Greetings Camp Pumziko Families!
Thank you for expressing interest in the 2023 Camp Pumziko!
We make every effort and do our very best to make sure your child’s stay is most memorable and enjoyable. To this end, the partnership between parents/guardians and camp staff is crucial in providing all attendees with a safe, pleasant, powerful, and rewarding outing.
This 7-day/6-night annual camp is for all genders of youth, aged 6-17 years old. Our goal is to promote a sense of pride in our Afrikan heritage, as well as discipline, and responsibility to make the communities we live in respectable, viable, and safe.
Our first Camp Pumziko was held in July of 1994 at Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, Alabama. Community Aid Development, Corp. (CAD), the New Afrikan People’s Organization (NAPO), the New Afrikan Scout Organization (NASO), and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) sponsor the camp.
This year we will begin welcoming campers at FDR State Park’s Small Group Campsite on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at 4 pm and will dismiss everyone on Saturday, July 22, 2023, no later than 6 pm. The first meal served will be dinner, on Sunday, July 16th, after 6 pm.
Based on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk to our people, we will have strict protocols in place to keep the staff, youth, and families safe. COVID protocols can be found here.
‘Family Day’ is held on the last day of camp - Saturday, July 22nd. Activities will begin at 12 noon. Please come prepared to have a rollicking-fun-packed day with your camper and depart with them that evening.
By providing the staff, and sharing with your child, all the appropriate information, you can help ensure your child’s summer camp experience will be fun, positive, and enjoyable.
Please locate, complete, and submit all the necessary information in this registration form.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your local contact person or the camp director at any point.
Thank you,
Sala Cyril
Camp Director