Doug Loriz

Male

Vancouver, WA

United States

Profile Information:

What (if any) Bungalow Colony did you attend and where was it located?
Sunnycroft, Highland Mills, NY
When were you born?
October 14, 1965
If you spent summers at one or more Bungalow Colonies, what years were you there?
1974-1978 (whatever year Sunnycroft closed)

Comment Wall:

  • Manny

    Hello Dough and welcome to Bungalow Colony people.  Not much goes on here yet but the community is slowly growing.  Please contribute anything you think might be of interest.

    You and I were at Sunnycroft at the same time for at least two years, and given when you were born, we must have spent some time together.   Do you have any photo's or video from back then?  If so, please put some up here to add to the collective memories.  

    welcome!

    Manny

  • Doug Loriz

    Hi Manny,

    What a cool site!  Thanks for creating it.  It would be fun to stumble into some friends who I looked forward to seeing every summer.  I was one of the "outsiders" of Sunnycroft.  We lived about a mile away on a farm on Seven Springs Rd (Take Bakertown Rd to the end and make a left).  My brother (Mike), sister (Janet), and I attended the day camp there and had so much fun that we would ride our bikes there on weekends and nights.  I couldn't wait for the end of June and I hated seeing everyone pack up at the end of August.  Mo Spivak used to let us use the tennis court all year round (we bought a net).  I updated my profile to estimate 1974 as my first summer there although it might have been 75.  I will have to dig through my closet to find some mementos.  I know I still have some group photos and even a Sunnycroft t-shirt.  The only person I can recall that would be using Manny as a first name was Eman (don't remember his last name).  He was my first friend there.  He had a brother named Gabriel.  Here are some names I recall:  Jay & Stephen Kirschner, David & Jeff Walker, Neil Schriver, Evan Coopman, Stephanie & David Miller, Steven Zipkin, Ryan & Eric Sandburg, Sharon Schulman, Sharon Kaufman, David Marcus, Lynne Schwartz.....  There are so many more but I need to see photos before the names come back.  I will get some photos posted in the near future.  If anyone wants to see recent pictures of me and my family and what I've been up to, just visit our website.

    Thanks for the welcome, and thanks again for the nice memories.

    Doug

  • Manny

    Doug, thanks for all the memories and names, they certainly ring a few bells. Eric Samburg's brother Jeff is a member here so maybe he can help you reconnect :). I saw Evan Koopman and his brother Andrew and mom Esrelle not long ago, sadly at his dads shiva.

    Thanks for putting up the recent photos - don't know if you've seen the thread with the history lesson on the property - I was reading it to my mom this morning (mom and Internet do not mix) and was excited to hear the history and that so many people were coming together through the site.

    Hope your having a great summer!