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Camp O-Ongo Currently operating as Pali Mountain Camp and Conference Center, camp O-Ongo once served as the setting for many kids’ summer-camp adventures and memories. The camp is located on 65 acres, in the San Bernardino forest of Southern California near the town of Running Springs. Swimming, horseback riding, archery, trampoline, campfire fun, and dramatic skits, and were utilized to instill a well-rounded, educational and safe environment. For parents, camp O-Ongo served as a place for their children to develop, self-confidence, teamwork, and an overall positive attitude. For kids, O-Ongo was about fun and friendship.

History Camp O-Ongo - a youth summer camp developed in 1940 by Albert C. “Press” Preson and his wife Esther “Mother” Prestion1. Upon his father’s illness, the yonger son Tom Preston took over, and ran the camp from 1959-1991.

Camp O-Ongo Pledge

I will follow the upward road today,I will keep my face to the light. I will think high thoughts as I go my way, I will do what I know is right. I will look for flowers by the side of the road, I will laugh, love, and be strong. I will try to lighten another's load, this day as I fare along.