Category: Staff Corner
One Stop Shopping for New Year’s Resolutions!
One Stop Shopping for New Year’s Resolutions!
by Kim Wenzl Aycock
Among the top resolutions that are made at the start of each New Year, some of the most common goals can be met while spending an AMAZING summer at Camp Woodland/Towering Pines:
Eat Healthy: Instead of serving processed food, we provide meals made from “scratch”. No powdered eggs here!
Get Moving: Video games and TV are put aside for 6 weeks – campers are active and get plenty of exercise in the great outdoors. We use our feet to take us everywhere we need to go!
Reduce Stress: Camp is a great way to “unplug” from the constant flow of text messages, emails, and other social media. It is also a time to put the pressures of school and grades aside and just enjoy living in the moment. Above all, camp is FUN!!
Try Something New: With a variety of physical, recreational, and creative activities to choose from, campers have the opportunity to explore a wide range of interests.
Spend More Time With Friends: Imagine spending 24 hours a day for 6 weeks with a group of your closest friends…how AWESOME is that?!
New Year’s Resolution:
Join us at Camp Woodland/Towering Pines in 2013…
we are VERY EXCITED about the upcoming summer!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
ONLY 170 MORE DAYS UNTIL CAMP STARTS…
LET’S GET READY!
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A “BLAST”
AT CAMP WOODLAND/TOWERING PINES
THIS SUMMER!
SEE YOU THERE!
p.s. It’s not too late to send in your application for 2013!
Don’t forget to send in your
“Where in the World” Contest Entry!
Woodland Contest
Towering Pines Contest
Don’t forget to send in your
“Where in the World” Contest Entry!
Woodland Contest
Towering Pines Contest
Holiday tune to "The Ship Titantic"
Tune: THE SHIP TITANIC (please sing along!)
Oh, the holidays are here, there’s no need to be blue;
The blog is back, Lee will update you it’s true.
Maddie’s no longer in the sand, but a new sister will be grand.
We’ll be glad for camp next year!
Chorus:
We’ll be glad,…We’ll be glad…We’ll be glad for camp next year.
We really want to see our friends, and the fun will never end.
We’ll be glad for camp next year!
Oh, the winds are so high, and winter is so cold.
We want summer to come before we all turn old.
Kim will put math aside, and to Wisconsin she will fly.
We’ll be glad for camp next year! (Chorus)
JoAnne turned around as she watched her dogs drop down;
Zoe and Jake made the strangest sound.
Jack put up a stink because in school he has to think.
We’ll be glad for camp next year! (Chorus)
Oh, the moral of the story as you can plainly see,
Is to plan ahead for summer – where else would you rather be?
Oh, this song is through, and we do miss you!
We’ll be glad for camp next year!
Early Enrollment has been extended to JANUARY 1st, 2013.
Send in your application form TODAY!!
Birthdays at Camp Woodland Are Really Special!
As the last week of camp winds downs, I start thinking about all the magical memories during camp. I have to admit my favorite camp memory this summer was all the summer birthdays we got to celebrate. There were over 9 birthdays and each one of them was so very special. I have to believe that a returning camper only hopes they will have a cabin mate with a summer birthday (If they don’t have a birthday themselves).
What makes camp birthdays so special is by all the attention they receive on their special day. The camper’s birthday is announced at morning assembly, and the whole camp sings Happy Birthday while the birthday girl runs around the circle. Depending on the summer, the birthday girl may get a birthday badge to wear or a funny birthday hat with candles on top. This summer we had a birthday cake statue that we put on the birthday girl’s table. When the girls sit at the table, the motion sensor goes off and the birthday song starts playing. The girls find it hysterical!
After evening activity, the birthday girl and her entire cabin enjoy a birthday party. At Camp Woodland we make them a traditional angel food cake with a sparkler for a candle! It is probably one of the most traditional things I love about camp!
This summer was very special for my daughter, Maddie. Maddie got to celebrate her very first birthday at camp! Looking back I never dreamed that I would have a daughter at camp during her first year of life! JoAnne kept asking me if Maddie’s birthday was special and my response was, Maddie thinks everyday at camp is special. She is adored by all, learning new things every day, and feeling so loved! If I get my way, Maddie will get to celebrate her birthday every summer at camp!
I Do, We Do, You Do!
Today was the last day of Pre-camp and tomorrow most of our campers will arrive. The counselors had an amazing time learning about each other, setting up the activity areas, and making the cabin cozy for the campers. Our counselors have traveled from all over the United States and Mexico to be part of the camp experience!
“I do, we do, you do” is one of the many sayings we learned this week to help children learn more effectively. First the counselor shows the child the skill, then the counselor and camper try the skill together, and in the the camper tries the skill on her own. It’s a simple but very effective technique to help remind counselors the power of teaching.
I have to admit we have been spoiled this week. Dan Montgomery, our long lost friend, is back as the head Chef! Dan started cooking at Camp Woodland over 20 years ago. We have watched his children grow-up at camp while Dan cooked the most amazing meals! Lucky for us after being gone for almost 10 years, Dan is back cooking homemade spaghetti sauce and garlic bread; chicken fajitas; and out of this world lasagna!!
Farewell for tonight and we can’t wait to see your children tomorrow !!!
WE WELCOME YOU TO CAMP WOODLAND, WE’RE MIGHTY GLAD YOU’RE HERE……