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It's the night
before our Staff Assistant Orientation Weekend. I've finished packing
and should be getting some sleep, but it's hard because I'm so excited.
We have nine first-time staff assistants and six returners who will be
working together as a team for the very first time tomorrow morning.
They all know each other because they are former campers, but this is a
brand new relationship. This weekend we'll be focusing on team
building and learning about what it means to work at camp. I had the
privilege of interviewing each of these young people for their jobs, so I
know what this means for them and how excited they are. What makes me
happiest, I think, is that each one of them wants to give back to the camp
-- and our current campers -- what they have received from their camper
experiences.
In one short weekend, 15 individuals will become a team, supportive of each
other and focused on the mission of Campus Kids. After all of these
years, you might think this would get a bit boring for me, but it hasn't in
the least. The energy, dedication and enthusiasm of these young people
is invigorating and uplifting. It's an amazing experience and I'm glad
we are about to end the anticipation and begin the experience.
Teri, Jeremy, Stu and I will be facilitating the orientation. We'll
report back to you next week. Have a good weekend (though I know it
can't be nearly as good as ours).
Tom
March 1, 2010
For the first time ever...
I was able to park in my
garage! My wife and I did not go snowboarding this weekend.
Instead, we stayed home, organized and unpacked all the stuff that's
been cluttering our garage since we moved in back in November. It
was such a momentous occasion, I asked Vanessa to video tape to first
drive out this morning. Now this historic moment will be forever
immortalized in cyberspace and this blog!
On a more serious note, we've
got lots of camp news to catch you up on!
First, we've been busy getting ready to mail
out the March issue of the Sundial. You can see some actual
footage of the risograph machine in action, churning out some 100 pages
of Sundial excellence per minute! The clip also offers a rare
glimpse of our year round CK office staff (the authors of this blog)
working hard to get camp ready for all you wonderful campers and
staffies!
Also, if you don't already know, we've
published the information about the 2010 Weekend Adventure program.
If you're going to be entering 7th grade or higher next summer, you are
eligible to attend and the information has already been mailed to your
house.
However,
all the info can be viewed online here. We've got 4 amazing
trips lined up and we've already received several sign ups. A big
shout out to Eric C. for being the first camper to sign up for this
year's adventures!
Weekend Adventures are amazingly good fun!
We leave camp on Friday afternoon and go camping for the weekend!
The days are filled with lake swimming, fishing, games, outdoor cooking,
hiking and boating. We also go on a special daytrip each trip.
For the first one, we are doing a scavenger hunt in NYC. The
second trip is a trip to Camel Beach water park. On the third
we're going to Mountain Creek water park. The last trip will
feature a day at Point Pleasant Beach and the Jenkinson's Boardwalk!
At night we sing songs, sit around the camp fire and have delicious
camping snacks like fried Oreos and banana boats! Call the office
or email me (jeremy@campuskids.com)
if you have any questions.
Coming up in future weeks, Tom and I will
blog about the Tri-State Camp Conference and Teri will be writing about
Devon's wedding! Don't forget to be sending us your bunk group
name suggestions
here!
