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Frogbridge Celebrates 20 Years Of Hoppin’ Fun In 2018!

Each year, we seem to outdo ourselves, but- WOW! This year really took the cake! Celebrating our 20th Anniversary, Frogbridge had a summer chock full of new surprises and fun! Our new logo and extended food menu with healthier options were just the start. The real fun came out on campus…

Color War To The Xtreme!

Color War is arguably our campers’ favorite event each year and the day it breaks is always a well-kept secret. One of the summer’s hit movies was Ant-Man and the Wasp, and its theme song was Rob Base’s It Takes Two. What better way to break Color War this year than having celebrity Rob Base perform this song live! The kids went wild with fun! See the Color War magic that brings the biggest smiles and the loudest cheers for yourself:

Xtreme Event Group | Frogbridge Day Camp | Color War Break featuring Rob Base

Adventure Amenities Reach New Heights

20 Years of Adventure Amenities just got better! This summer we opened our brand new 30ft high rock wall with 3 climbing lanes, and— even better than before! — our 200 ft. zip lines were replaced with 500 ft. long sip lines. Our campers have soared farther than ever before on our new 500ft zip-line. Zipping through the woods like Tarzan, our campers adventure through the trees before zooming over the lake to reach the other side. At Frogbridge, our teachers and counselors encourage our campers to reach new heights, climbing higher, pushing harder to reach their goals. Our new rock wall is the thing to give these values shape. Reaching 30ft into the air, our new rock wall is taller and wider than ever before, the campers looked forward to taking on the challenge each week!

Close To Home & Heart

This past year, we also made wonderful expansions and broke records!

Convenience For Campers: Our transportation team has expanded with more drivers, all of whom must have at least 3 years of experience with a spotless record to be considered for the important task of transporting our precious cargo. With this expansion, we also have added more central bus stops, so Frogbridge has become more accessible than ever to campers who live farther away.

Frogtastic Fundraising: Each year we encourage campers and their families to donate a new, unwrapped toy during our incredible Frogtoberfest event. Without fail, the amount of toys generously donated by our families is incredible, but this year, the record was broken with over 500 toys, which were given to children’s hospitals and other youth organizations in need.

Our campers also broke the fundraising charts this summer with over $16,000 raised for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in honor of Jordan’s Journey. We couldn’t be more proud of them!

Our Family Is Growing: This was also an incredible year for the Pugliese family. On February 22, 2018, Jr and his wife became proud parents to a happy and healthy baby boy while making our own Frank, a proud grandpa once again.. This summer the bouncing baby boy made his first visit to the camp, and spent a quality day with his dad and grandpa.

Join Us This Summer For Another Amazing Year

Meaningful Beginnings

If the Ghost of Christmas Past were here, he would take us down memory lane to the very first week the Frogbridge day camp was opened. The owner, Frank Pugliese, and his son, our Director, JR, were excited to welcome the very first campers to the grounds when circumstances took a turn. Working in his yard at home, JR contracted Lyme disease, and worse— Bell’s Palsy, which resulted in his hospitalization for two weeks. He received daily treatments on the floor where most adults did, but on the weekends and holidays he was sent to receive his treatments on the pediatric floor, among many unfortunate children that were there for much worse illnesses. On the morning of the 4th of July, with many children among them, Frank and JR decided they would show the young patients a treat. As the fireworks were about to begin, they gathered all of the children by the windows on their floor and watched the beautiful fireworks display light up the sky in a show of dazzling colors, together. As they saw the children smiling and the joy on their faces, this father and son pair knew they had to do even more. During JR’s stay, the Pugliese men also noticed the playroom for these kids was sorely lacking. Although the toys were broken or missing pieces, the kids made the best of the toys that they could. It was then that both JR and Frank realized that while JR’s time in the hospital was almost over, for many of these kids, the end of their stay was still a long way off with more fights to win. A sudden need to help them, to keep them smiling took root, and Frogbridge got to work…

Summer Fun-draising

Since the Pugliese family’s inspiration to give back, they have taught their campers each summer different ways to raise money for different philanthropies. Over the years Frogbridge has raised well over $75,000 – and that’s not even counting the school bus that was filled with food from floor to ceiling for the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean County following Super Storm Sandy! Some of the organizations Frogbridge Daycamp has donated to are:

• Pediatric Cancer Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDRF)
• Lymphoma & Leukemia Society
• Our Special Place
• FulFill NJ (Formerly Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties)
• JAR of Hope Foundation for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

But we don’t stop there…

Frogtober Fest: Trick Or Treat And Toys

Each autumn when campers are back in school and gearing up for their big night of costumes, candy and fun, we invite our campers and their families back to Frogbridge for an incredible event called the FrogtoberFest—a night of Halloween family fun! Festivities include a not-so-haunted hayride, a haunted house, pumpkin picking, petting zoo, magic shoes, and a delicious buffet full of amazing menu items. Families have the option of bringing an unwrapped new toy to this event for our annual toy drive. Every year the outcome of donated toys is astounding! For children to be unwell and away from home during the holidays is a heartbreaking thing, so we make it our mission to bring them even the smallest joy. This is why at the start of the holiday season, we load up our trucks with the donated toys and head over to several hospitals. Sometimes we can even hand-deliver the toys to the children in their rooms and even get to meet the families. Today, when children wake up to countess gifts under the Christmas tree, a single toy may not seem like much, but it means the world to these kids in need. And for us, there is no greater joy than the smiles that one little toy can bring to so many faces. Learn more about how our Frogbridge gives back.

Learn About Frogbridge’s Other Divisions

Over the years, you’ve come to know Frogbridge for offering the finest New Jersey summer camp experience. However, there is much more than just summer camp that goes on at Frogbridge. Here are some of the other “divisions” of Frogbridge that you might not have known about.

Tadpole Village Preschool

Tadpole Village is owned by Frogbridge and is a preschool for children between the ages of two-and-a-half and six years. Led by our very own Dr. Lisa Polvere, students can develop their academic skills by completing fun, age-appropriate activities. Class sizes are relatively small, because we want to make sure we can devote enough time to work with each student individually.

Tadpole Village utilizes many of the spectacular facilities found at our summer camp, including an outdoor playground, a computer lab, a craft studio, and our 6,000 sq. ft gymnasium. Special events are held throughout the year, including a Holiday Show in December, our Halloween hayrides, our parent’s day picnic and two Scholastic book fairs.

Frogbridge Picnics & Events

Frogbridge Picnics and Events has been creating unforgettable experiences for companies of various sizes, as well as school picnics and family reunions. When camp is not in session, many of the same great amenities your campers enjoy all summer are available through the picnic packages offered at Frogbridge. Some of the amenities you can use for your event include our pool complex, sports fields golf driving range, tennis courts, go karts, rock climbing, zip lines, bumper cars, and so much more. There are various menus depending on what type of picnic you choose, and you will always have additional entertainment and menu options available to you.

Windows on the Water at Frogbridge

Sources: Nicole Klym Photography

Windows on the Water at Frogbridge is one of the best venues in New Jersey to celebrate your wedding (as voted by WeddingWire and The Knot readers). It’s a private lakeside resort set amidst 86-manicured acres of natural landscape. This wedding reception venue has a stunning air conditioned, outdoor draped tent that can comfortably accommodate up to 300 guests with ample room for the dance floor.

Windows on the Water at Frogbridge is one of the best venues in New Jersey to celebrate your wedding (as voted by WeddingWire and The Knot readers). It’s a private lakeside resort set amidst 86-manicured acres of natural landscape. This wedding reception venue has a stunning air conditioned, outdoor draped tent that can comfortably accommodate up to 300 guests with ample room for the dance floor. Source: Koje Photography Step outside to our two-tied waterside patio, and you’ll discover a perfect location to host a ceremony, cocktail hour, dancing or desserts. In addition to weddings, our venue hosts corporate picnics, Bar/Bat-Mitzvahs, Communions and other special occasions. Give us a call to tour our grounds to see for yourself how beautiful it really is. As you can see, Tadpole Village Pre-School, Frogbridge Picnics & Events, and Windows on the Water at Frogbridge are run with the same level of expertise and service you’ve come to trust from Frogbridge Day Camp.

Interested in learning more about each division?

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