[2][4][5][6][7][8] It is on Bartonsville Woods Road, Stroudsburg, on Stoney Run in the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
[10] Shortly after the official establishment in 1939 of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), the organized youth movement of Reform Judaism in North America, Rabbi Sam Cook organized what may have been the first regional Labor Day Conclave for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) Pennsylvania State Federation at Pinemere.
[13] American interior designer and former daytime television host Nate Berkus's grandparents met at the camp, where his grandfather was the water sports director.
[17] In 1991, Stephen H. Holden, a Cherry Hill, New Jersey, attorney, was elected president of the Pinemere Camp Association.
[23] Pinemere began offering three-day sports clinics in basketball, tennis, baseball, softball, football, soccer, golf, horseback riding, lacrosse, field hockey, and wilderness survival.
It brought in the full-time Athletic Director of the Pocono Mountain East High School so campers could work on sports drills.
[28] In December 2012, two dozen American Pinemere campers joined their German counterparts in the ski village of Fürstenhof in Natz in the Italian Alps.
In addition to many former campers, Pinemere’s staff includes a large delegation from Israel and representatives from around the world.
[1] Pinemere offers boating, canoeing, pioneering, dramatics, arts and crafts, team sports, archery, and tennis.
[30] The camp offers sports clinics in basketball, baseball, softball, football, soccer, tennis, golf, horseback riding, lacrosse, and field hockey.
[8][11][30] The camp also offers gluten-free food for campers with celiac disease and other options for various dietary needs.