Day One- Going to Royal Family KIDS Camp

 

Some of Sunday evening and Monday morning

are spent in quiet reflection, preparing both our hearts and minds for working with with the children who will be soon arriving.

Much of the rest of the time is spent decorating rooms and creating placards with the campers names that will help let the camper know who is his/her
  counselor.

 

Room decorations are complete for the campers to enjoy

Unless you’re  a camp counselor or staff member, it’s not likely that you have been able to participate in the campers’ first few moments of the their camp experience.

It is a camp objective to make sure every camper feels welcomed and loved from the moment they step off of the bus until the time they head home.  The above video gives you an example of the our campers’ first experience as they enter the camp.  You can get a sense of the buzz and excitement as the campers get off of the bus. 

Royal Family KIDS has a camp theme song with a first line that says, “Headin’ For Royal Family KIDS camp headin’ for a lot of fun.”  I think our camp lives up to the theme song.

 

Campers spent their first day in the woodworking, face painting, dress-up, and ceramics tents. Others ventured out to the new archery course where they learned the fine art of shooting a bow and arrow with some already having hit the mark on the 3-D deer target.

 

 

The afternoon was spent down at the waterfront swimming, kayaking and building sand castles on the beach.

It was a great time for both counselors and campers to bond.

We are fortunate to having  returning Australian staff members, Graeme, Angela, and Carolyn with us.  As you can see by the photo to the right, they have claimed a little of the camp for their own. We are so please to have them joining us again and the children all have a special place in the hearts for these wonderful people. We are eagerly anticipating what Day Two will bring.