Cornhole Tournament Supports Local Children’s Law Enforcement Camp | Community

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Jersey Shore, Pa. — Thirty-three teams came out to play cornhole last weekend at Bald Birds Brewery in Jersey Shore for a benefit to raise money for Lycoming County Camp Cadet.

Camp Cadet is an annual week-long overnight camp for children ages 12-13 to learn about local law enforcement and emergency personnel.

Two of the players, Nathan Bieber, 14, and Wes Harvey, 15, both of Hughesville, attended camp last summer.

“Personally, I loved Camp Cadet,” said Harvey. “Camp gave me a great idea of ​​what it’s like to be in law enforcement.” Harvey definitely wants a career in law enforcement, he said.

Nathan Bieber agreed that the camp was a fun experience. He is not as certain as his friend that his future career will be in law enforcement, but said he had a great time.






Nathan Bieber, 14, throws the bags at his partner, Wes Harvey, 15. The boys spent a week at Camp Cadet last summer.










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Wes Harvey (right), warming up before the competition gets serious.




Camp Cadet began in 1976 and was originally hosted at Camp Susque in Trout Run by Richard Reitz. Reitz was the youth aid officer for F Troop and he said at the time there was a lot of commotion.

“There were a lot of problems with ordinary children,” he said.

Drug use was increasing and the number of crimes was increasing.

“Students had a poor view of law enforcement,” Reitz said. “We set out to find out, ‘What do young people think law enforcement is doing wrong? “”

The answer was, in part, that officers made rash decisions and were too strict in their methods of arresting youths, according to Reitz.

“We didn’t have a good relationship with the local children or their families,” he explained.

Camp Cadet was already introducing children to police, emergency personnel, and other law enforcement in the western part of the state in 1975. After Reitz founded the Lycoming County camp in 1976, two more organized in Clinton County, along with Mansfield, Reitz said.

The Lycoming County camp operated for 19 years at the Camp Susque site before finally moving to the Little League World Series complex in South Williamsport.

Tim Nelson, retired Lycoming County Deputy Sheriff, was a councilor for 10 years and a director for 20.

“For the first three years of the program, it was run strictly by state police,” Nelson said.

It came once they opened up participation to all law enforcement entities in the county.

This was a good decision, as the program began to involve judges from the juvenile court and the minor judiciary. Kids now hear from representatives of all types of careers, including city and state police, K-9 managers, EMS, and members of the justice system.

“At the start of the week, there are all kinds of emotions,” including homesickness, Nelson said. “At the end of the week, all the children want to stay another week.”

Take a look at programs and camper fun for a week at Lycoming County Camp Cadets Facebook Page.

Funds support the camper experience

“Camp Cadet typically costs us about $35,000 a year to get about 100 cadets through the program,” said Cpl. Jennifer McMunn, Pennsylvania State Police Community Affairs Bureau. “This is one of two benefits that helps fund our camp caddie program. We also have a golf tournament in early June which also helps fund our program,” she said. declared.

Next year’s golf tournament will take place on June 2.







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Baskets and 50/50 tickets contributed to the success of the event.




In addition to the teams that paid to enter the cornhole tournament, event sponsors, lane sponsors, donated raffle baskets and 50/50 raffle tickets contributed to the overall success of the event. .

“We will continue to reach out to the public throughout the year for generous donations,” McMunn said. “We would like to thank the community for all of their support of our program this past weekend and for years to come. .”

It’s time to mark your calendar for the Susquehanna Valley Law Enforcement Camp Cadet Cornhole Tournament, scheduled for February 4 at Warrior Run Social Hall.







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Thirty-three teams showed up to throw the bags at the Bald Birds Brewery in Jersey Shore on Nov. 5.










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Cornhole tournament participants.










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Toss bags of cornhole










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Save the date for the Susquehanna Valley Law Enforcement Camp Cadet Cornhole Tournament scheduled for February 4.





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