NAME: Camp Saginaw

LOCATION: Oxford, PA (southern Chester County)

TRAVEL TIME FROM CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA: 55 minutes

AFFILIATION: private summer camp, Jewish owner

AVAILABILITY: mid-April-mid June, late August-mid October

CAN ACCOMMODATE GROUP SIZES: 75-500+

ACCOMMODATIONS: cabins (sleep 8-20) with showers, toilets

KITCHEN: camp prepares meals

KASHRUT: will work with group to kasher to suit

FACILITIES: dining hall seats 450, outdoor amphitheater seats 500, auditorium seats 500, 6 pagodas, some double bunks, coin operated laundry, unheated cabins

OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES: swimming pools, including kiddie pool with slide, basketball courts, small lake fishing, boating, canoeing, softball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, beach volleyball, picnic facility, archery, ropes course, soccer fields, street hockey courts, playground, kayaking in creek, miniature golf, high and low ropes adventure course.

INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES: gymnastics, basketball court with stage and large deck, 6-7 arts and crafts rooms, girls lodge stage and roofed porch (seats 200), roofed street hockey court, roofed basketball court with adjustable baskets, ping pong, knock hockey, canteen area with fireplace, Pappy Pavilion, roofed lighted basketball court with bleachers and sound system, Alumni Gymnastic Center 7000 square feet, fitness center with free weights, Nautilus, and cardiovascular equipment

COST PER PERSON: around $30/day depending on needs

CONTACT: Judd Feinerman, winter office 609-772-5930

PREVIOUSLY USED BY JEWISH GROUPS:
Beth El Young Associates, Cherry Hill, NJ Barbara Goodman 609-795-9411
BBYO N. VA, BBYO Central Region East

COMMENTS:
Barbara Goodman, June 1996: In general the group was very pleased with the amount of facilities and activities available at the camp. There was so much to do. There was a problem with communication between the camp owner and the kitchen staff, who, in the end, were going by a very preliminary food request we'd written months before and not the final requests, so there wasn't enough food. Be very sure that the kitchen staff is up to date on what you want.