic scrub bucket.
You remember Big Mary & Little Mary's sweet rolls.
You remember tablo's (spelling?).
You know what the D.O. is.
Water moccasins were your favorite footwear.
Your favorite piece of clothing was a grey hooded
sweatshirt with a big "Y" on the front.
from Eric Brooks:
You know all the motions to little bunny foo-foo.
You wonder if Dan Olin really is a Ninja.
You've had a stuffed pizza from Jim & Sue's.
You had Jim Duffey, Mike Hurl and Jon Wilson as your counselors.
You knew Jon Wilson before he was on the JCrew catalog cover.
You remember Coach Arnold's soccer camp.
You know what "Down the hill" means.
from Paula Daniels:
The old lunch table games that used to keep your campers from dwelling
too much on the food have now become drinking games!
You have a collection of gimp projects that could easily set the world record.
Kangaroo court was a day to dread!
You have gotten in a serious water fight with charlie.
Hospital disinfectant became the all powerful room freshener.
The song "girls girls girls that's all I see" was not banned.
Your dish crew gets caught skinny-dipping in Erie by Barb after you stole their clothes!!
from David Jay:
You know what a Stuffy is.
You know how much fun some rocks, paint, and a ball of yarn can be.
.... at the bench
you know what the loaf is.
Fitch Day Return to the top
"Fitch Day" is when all Camp Fitch Alumni are invited to Camp Fitch for a full day of fun, camaraderie, and traditional Camp Fitch activities. "Fitch Day" is always the second Saturday in July.
Camp opens at 1 p.m. and activities usually include hayride tours of camp, swimming and a traditional campfire including the singing of the "Camp Fitch Bunch!" Regardless of whether you intend to stay all day or just a few hours, we hope you make this special reunion a part of your summer plans.
We sincerely hope that everyone who attended last year returns again this year. You are also encouraged to bring at least one person with you who did not attend last year! Please RSVP with the Camp Fitch office 814-922-3219.
Labor Day Weekend Alumni Reunion
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Whether you were at camp last year or decades ago, coming back to camp is a great way to revisit past memories and reconnect to the place and people that mean so much. Join us for a fun filled weekend of camp activities including campfires, sing-a-longs, beach hikes, swimming, canoeing, archery, riflery, great meals and fellowship. You can have your own Cabent or join with others. To register call the camp office at 814-922-3219