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The Ultimate Ultimate Frisbee Game! Last week, Tom and I got invited to an Ultimate Frisbee game by Ryan Belline. Ryan coaches the Westfield High School and Edison Intermediate School Ultimate Frisbee teams. The match was Westfield versus Maplewood. This was an extra special game. First of all, both the high school and intermediate school teams were playing in the same game. Also, many of the players were Campus Kids campers (no wonder why the team is so good, eh?). The high school teams started the game, but the middle school team played several points in the middle of the game. Because both teams were playing the game was meant to be played to 15. The teams were evenly matched and the game started to go late. As the evening set in and the light began to fade, time was called and it was decided by the coaches that the first team to 14 would win. After several plays, Westfield scored the final point and was declared the winner.
In other news, reunion invitations are going out this week and the online RSVP will be up on the website. We are also starting to gather articles and pictures for the November/December issue of the Sundial. Please send your entries to
sundial@campuskids.com See you soon, Monday, October 20, 2008 It's getting really cold! So I got up this morning and it was really, really cold. The smell of winter weather hit me as soon as I walked out the door. The lawn was covered in frost and I had to bring in some plants I probably should have brought in last night. I have to get the winter clothes out from the basement and get ready for the coming ski/snowboarding season (WOOT!).
Look forward to seeing your entries. Wednesday, October 15, 2008 October As you know, Tom and I
work on getting camp ready for the upcoming summer every day. While I
sit here and continue to work on the new improved online tour of CK-NJ
(which can be viewed here), I keep
Needless to say, I can't wait to see you all at the reunion. I want to talk about camp to people who know what shoe golf is and appreciate the delicacy known as Frito pie. I took this pic on the first settling in day of the summer. It seems so long ago and I guess I am just really missing today. Look forward to seeing you all soon. Be on the lookout for your reunion invitation in the mail. You'll soon be able to RSVP on the New Jersey camp website. ~Jeremy P.S. I was thinking it would be really neat to see your Halloween costumes. I'd like to post a gallery of CK-NJ campers in their costumes and maybe even make some kind of contest out of it. Email your pics to jeremy@campuskids.com Thursday, October 9, 2008 What if we had a Week 9? That was the question today
as we had a brainstorming meeting over at Angie's, the unofficial second
CK-NJ office (on Main St. in Chatham, where many great camp ideas have been
born). Jeremy, Ryan and I did some serious talking about a fun idea
that's been kicking around for a while: WEEK NINE. After the regular
8-week camp season is over, we're thinking of offering a week-long program
that would be like an extended Weekend Adventure. It would be for
campers entering 7th grade or older and would be a small travel program.
We've got lots of ideas for it and we'll share them on the website over the
coming weeks. If YOU have any ideas, let us know!
Camp People... Hey, Jeremy here. I just want to thank everyone who came out to the open house on the 28th. It was so great to see so many of you! I had a lot of fun despite the rain. The new facilities are exciting but seeing all these camp people together was even better. Honestly, I miss you guys. During most of the school year, it's just me and Tom working in the office. Although we have a great time working together, it doesn't ever feel like camp until we are around all you camp people.
Anyway, I've posted some pics here that made me chuckle. Who knows... maybe I'll do another entry of funny pictures from the summer. There are sure to be some that would make you giggle too! By the way, it's not too late to get your own gallery on the website. If you want your pictures on the Campus Kids-NJ website email me at jeremy@campuskids.com. ~Jeremy
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Monday,
October 27, 2008
It
was really exciting to see everyone. The CK-ers on the team included:
Kevin Lakritz, Eric Weber, Emily Chan, Jibran Mieser, Matt Weintraub, Adam
Blumstein, Zach Botos, Mandy Minken, Stevey Z and Jack Venezia.
Afterwards, a bunch of us met up for burritos at Qdoba. A good time
was had by all. 
Not
much new to report today. I mostly wanted to let everyone know that
there is a new online photo game up on the CK-NJ page. It's simple.
You look at the pictures and make up your own phrases to put in the dialogue
bubbles. The contest is open to all campers and staff. The
winners will be posted on November 28th. You can click
thinking
that it's only October and June is a LONG time from now. No camp for
months! Just me and Tom. No announcements, no snack time (though
Vanessa did bake us some nice biscotti the other day), no clubs, no
activities... 
Monday,
October 6, 2008
I've been working on updating
the online tour of camp for new families. It will be done sometime
this week. In the process, I've looked at hundreds, maybe thousands of
pictures from last summer. While browsing through them, you can't help
but think that camp people are awesome. We've shared a lot of good
times together and have so many great stories from camp that regular people
just don't get. You've been to Campus Kids, so I know you know what I
am talking about here. As excited as I am about the move to Blair Academy
and all the new facilities, the best part of camp is all of you campers and
counselors coming back to make it all happen again! This summer of
2009 will of course be the best ever. We say that every year and every
year we mean it. Camp just keeps getting better and better because
every year our camp family gets bigger as we welcome new staff and campers.
As I said before, it was great
to see you and I can't wait to see you all at
the camp reunion.