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Camp Thunderbird, a Boy Scout camp in Olympia, closed Thursday and will be closed until next Saturday after about 25 people came down with symptoms of the flu. About 137 people — students and ...
Everett’s Madison Elementary School has published a cookbook, “Camp, College, and Beyond,” to raise money to send fifth-grade students to environmental education at Camp Orkila on Orcas Island.
YMCA of Greater Seattle invites families to experience the magic of summer with its highly anticipated overnight camps at Camp Colman and Camp Orkila and BOLD & GOLD expeditionsSeattle - WA, June ...
The 11 kayakers from the YMCA Camp Orkila got into trouble just before 5 p. m. when winds rose to 15 knots and small craft advisories were issued by the National Weather Service.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — For years, a trip to Camp Orkila has been a rite of passage for sixth graders in the Sedro-Woolley School District.
Renovation of Camp Orkila’s Cascade Restroom brings modern upgrades, improved accessibility, and lasting durability to this vital camp facility. Camp Orkila holds a special place in the hearts ...
For three years in a row -- fourth through sixth grade -- I attended Camp Orkila. Located on Orcas Island, the largest of Washington State's San Juan Islands, it was there that I learned to shoot ...
The playground protesters have now been granted their wish. The annual fifth-grade camping trip to Camp Orkila in the San Juan Islands has been rescheduled for mid-June. But the fifth-grade ...
A 45-foot motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Bellingham assisted 11 stranded kayakers from the YMCA Camp Orkila in the San Juan Islands Tuesday night after the paddlers took refuge in a ...
Pierce chose Camp Orkila, a spectacular 400-acre, 99-year-old summer camp set in a sparkling cove on an island off the tip of the northwestern corner of the United States.
Renovation of Camp Orkila’s Cascade Restroom brings modern upgrades, improved accessibility, and lasting durability to this vital camp facility. Camp Orkila holds a special place in the hearts ...