YMCA Camp OakesLogo Design Contest

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YMCA Camp Oakes is a year-round camp for kids, adults and families with an Outdoor Learning School, Retreat Facility and Conference Center.

We are part of the larger YMCA of the USA organization which has design guidelines for the YMCA specific logo (not our Camp Oakes logo) including colors and color combination. We would like to follow the same color palette described on page 18 of the YMCA guidelines located here:
http://naydo.sharepointsite.net/Graphic%20Standards/YMCA%20USA%20Graphic%20Standards%20(effective%20July%202010).pdf

-Needs words “Camp Oakes” as integral part of logo
-Must NOT say YMCA or use YMCA logo anywhere
-Could (but does not have to) incorporate trees, mountains, nature, youth, outdoor activity, action, etc.
-The camp is named after Roscoe Oakes, original cash donor back in 1958, NOT for Oak Trees
-Trees in Camp are Pinion Pine and Juniper
-Font should be somewhat powerful and pronounced to promote action, liveliness, strength
-Simple lines and keep it tight, not overly horizontally extended
-Logo needs to be easily embroidered and/or silkscreened
-Logo needs to work in color (combos) and black and white only versions
-The Camp Oakes logo should be stand-alone; it should not incorporate the new YMCA logo as part of the Camp Oakes logo
-For more on Camp Oakes, visit: www.campoakes.org

YMCA Camp Oakes is year-round camp for kids, adults and families with an Outdoor Learning School, Retreat Facility and Conference Center. The camp can accommodate 200 to 400 people and offers many outdoor activities including horseback riding, archery, riflery, canoieing, kayaking, low and high ropes course, hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail and study of the Moon and stars at the Walker Observatory. YMCA Camp Oakes is located 9 miles southeast of Big Bear Lake on Highway 38 and Lake Williams Road in the Gocke Valley at an elevation of 7,200 feet. Camp Oakes serves more than 10,000 individual visitors each year.