Theme Archives

The first time that “themes” were used to organize camp activities (tribe names, songs, merit system, programs, skits, etc.) was in 1981. Prior to that tribes were given a letter and names were made up, but not related to a common theme.

Here is a listing of all the themes of GVRC since 1981.

Themes

1981 – Animals
1982 – Music Groups
1983 – Countries
1984 – Olympic Games
1985 – Cars
1986 – Vegetables
1987 – Hawaiian / Tropical
1988 – Mother Goose / Fairy Tales
1989 – Outer Space
1990 – Hollywood
1991 – The Wizard Of Oz
1992 – Holidays / Months Of The Year
1993 – Disney
1994 – The Flintstones / Prehistoric
1995 – Wild West
1996 – Nautical
1997 – Middle Ages / Renaissance
1998 – Dr. Seuss
1999 – The Circus
2000 – “The Next Generation (Star Wars – Star Trek – Etc)”
2001 – Mythology
2002 – Super Heroes
2003 – Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
2004 – Jungle
2005 – The Beach
2006 – Down on the Farm
2007 – The Muppets
2008 – Pirates
2009 – Cartoons
2010 – Mexican Fiesta
2011 – Magic
2012 – Board Games
2013 – Decades (Through the Years of GVRC – 50th Anniversary)
2014 – Winter Wonderland
2015 – It’s a Bug’s Life
2016 – Go USA! Olympics
2017 – Fall Festival
2018 – Science
2019 – Around the World
2020 – The Gap Year (camp was canceled due to Covid-19)
2021 – Candyland
2022 – Mystery
2023 – Camp SamWoodStock (60th Anniversary Celebration)
2024 – I ❤️ NY