Camper

adopted from, but my mother also. I first became a camper at this culture camp in the third grade. I loved spending time with other campers, teen counselor, and teachers. A couple of years later now in the seventh grade, it was time to go from a camper to a teen counselor, I now had the chance to be a teen counselor, like the counselors I had. It wasn’t easy becoming a counselor, for a bunch of elementary students. I had always been one of the quiet campers of the groups, so having to interact…

What makes a leader? A leader can be anyone from the President of a country, to a kid in the schoolyard, telling kids what team they will be on during recess. The Camp Sebago mission is to emphasize to the campers that a leader is not someone who bosses others around, a leader is someone who serves his people and works for them, and helps them become better versions of themselves. A French novelist by the name of Andre Malraux made this very clear in one of his most famous quotes “To…

MELEE CIRCLE (whole group) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Today, we’re putting our skills to the test. Can you jump as far as The Incredible Hulk, balance like Catwoman, leap as tall as Superman, sprint alongside the Flash or throw as accurately as Bullseye? As you make your way through the lesson, add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing in your own words. Wonder Woman dedicates many hours each week to training in…

piled out. Camp counselors rushed to greet the campers staying for the next month. Camp had started. I came to this camp in Canada towards the end of summer - just before school started again. The camp was special. The camp was different. The Base de Plein Air camp is said to have ghosts roaming the halls. Although they may seem unreal, which I thought too, they roam the Maskinonge Lake and forest in Mont Tremblant, CA. On the first day, campers got to meet one and other, play games, and make…

negative experience I’ve had with depression I don't want any child or teen feel like they are unworthy of the life they are living. By working with Camp Mendocino I will be helping the youth understand how to have a healthy state of mind by encouraging campers to deal with negative feelings…

get all giddy from the inside out. When our church bus halts at a stop, I know that we have finally arrived. All of the campers are required to a swim test immediately after we all unpack our belongings. The swim test takes place at the heart of the campgrounds: the lake. For some reason, the lake is always as cold as ice, and the lifeguard on duty takes joy in the campers that cannot remember the alphabet while treading water during the…

Who knew ten teenage girls could completely change my perspective. Maybe it was because of the sudden weight of responsibly, or maybe all the doubts in my mind, but two weeks spent on a camp in charge of ten girls forced me to think, doubt, worry, and learn. It was the end of the summer, a summer which I had spent training for this position. Now it was my chance to show what deep down, I knew I could do. The camp director had called me and asked me to come back to camp and be a full time…

the shifted drastically. I felt a need to fight for changes within my budget to hire bus aides to handle the responsibilities of checking campers in at the bus stops and training aides on behavior management techniques should issues arise. In addition to meeting with the President, I reassessed my budget to cut out 1 field trip out of 8. Even though campers’ loss one field trip, later in the camp season, a private funder gave money to support the trip. By alleviating the task of staff from…

I am told to defend those around me; I never realized the true meaning of these programs, until this past summer. During the summer, I worked as a camp counselor for the local Jewish Community Center. As counselors, one of our duties is to mentor campers ages five to fourteen in athletic activities. Throughout my first week, I noticed a disconnect between Senator, one of my co-counselors, and the campers.The disconnect was palpable and clear to anyone watching from the outside, I realized I…

seventy-five campers during six weeks at Hidden Hollow Camp. For instance, I met a fourteen year-old boy named Jordan my first year as a Junior Counselor. Jordan, who had Autism, was not enjoying the fast-paced weekly dance and was sitting by himself. I sat next to him, and we talked about all of the fun he had during his week at camp, which made him realize he was ready to rejoin the other campers. After seeing Jordan go from being upset to dancing and laughing with the other campers, I…