American Camp Association, New York

Awards

The Tri-State CAMP Conference award is given every year to the individual or organization that exhibits the most commitment and dedication to the region. The award recipient must demonstrate personal integrity and noteworthy contribution to the advancement of camping.

The 2012 Tri State CAMP Conference award winner--Peter Shifrin

Peter has been involved with technology from a very early age. From the Apple in kindergarten through the dot com boom to the latest tablet, he has worked with it all.

Peter has been associated with camp for almost as long. First at Robin Hood Country Day on Long Island and then nine years as camper at Echo Lake in Warrensburg, NY, starting at just seven years old. After three years on staff at Echo Lake, including starting the camp’s very first summer blog in 1996, Peter took a small break from camping.

Working at an IT consulting firm in New York City exposed him to a broad range of IT projects including the Times Square Millennium Ball Drop, an internet enabled Burger King and an appearance on Tech TV.

In October of 2000 as Horizon Camps was expanding, Peter joined as a full time IT director, a first in the camping industry. Since then, Peter has pushed Horizon Camps forward in all manner of technology. He has now been with Horizon Camps for 12 years. Peter has been a tri-state volunteer since 1999 and an occasional presenter.

Peter lives in White Plains, NY with his wife Cori (a 3^rd generation Starlight camper), their two-year-old son Ethan and Jack the dog. Cori and Peter constantly argue about which sleep-away camp Ethan will attend.

Thank you to Presentation Multimedia Inc. for putting together the Tri-State CAMP Conference Award Video.

Past CAMP Conference Award Winners

Tri-State CAMP Conference Award Winners
Year	Name	Camp
2012	Peter Shifrin	Horizon Camps
2011	Steve Baskin	Camp Champions
2010	Corey Dockswell	Camp Wicosuta
2009	Fred Guzman	Camp Cromwell
2008	Andy Pritikin George Novick Michael Chauveau	Liberty Lake Day Camp Mill Road Day Camp ACA
2007	Henry Skier	AMSkier Insurance
2006	Scott Brody Ruth Hall Rev. Michael Nasser	Camps Kenwood & Evergreen Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council Antiochian Village
2005	Scott Ralls Colleen Rountree Bob Miner	Southwoods The Youth Center in Glen Gardner, NJ Pinemere Camp
2004	Dawn Ewing Gerry Bownik Cricket Snearing	Project Morry Camp Sacajawea Sesame/ Rockwood Day Camps
2003	Andy Weiss Aileen/David Levine Hal Scringer III	Westex Lake-Vu Day Camps Children's Beach House
2002	Bev McEntarfer Bob jones Ed Shafer	Central Park Day Camp Winnewald Day Camp Camp Susquehannock
2001	Jeff Ackerman Ralph S. Mason Diane Bleam	Elmwood Day Camp YMCA Camp Camp Archbald
2000	Dave Silverstein Tom Riddleberger Frankie Graham	Summer Trails Day Camp Campus Kids - New Jersey Girl Scouts of Talus Rock Council
1999	Greg Finger Valerie James Wayne Williams	Camp Thoreau - in - Vermont Camp Watershed (Newark Recreation) N/A
1998	Skip Vichness Dorothy Stivers Millie Kriebel	Harbor Hills Day Camp Birch Ridge Camp Upland
1997	Doug Pierce Ronald Martin Mickey Bonwit	Pierce Country Day Camp Camp Catskill and Harriman Lodge Camp Woodmere
1996	Jay Jacobs Ron/ Sandy Leiser Stephen M. Taylor	Timberlake Camps Ivy League Day Camp, NJ Camp Neumann
1995	Michele Friedman Frank Gerome Morry Stein	Camp Camelot The College Settlement Camp Camp Echo Lake
1994	Steve Schainman Neil/ Eleanor Van Bodegom-Smith Pat Freiler	Mohawk Day Camp YMCA Camp Bernie Camp Shehaqua
1993	Stuart Chase Harold Breene Howard Batterman	N/A Riverbend Sesame/ Rockwood Day Camps
1992	Jani Brokaw Judy Meyers Judy Arendt	Campus Kids - Minisink Trail Blazer Camps Camps Mosey Wood and Wood haven
1991	Tom Riddleberger Thomas Stoll Roy Gulliford Mario Ardavin	Trail Blazer Camps Baptist Camp Conference Center Bear Creek Camp New York Human Resources Administration
1990	Barry Royce Jean Holinger Donald McClain	Boys Club of NY/ Camp Cromwell Girl Scouts Camp Tockwogh
1989	Bob Fischer Howard Patton Debra Zvanut	Sanco Equipment Corporation Boy Scouts N/A
1988	Joe Kruger Newark Marie Brainard Ray	Mohawk Day Camps/ Mah-Kee-Nac Newark Fresh Air fund Camp Akiba
1987	Thelma Hurwitz N/A Elizabeth Sennott	Camp Camelot Trail Blazer Camps Girl Scouts
1986	Charles Kujawa Cricket Snearing Al Hare Leonard Gordon	YMCA Management Resource Center Camp Eagle Island Camp Keewaydin Camps Akiba and Saginaw
1985	Ben Appelbaum Mary Ellen Ross Millie Kriebel	N/A Easter Seals Society of New Jersey Camp Upland
1984	Morry Stein N/A Ted Halpern	Camp Echo Lake Turrell Fund Halpern Real Estate
1983	Alan Stolz Muriel Smith N/A	Camp Cody N/A The Lutheran Children and Family Service for Foster Care Program for Southeast Asian Childre

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