{"id":411,"date":"2020-03-03T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/45314063\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2026-05-31T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:41:05","slug":"ayf-camp-memories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the AYF Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-very-dark-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background mb-0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AYF1929-Logo-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1880 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AYF1929-Logo-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AYF1929-Logo-1-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AYF1929-Logo-1-1-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1.26;font-size:20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/dpcddz8ooege6c8\/AADvpkHgAk-NT8JJvODVId1qa?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>Archive Highlights<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p 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(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1.26;font-size:20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>AYF Mission, History &amp; Timeline<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background mb-0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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740px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1.26;font-size:20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">AYF Founders<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong> &amp; Leaders<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background mb-0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p 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https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-5-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background mb-0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AYF-FIrst-Songbookcover-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AYF-FIrst-Songbookcover-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AYF-FIrst-Songbookcover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AYF-FIrst-Songbookcover-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AYF-FIrst-Songbookcover-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AYF-FIrst-Songbookcover.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size has-white-color has-text-color has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-family:Noto 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