Andy Pritikin, Neighbor

<strong>Andy Pritikin</strong> <strong>-</strong> <strong>(Owner, Director,</strong> <strong>Day Camp Founder</strong>) Andy is the Professional Development Oversight Chair of the American Camp Association, serves on the NY/NJ Board of Directors, and was Chairman of the Tri-State Camp Conference for Youth Development, the largest annual gathering of Camp professionals in the world.  For the past 15 years, Andy has been on numerous ACA committees and has facilitated workshops at both regional and national conferences. Andy is the Founder and President of the New Jersey Camps Government Affairs Project, an organization created to protect the interests of all New Jersey Camps. At the local level, Andy is a Board Member of the Northern Burlington Regional Chamber of Commerce and is active with the Crafts Creek/Spring Hill Brook Watershed Association.

 Prior to starting Liberty Lake Day Camp, Andy worked for 10 years with two of the most successful day Camp and resident Camp organizations in the country. During the Camp off-season, Andy is busy hiring Team Members, managing the facility, writing and publishing articles on Camping and working with his ACA colleagues in furthering the Camp profession in the world of youth development.  Andy is an active supporter of Morry&#39;s Camp and SCOPE, two wonderful non-profit organizations which raise money to send inner-city youths to Camp each summer. Andy also recently started the Liberty Lake Foundation to do the same for local area children.  In the past few years, Andy has been the recipient of numerous awards from ACA-NJ, ACA-NY, and ACA-National.

With a Bachelor&#39;s Degree in Music and an Masters in Education, Andy began his professional career as a tenured Instrumental Music Teacher in the Wall Township and South Orange/Maplewood school districts. At the same time, Andy was a member of a successful rock band, performing hundreds of shows on stage, radio and national TV, as well as with a critically acclaimed NYC Jazz Group.  Andy loves playing basketball, playing music, and playing with the Liberty Lake Campers and Team!

To learn more about Liberty Lake, please visit our websites:<br><br>LibertyLakeDayCamp.com<br>LibertyLakePicnic.com<br>LibertyLakeDayCamp.blogspot.com<br>Facebook.com/LLDCFANPAGE<br>WeLoveLibertyLake.com<br>LibertyLakeFoundation.org<br>NJRenFaire.com<br>Twitter.com/#!/LibertyLaker1