Utolsó frissítés: 2009.11.15.
English information
Welcome to the website of the Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Hungary!
This is the official website of the Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Hungary. For information about the Rising Sun program in English, please visit www.lajf.org.
Contact information:
Telephone:
(06-20) 365-93-74
E-mail:
kapcsolat@risingsun.hu
Mail address:
Dunaalmás; 2545; Almási út, 42.
The Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Hungary was founded in 2003. Its members consist of campers, counselors, and other participants from either the American or the Danish CRS camps.
The Association's primary duty is to organize the selection of the future campers, a task undertaken voluntarily by its members. The Association also organizes numerous meetings throughout the year, with the first held just before the start of each CRS summer season. These meetings allow future campers and their parents to gather information about the CRS program and the CRS Hungarian alumni community before the summer. After the summer, another meeting is held to allow campers to share their new experiences. Smaller meetings are also organized for the purpose of discussing issues and topics regarding the Association.
The current President of the Association is Hopka Lajosné Zsóka, a Red Hook counselor in 1998, 1999, 2000 and Stendis counselor in 2001. The Vice-President is Lajos Hopka, a Red Hook camper in 1991 and Red Hook counselor in 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2007. The Secretary is Eszter Ritter, a Clinton camper in 1994 and a counselor in 2001.
Campers from Hungary have been sent every year, with few exceptions, to the USA ever since the mid-80s. Since 1998, the selection process has been conducted by former campers, who officially formed the Association in 2003. Thanks to the hard work of the members, Hungarian campers have been able to participate in the CRS Program every year since 1998, and since 2000 they have been able to participate at all CRS Program locations (Clinton, Red Hook and Stendis).
Recent Events
On 9th May 2009 the CRS Alumni Association of Hungary held its annual camper preparation meeting. These meetings are infomal gettogethers for alumni of the association and the selected camper and his/her family where members of the association answer questions ranging from "life at camp" to more practial things like "what to bring to camp". It's also a great opportunity to get to know the new camper and his/her family better and have lots of fun.
This year the meeting was held at Margitsziget, an island in the heart of Budapest. We met at 10 o'clock at the southern entrance of the island and walked to a nearby park where we had a nice picnic. Luckily the weather turned out to be great all day long so altogether about 15 of us spent a nice day at Budapest.
Minden jog fenntartva!