Day camp

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. Just like my time in my hometown of Upper Dublin, it was all coming to an end. That little kid who twelve years ago would get overly excited to go to lower courts for basketball leagues was all grown up. I was now the counselor that the kids…

A Day in the Life at the Camp ` Everyone has a favorite place to go. Sometimes it 's a secret place, but it does not have to be. Most people like fancy things but it doesn 't take much to make me happy. My favorite place to go is a little fishing camp in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi. This little yellow camp on the bayou may not be special to anyone else, but it 's special to me. There have been so many good times and memories made here. This isn 't everyone 's cup of tea because everything to be…

they shouldn’t befriend, but the people who are the closest to him, see him as a kind hearted, funny and sweet person. August’s mother did not want him to go to school because young people have a tendency to blurt things out and she wanted to keep him away from that. This year, August is not ready to start his first year at an actual school. Summer Dawson becomes August’s best friend. On the first day of school, Summer comes over and sits next to August. After the first day, Summer and August…

The trip to a camping site in the middle of a Pennsylvania forest- a trip I would never forget- lead me to the discovery of myself and my transition into adulthood. This trip was through the summer camp I have attended for now eleven years; Liberty Lake Day Camp located in Columbus, New Jersey, is my second home. I grew up in this camp, and when I finally reached the age to become a L.I.T, a leader in training, I was eager to undergo the program with my friends I always attended camp with. This…

It was a hot, sunny Thursday at Camp V-Bar; “the hottest camp going”. I had just finished teaching my favorite class; fourth period paddle boarding. I was playing a game of sharf with the rest of the Aquatics Staff under the rain fly. After a vigorous game of sharf, which I won, I was off to my next class. It was my fifth period small boat sailing class; a class I did not enjoy. I was not too thrilled about teaching sailing because the people you would teach would have to be engaged during…

Camp Widjiwagan (Rough Draft) Albus Dumbledore once said, “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” Often, when summer comes around, many kids begin to dream about summer camp. Some of those kids actually get to live those dreams like I did, at Camp Widjiwagan, this summer. It was one week of a Harry Potter themed, outdoors day camp. Camp Widjiwagan was one of the best camps I’ve been to complete with fun and new learning experiences from the new and different people, to all the…

Symbolic Analysis: Don Lee Camp and Retreat Center Introduction When a place transforms from a location you visit into an institution, the symbolic frame plays a large part in that transformation. Over the last 50 years, Don Lee Camp and Retreat Center developed from a rustic summer camp center utilized 7 to 8 weeks a year into a year-round destination where school children learn about marine life, pastors enjoy family time, community members enjoy Sunday dinner, and thousands of children and…

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 usually very cruel and…

My past few summers consisted of staying up all night, watching television, then sleeping during the day. It was a fun way to spend my summers, but it wasn’t satisfying. So, when the idea of spending three days a week, for eight weeks, playing soccer during the summer became a possibility, I had an odd feeling of motivation. Early into 2016, my interest in soccer was relit. Perhaps I wanted to be more like my brother, who’s serious in obtaining a career in professional soccer. Nonetheless, I…

frustrated love.” (Esquivel 138) The “Frustrated Love” is used to show that Mama was rejected her true love, causing her to feel regrets that she was not able to be with Jose. Mama Elena lived with regret until the day she died. She was upset with that her love was rejected so she decided to give Tita the same feeling she had. Another example in the book is when Pedro is jealous of Tita and John. Pedro comes out and says “I think it would’ve been better to run away with you.” (Esquivel 149)…