NAME: Pinemere Camp

LOCATION: Stroudsberg, PA (Poconos)

TRAVEL TIME FROM CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA: 2 hours

AFFILIATION: JCCA (non-profit, non-denominational Jewish)

AVAILABILITY: September 1-first week of June

CAN ACCOMMODATE GROUP SIZES: 250 spring and fall, 100 winter

ACCOMMODATIONS: spring/fall: cabins (sleep 6-12) bathrooms.
Winter: dormitory style cabin with multiple beds, girls and boys ward, heated, with bathrooms and showers

KITCHEN: food service provided

KASHRUT: kosher

FACILITIES: four large meeting areas: heated building with 7' screen and VCR, bathroom facilities, Health Center with meeting areas for 60-80

OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES: lake, swimming pool, basketball, tennis, street hockey, softball, soccer, volleyball, beach volleyball, canoeing, boating, 6 hole miniature golf

INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES: 1 rec hall, field house 80'x100', volleyball, basketball, soccer, changing rooms and bathrooms.

COST PER PERSON: Adults: $55-60/weekend, Children $40/weekend, depending upon need

CONTACT: Robert Miner, Executive Director, 215-924-0402,
summer: 717-629-0266

PREVIOUSLY USED BY JEWISH GROUPS:
Germantown Jewish Centre, Family Retreat, Rachel Gross, 215-844-1507

COMMENTS:
Rachel Gross, May 1998: Nice, clean-a little rustic for some of the older members. A nice space, "chapel", overlooking the lake for services. It's a small, condensed camp-which made it easy to keep an eye on the kids, but there is no barrier around the lake. The food was as cheap as it could be- pb&j and iceberg lettuce, canned peas, bug juice, etc. Very inexpensive. The kosher kitchen was nice-next time we'd pay a little extra ($50/weekend) to have a lifeguard on duty and use the lake.