Day camp

year I even became one of her respite providers. The other organization that provides respite for Rachel’s 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…

Maybe my parents just wanted to get rid of me for a week, but I created some of my best memories at Camp Edwards. The camp itself is a paradise for kids of almost any age. Across the seemingly endless campground, there are tons of exciting activities that campers can participate in, such as sailing and archery. Camp Edwards sits right beside a huge lake, making the entire camp feel separate from the rest of the world, a utopia of sorts. Across the vast water to the right sat a lonely island that…

a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal. I still remember the nights in the refugee camp when we slept without eating anything because there was simply nothing to eat. Our family, like most others in the refugee camp, relied on aids provided by different humanitarian agencies. We also relied on the kindness of local people who would sometimes give us clothes. The clothes may have been used, but to us, it was more than we could have hoped for. As a kid growing up in a refugee camp, I was told that I…

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…

who lived less than an hour away from me. I told them how she helped my grandfather 's small cattle farm after he sold cattle to a local selling facility that had gone bankrupt days earlier. She displayed strong leadership skills, and I informed these young women that I wanted to become the walking image of her at this camp. I became extremely passionate about this role and was honored by receiving it, but not before I gave two…

important than anything else. In Linda Sue Park's’ novel, you’ll keep wanting to read more and more. A boy named Salva who became a refugee from the war, soon realizes that he has to take initiative and become an independent leader. It was just a regular day in school for Salva until he heard gunshots. “CRACK!”(5) Was a loud sharp noise that came from outside of the school. No one really knew what it was, so the teacher and the students just continued learning, until… “CRACK!…

cheering them on during race day, but you are behind the scene days before setting up. You get to stretch your skills with planning and setting up the course and building teams to get jobs done in a timely manner. You realize you only have so many hours before race day and that jobs need to get done right the first time. This really put me in a situation working with a deadline and how to utilize the people around you and find the best way to meet your deadlines on time. On race day we were able…

0921604 1. Searching for a college was incredibly stressful for me. I wanted a school where I could happily live, learn, and thrive. None of the campuses I toured felt like they could be a home, until I visited Emmanuel. The campus was beautiful and the food was actually good. But, 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…

My “personal odyssey” occurred relatively recently, this past summer while I was at a sleepaway camp in New Hampshire. The last year you are eligible to come, the summer before your sophomore year, you stay in a cabin off the main camp called Cabin 12, which holds great significance due to the fact that you’re the oldest on campus, and closer to a counselor then a camper. Being engaged, on time to activities, and having extreme enthusiasm to an almost unbearable point. I was exposed to a concept…

On the day he began his prison sentence, Lance Lott felt as though he had died. While the world continued its busy pace, he surrendered the bustling tempo of the free world. His appointments go abandoned, his clients left stranded, his texts and emails go unanswered, and his children go orphaned To not go insane, he gave up on ever a life with his children. At first, his heart broke a million times on a daily basis, but over time, his emotions grew callous and taciturn. All the material…