For youth

Summer Camp Applications are here!

Sign your child up for a summer filled with fun and enriching activities.

“This place is the best because it has so much fun stuff”
— Griffin (Age 5)

The Pine Community Center was created to give youth a safe, fun, and educational place to spend time. With a large variety of books on the shelves, craft supplies, air hockey, pool, ping pong, and more youth can socialize, play and learn whenever our doors are open. 

To this day we provide after school programming, summer camp, and youth activities for all ages year round.

Youth Staff

  • Paraskavoula Maloutas

    Youth Program Director

    Voula was born and raised in Astoria, NY. She has studied Creative Writing, Journalism, and has a Master's degree in English Literature and Secondary Education from Hunter College. Along with her husband and father-in-law, Voula is one of the proprietors of the Pine Hill Arms Restaurantand and Saloon, and is currently Youth Program Director of PHCC Afterschool Summer Camp Programs.

  • Hope Pesce

    Youth Program Assistant

    Hope Pesce is a former nanny and marketing extraordinaire from Astoria. She has been a long time seasonal resident of the Catskills and is a member of the Catskilled Crafters. Hope loves creating art with children and watching their imagination and creativity turn into skills. When she is not doing her own crafts she is facilitating fun activities for our youth camp programs.

  • Sydney Asher

    Summer Camp Assistant

    Sydney is a Bard College Sophomore majoring in Biology with an Environmental Studies Concentration. She has led several youth groups surrounding environmental change, green initiatives and climate action. She is also passionate about beekeeping, has established her own apiary, and is the President of the Beekeeping Club at Bard. PHCC is excited to share her skills and enthusiasm with our Summer Camp kids this year.