2022 Video Yearbook is here!
Thank you to all the 2022 Vega Campers, Staff and their Families for making the 2022 summer UNFORGETTABLE! Special thanks to Vega’s 2022 Media Team for capturing and editing so many wonderful moments. We love you Vega!
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Thank you to all the 2022 Vega Campers, Staff and their Families for making the 2022 summer UNFORGETTABLE! Special thanks to Vega’s 2022 Media Team for capturing and editing so many wonderful moments. We love you Vega!
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Dear Vega, Last week we joined together with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving and spend the day Choosing Gratitude, which happens to be one of our Vega Values. These 5 values, Believe in Yourself, Build Unity, Live with Integrity, Have Empathy and Choose Gratitude are the values that each Vega camper and staff member strive to embody everyday and […]
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Imagine a Vega Olympic Flag raised up the flagpole on days when Vega Olympic events take place throughout the summer! We have decided we would like to do just that and want your help to create one. We would love to see your ideas of what a Camp Vega Olympic flag might look like! If […]
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There are moments as parents when it is hard to believe that our own kids successfully (and even happily) separate from their beloved “screens” for an entire summer at camp. It seems (and they have even stated) that they would rather spend their summer playing video games online with their friends and watching endless Youtube, […]
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Back in 2006, we welcomed a 20 year old collegiate tennis player to camp in early June. Soon we realized that he very well may have been the kindest, most thoughtful, and dedicated guy we had ever met. After three summers of consistently raising our standards and expectations of him, we decided to promote him […]
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Classroom education has been “challenging” over the past year based on our various conversations with many camp families and as this report illustrates. While summer camp is filled with fun activities and friends, some girls do choose to spend a bit of time working with a tutor to keep up their academics. Tutoring at Vega […]
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Thank you to Sandy Harris, Vega’s Program Director, for sharing her perspective as together we all countdown to an incredibly special, and long awaited for, 2021 summer. Summer 2021 marks two big personal milestones. First, it will be my 20th summer working at Camp Vega (even though I was able to visit last summer, it […]
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The pandemic has forced us to think outside the box as we strive to stay productive and find positive and healthy experiences for our families. As we gear up to provide the most special summer possible for Vega girls and staff, we see so many new opportunities as a result of preparing for every scenario […]
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For the past several years members of the Camp Vega family from the greater Westchester County, NY area have gathered together on Giving Tuesday for a fun night of “speed food packing” to benefit the non-profit organization, Feeding Westchester, and battle local food insecurity. This event has provided an opportunity for Vega campers, staff and families […]
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Over the past ten years, we have received inquiries from camper alumni, staff alumni and their families, asking if they could donate money to a scholarship or campership fund. These people wanted to help a stranger experience something that they know can improve their lives, and their families’ lives. Some of these donation inquiries were […]