KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Members of the Spartanky sorority of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization gathered for the sorority’s annual conference and retreat on the weekend of November 1-3, 2019, at Soyuzivka Heritage Center.
A record number of 65 members of the sorority, both from the senior and younger branches, traveled from the eastern and mid-western states to attend this year’s conference, which had special significance this year because 2019 marked three anniversaries in the history of the sorority. Sixty years ago, in 1959, the younger branch was founded in Chicago, and 25 years ago the senior branch was formally established. In addition, the sorority has been operating a camp for 7-year-old cub scouts, called “Beginning Camp,” that the organization initiated 25 years ago at the Plast camp in East Chatham, N.Y.