Camp Ipperwash

Ipperwash Beach has been my home away from home for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories include getting thrown off the inner tube into waves so big they could swallow me whole, campfires that my grandfather would build rain or shine, just so we could get that perfect bedtime treat and a sun burning so bright I thought the sweet summer would never end. As far as I was concerned, Ipperwash Beach was a magical place that couldn’t do any wrong. From a young age, I can remember the whispers and lingering stares I received when I would mention to a camp counsellor or adult family friend that it was almost time to go to the beach. They would speak in hushed tones so I wouldn’t hear but no matter what they had to say, nothing…

This novel takes place deep inside Nazi Germany at the time when things were at its worst. 1942 was one of the darkest years our world has come to see. Not only was it looking as if the axis powers were bound to win the war but also the first horrific details came to life from survivors from the terrible prison camps. Many of the people the reader encounters in this novel are living terrible day to day lives and are too scared to put up a fight. The people with any sort of significant powers are…

table where I knew not a single face and end up leaving knowing them all. We exchanged many conversations like what city we came from, how many siblings we endured, our favorite ice creams, careers we were suggesting, our favorite brands of clothing, and then came what we were running for. I told each girl who the Commissioner of Agriculture for Mississippi was first. Cindy Hyde-Smith, our Commissioner, is an outstanding woman who lived less than an hour away from me. I told them how she helped…

Nevertheless, due primarily to budget constraints and the growing urges of political correctness, it currently compares to an old summer camp or nursing home facility. Still, however, he genuinely couldn’t complain seeing that where the once Olympic-sized swimming pool once stood was now added tennis courts and the nine-hole golf course still revealing its tee boxes and greens made perfect soccer and Frisbee fields even if overgrown. Through his time at camp, Lance picked up various nicknames,…

During the Mt. Everest team simulation, we learned quite a bit about what it means to be on a team. When climbing Mt. Everest in both a simulation and in real life you really depend on your team to do what is necessary to reach a goal. This could be a simple personal goal (such as the photographer to stay at camp 1 and 2 an extra night) or a larger goal that is shared by multiple people on the team (the leader and marathoner’s goal of reaching the summit). Our team had achievements and failures,…

family is Camp Courageous. Camp Courageous, in Monticello Iowa, creates a place where individuals with exceptionalities can go and experience what typical individuals do at a camp in a year round setting. In 1972 forty acres of land near Monticello were donated to create a camp…

you’re surrounded by grounders. They are dressed in their head-to-toe covering battle gear, carrying bows, arrows, and spears. Instead of killing you, however, they cover your heads with fabric bags and drag you away from your camp. You make a lengthy trek with the grounders before you are forcefully stopped and the bags are removed. You blink your eyes open to find yourself in a lavender room. Before you sits a young woman in a chair of twigs that poke out in every direction. She is…

I had no prior experience with any camp nor had I any experience with 5th and 6th graders. I looked up pictures from the year prior and in my mind I thought that this was not going to be hard. I had the expectation that all I was going to be doing was watching kids play with robots and helping them figure out solution to their program when they were stuck, but boy was I wrong. I went about it all wrong. I was more interested in getting through the class than actually learning something. I wanted…

what really sold me was talking with the student ambassadors. Their knowledge and honesty helped relieve the anxiety I felt about my college search and they allowed me see the possibility of a wonderful future here at Emmanuel. I am interested in being a student ambassador because I want to aid those students who are struggling in the same situation that I was a year ago, just like the students I met helped me. I feel as though I am well suited for a position as a student ambassador due to my…

moment I was at home, getting ready to leave my house for my final day as a camp counselor and for the final day in Willow Grove Day camp’s sixty-two year history. I threw on my staff shirt and mesh shorts, grabbed a quick chocolate chip granola bar for the road, lathered up my SPF 30 lotion, compiled my backpack and waited for my ride. The drive to camp was an emotional one for me. I had spent fifteen of my eighteen summers at this camp, the same camp, that has thrived for over six decades.…