Let's Give It A Go

 

Our first event of the day is named Breakfast Club.  As promised, Great Scott came to Breakfast Club and taught the campers a trick where seemingly, a rubber band jumps from the first two fingers to the last two fingers. If you know one of the campers or staff members  of our camp, be sure to ask them to

show it to you.  The trick is amazing.  We've also been learning through stories and activities that we need to help one another.  it may not be the easiest thing to do, but it's always the right thing to do.

 

Sue Carpenter and Larry Funzel teach
the campers

 

Campers were also treated to speedboat rides. A photographer
went along for the ride and took pictures of the campers as they experience the thrill of skimming across the water.  The smiling faces beaming in the photos were a testament to the great time they had this afternoon.

The excitement continued to build for the campers as they attended their joint birthday party.  These children aren't always able to celebrate their birthday. We try to remedy that by having a birthday party where every camper receives a Birthday Box filled with gifts and the whole party attendees sing Happy Birthday to each of the campers until everyone's named has been mentioned.  Just to make sure we have that total "Birthday" feeling, the host camp staffers make cup cakes and distribute them to the party goers.

You've probably deduced by now that one of our camp goals is to build the campers confidence in themselves.  This year, rather than having a Talent Show, we decided to have a "Give It A Go" show.  Giving it a go opens up the field for campers who would like to try  to entertain the audience, but might not think their offering would constitute the name talent.  We had plenty of takers this year with entertainers ranging for singers to actors in skits.  The applause and cheers for each entertainers resulted in a lot of smiles and signs that everyone had a good time.