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Getting Started

  • Look up your favorite things at Birch Rock and learn a little more about them. If you don't know what to look up, try the random page link.
  • Register an account by clicking the link in the top right. Once registered you can write and edit pages.
  • Read some help pages to learn how to better use Birocapedia.
  • Write an article about an aspect of Birch Rock like your favorite activity, your last cabin, or anything that you think merits an article.
  • Browse the pages that have already been made and add to them.
  • If you don't know what to write a page about, look at the list of wanted pages.

Featured Article: Summer of 1990

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For those who were there in the late '80s through the early '90s, Birch Rock was a different experience. There were very few campers on campus and even fewer staff. The counselors were each teaching four different activities everyday, just to keep things open. And try teaching baseball to one or two campers everyday. During those summers, the program and activities suffered. There were fewer badges being awarded and there was less focus on the activities, the equipment was old or donated hand-me-downs, and even the s'mores suffered as the camp decided it couldn't afford the chocolate. The s'mores in 1990 were graham crackers and marshmallows. The staff was paid so little that after the bills came in for laundry and phone calls home, many counselors were actually writing checks to camp instead of the other way around. But that's just it! It wasn't about the equipment or money for the staff or those die hard campers who were there then. It was about being at Birch Rock!

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Featured Facts: When Did Certain Activities Start at Birch Rock?

  • Scott MacGregor starts Lacrosse at Birch Rock in 1984
  • Scott Timothy starts teaching Windsurfing in 1984
  • Mike Mattson and Dave Jenkins start up the Volleyball Activity in 1989
  • Rob Christie brings Orb to Birch Rock in 1990
  • Jonas Mikolayunas starts Mountain Biking in 1996
  • Ryan Massey creates Geronimo at Birch Rock in 2003

Featured Picture

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Birch Rock staff circa 1964