Boldly Going Into Week 4!

Campers welcomed the new week’s fantastic weather with awesome activities and a totally new region of the United States!

At Morning Circle, John Groeger, our Youth and Family Director, led the campers through introductions. New campers got a chance to meet everyone at camp and all of the kids told everyone their favorite activities. Whether it was basketball or swimming, the kids got a chance to learn something new about their fellow campers even before all of the fun started. With another new week, another new region steps into the limelight: the West North Central Region. Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota are all going to get their time to shine this week. The campers went into their separate groups and began their own activities. Discovery took advantage of the sunny weather immediately when each camper got a jump rope and went to town. Nothing beats jumping rope on a warm day! For their arts and crafts project of the day, Discovery campers paid homage to Iowa and it’s Hot Air Balloon Museum by coloring their own hot air balloons. Colorful balloons filled the tables outside and made the day even brighter.

Campers Caleb, Amira, and Sophia can't wait to start Arts and Crafts!

To add even more silliness to the mix, Discovery campers played a great game of Giants, Wizard, and Elves. Imagine Rock, Paper, Scissors, but a lot more epic. Two teams of players stand on opposite sides of a field and charge towards the middle. Once they meet in the middle, the two teams had to look and sound like a giant, wizard, or elf.

MVP’s sport of the day was lacrosse. Campers visited Community Park yet again to take advantage of the wide open fields. Each camper got a lacrosse stick and safely started learning the basics from the counselors. Stick handling was covered as well as how to catch and cradle a lacrosse ball. Once the basics were covered and campers were comfortable handling their lacrosse sticks, they broke off into different groups and started playing different games.

Go Long!

     This week’s new specialty camp, Critter U, focuses on different animals and learning more about them. To start the learning process, the camp took a trip down to the Princeton Public Library and started doing research on endangered animals and what they could do to help. Later on in the day, the campers got a chance to listen to Princeton Animal Control worker, Mark. He talked about how he deals with animals that escape or animals that may be dangerous and the importance of animal safety all of the time. Kids learned how to safely approach dogs and what animals to never approach.

Campers Ashlena and Michele enjoying the library

The All Camp Activity was a good old fashioned trash bag fashion show. Campers got a chance to show off their inner designer as they made various outfits for the counselors to wear. Dresses, fancy hats and even the occasional shiny pair of shoes were seen as counselors strutted up and down the makeshift walkway.

Week Four has just begun, but it’s already promising to be another great time!