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Welcome, one and all, to the official
website of Camp Natchez, located in the Berkshire hills of upstate New
York. For 35 years, Natchez provided lifetimes of summer memories to
thousands of young people from all over the U.S. and all over
the world.
Sadly, just before the summer of 1996, Camp Natchez closed. It was the host
site for the non-profit Morry's Camp in 1997-98, and in 2003 was reopened
as "Camp Anne" by AHRC-NYC, a non-profit organization serving
children and adults with special needs. Click here
for a 2003 Independent article about the new camp; click here for pictures of Camp Anne; click here to visit the AHRC-NYC website.
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CAMP NATCHEZ ON YAHOO!
GROUPS
With 220
members and growing as of August 2006, the Camp Natchez Yahoo! Group is a
great way to get back in touch with old friends. Click the link above to
sign up, post messages, photos, etc.
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My name is Jay Braiman. That's me in the
middle, with some of my boys in 1994, my last summer in camp. I first came
to Natchez in 1978 at the age of seven, and spent eight summers there as a
camper. After a three-summer hiatus, I returned in 1989 as a counselor. I
became a Group Leader in 1991 and Program Director from 1992-94.
I spent the best summers of my life at Natchez. All of my closest and
dearest friends I met at Natchez. Today I'm a high school English teacher,
and I work at Camp Pontiac now as Music and Theatre Director, but I miss
Natchez terribly.
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On Saturday,
March 12, 2005, Camp Natchez Alumni reunited for the third time, at City
Crab & Seafood Company in Manhattan. Click here
to view photos from the reunion.
Click here to view photos from the 2002 reunion,
which was held at Bowlmor Lanes in Manhattan on November 30 of that year.
The first reunion took place November 25, 2000 at Le Bar Bat on 57th
Street.
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This is the
"new" Camp Natchez flag, designed by me and made by Mrs. Anita
Schafler in 1993. Unfortunately, it only flew for two-plus summers before
Natchez closed.
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Please enjoy all that this site has to
offer, including the latest Alumni News and the
new Message Board,
as well as my own .mp3 recording of "Friends,
Alma Mater and Taps." Just like the song says, "the thought
of you never dies." Camp Natchez will live forever in all of our
hearts and minds. And here on the internet, it will come alive again.
Thanks for stopping by. You can e-mail me at jay@campnatchez.com if you have any
thoughts, suggestions, or just to say hello.
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