Camp John Marc utilizes a mission statement of helping people to live happily with their struggle. These quick facts and mission statement help us to get a better understanding on who is best fit for camp and what the camp does as a whole.
This past year, one of the graduating campers left this rock at the camp chapel. On the back, she wrote: “Dear CJM, You are my home. I’m 16 this year so I have to go. Thank you for the memories. I love you.” We love our campers and the memories…
This statue has stood as the pinnacle of Van Cortlandt Park and the memorialization of it’s legendary cross country course. The statue comes from Aesop’s fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare” and has “slow and steady wins the race” inscribed…
This banner was put up on the finish line of the cross country course to celebrate 100 years of the cross country course. The cross country course has been active since 1913.
This shirt commemorates the Manhattan Invitational; where the park and Manhattan College host the largest high school cross country invitational meet of the year.
This bridge was erected to connect two parts of the park after a highway cut the park in two. The bridge has been raced on by famous runners of both the past and the present such as Steve Prefontaine, Matt Centrowitz, and more.
Located right across the street of the Tortoise and Hare Statue is the restaurant named The Tortoise and the Hair. In fact, the restaurant named itself after the statue in order to become recognizable to the community. It has been a local favorite…
This part of the course is perhaps the most famous. Many think that it is called cemetery hill because of how steep and long the hill is, but it is named that because at the top of the hill is the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family, whom the park…