What we've built
Roofs, docks, trails and stone. Every project below was paid for by members and donors and built by volunteers giving up their Saturdays.
The first of five campsites rebuilt from bare ground — all new tent platforms, stone work, and a 20-by-28-foot pavilion, finished in time for summer camp.
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New retail displays in the Trading Post, general repairs throughout, and all new shelving and bins in the storage room.
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A joint project with the Pennsylvania Dutch Council to refurbish all five campsites at Camp Mack — new platforms in every site, and a permanent pavilion in each.
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Ten new kayaks for the summer camp program, plus fencing and lighting installed around camp and replacement signage and mechanicals.
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A service day on the first Friday of every month, all year. Attendance ranged from two people to twenty-five, and together they logged over 1,300 hours.
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Friends of Camp Mack and Friends of Camp Bashore took joint ownership of the 18th annual Ride for Camps motorcycle fundraiser.
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The first campsite in the five-year refurbishment plan was cleared of every platform in the autumn, with an Order of the Arrow crew finishing the job.
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Two more pavilions off shingles and under green metal, over several weekends and extra service days.
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Friends of Camp Mack took the lead as support organization for the PA Spring 3D Bowhunters Festival — event prep, a full weekend of food service, and camping operations.
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The sign at the front entrance had been deteriorating for years. In November it was replaced with a new one built by Stoner Graphix.
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Fourteen people, a long list — landscaping at four locations, trim painting, electrical work at the Campmaster Cabin, and the Campfire Circle pressure washed.
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Four days of tear-off and re-roofing on Hyman Pavilion and Swarr Lodge — the first two buildings in a long-term plan to put every roof at camp under green metal.
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A cash contribution toward the council's restroom renovation, finished just in time for summer camp. Bright, private and ADA compliant.
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A pavilion for the summer camp staff, built in memory of Michael "MJ" Stanilla Jr. on the foundation of a shower house that had sat empty for thirty years.
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The old paddleboat fleet was leaking and beyond repair. Six new boats went in, along with tractor implements and a pressure washer.
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Over twenty members stripped a vacant building back to its frame in a single day, to find out whether it was worth saving. It was.
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Wildfire smoke cancelled the school group that sets up camp every June. Volunteers stepped in over a few days so the season opened on schedule.
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Equipment bought outright for camp in 2022 — the largest share of the year's spending went straight into things the ranger and the program could use.
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The first phase of campsite platform restoration — stripping bowed and damaged decking out of Cherokee ahead of the 2023 camping season.
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Close to fifteen members spent a morning taking inventory of every canvas tent at camp and clearing out the maintenance storage areas.
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A very long day's drive to Charlottesville, Virginia and back for commercial-grade chairs to replace the pavilion's heavy benches.
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Four members drove a box truck to Indiana and back over three days to bring home 150 canvas tents, 200 cots and 150 tent frames for summer camp.
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69 volunteers have put in more than 1,300 recorded hours on the projects above. There is always room for one more.