| Camp Ponacka's primary aim is to provide a setting away from home where each boy really counts. The learning of skills is important in fostering self confidence, one of the keys to a rich life. Ponacka offers a boy many opportunities to learn, grow and challenge himself... whether at daily activities, during the canoe trip, swimming across the lake or participating in our end of month drama production. |
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| There are certain things a boy can best learn at camp: to fit into a group, to live away from home, to care for himself and his belongings, to depend on himself, to develop initiative and generally to "grow up". It is important the learning of these be accompanied by a feeling of success. In many ways, the first camp experience is the first facing of the world at large. At Ponacka, a tremendous effort is made to make this first step enjoyable, happy and successful. |
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| The youngest 6 groups of boys sleep in cabins with their two counsellors. In the older 10 groups, there are 5 boys and 1 counsellor in each tent and two tents make up a group. |
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| Our counselling staff are "homegrown" and the key to Ponacka's success. Almost all our counsellors have grown up at Ponacka and have learned the art of being a cabin counsellor. At age 16, eligible boys may be invited to become Counsellors in Training and at age 17, Junior Counsellors. A medical doctor is resident at camp at all times. |
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