I don’t know exactly when Summer Camp starts for me. I first start to feel it in May when some of the seasonal staff start to arrive. It gets real when the Ad Staff arrive for training (last week). When all of the staff roll in for General Staff Orientation (3pm today) it is game on! We had an amazing time over the last week getting the Village Chiefs, Activity Directors, Ranger and CIT/LIT Staff up to speed and preparing Camp for campers. I expect this week to be just as AWESOME! Here is a thought of the day by M. Scott Peck, M.D. that I shared with the Ad Staff last week. It will continue to be one of our main themes this week and for the rest of the summer. Hope you enjoy it! I truly believe this is what Camp is all about.
“In genuine community there are no sides. It is not always easy but by time they reach community the members have learned how to give up cliques and factions. They have learned how to listen to each other and how not to reject each other. Sometimes consensus in community is reached with miraculous rapidity. But at other times it is arrived at only after lengthy struggle. Just because it is a safe place does not mean community is a place without conflict. It is, however, a place where conflict can be resolved without physical or emotional bloodshed and with wisdom as well as grace. A community is a group that can fight gracefully.”
Brent Birchler
Boys Camp Director