...is a great Summer Camp STAFF.
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| Me and a few of my summer friends. |
Yup, we love our slogans, we love our sayings, and none ring more true than that one: the ONLY thing that makes a great summer camp, is a great summer camp staff.
It's the week of Thanksgiving.
And we're thankful, here at 4-H Camp.
Cause we've been pretty lucky to have a lot of great summer camp staffs come through our gates over the years. And Summer 2017 was certainly one of those years.
So, we're going to take one final trip back into the Photo Archives of Summer '17, and visit the last evening of summer...the staff banquet.
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| The counselors have one more in store. The End-of-Season, End-of-The-Summer, Can't-Believe-How-Long-We've-Been-Here-Together, Staff Banquet. |
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| Get together, Environmental Education Department! |
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| Arrange yourselves! |
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| We've got... |
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| Group Photos to take! |
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| And Group Hugs to have! |
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| All right. That's enough of that. |
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| Your turn, Waterfront! |
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| Everybody take a moment, get set, and... |
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| Smile. |
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| What's everybody (including the Recreation Department)... |
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| Got to smile about? |
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| It's simple, really. |
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| We're all smiling... |
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| (Even Creative Arts...) |
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| Because two months ago we were all strangers... |
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| And a mere eight weeks in the magical woods upon the shores of Lake Shawanni later... |
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| And we're Camp Family. |
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| Right, Kitchen Counselors? |
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| Camp Family... |
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| Who with a whole... |
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| Succesful... |
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| Summer Season now behind them... |
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| Has nothing left on their to-do list... |
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| But to smile! |
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| Oh, and to eat Chinese food. |
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| Smile and eat Chinese food. The only obligations left for Summer 2017. |
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| Until! A twist! Shockingly! |
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| It was discovered that... |
(FLASH BACK: EARLIER THAT MORNING - THE LAST DAY OF CAMP)
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| One of our campers got to end the summer... |
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| Holding the Camp Baby... |
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| Something most of the staff had yet to do! |
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| Well, the Summer Staff of 2017... |
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| Certainly wasn't going to stand for that. |
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| So that's how it came to pass... |
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| That the counselor staff... |
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| Who had just devoted... |
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| Two months... |
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| (A whole summer!)... |
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| Of their lives... |
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| To supporting... |
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| Caring for... |
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| And entertaining... |
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| The kids in their... |
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| Cabins... |
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| Classes... |
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| And Camp-in-general... |
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| Spent their Staff Banquet... |
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| Logging just a little bit more quality child-care time... |
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| With... |
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| The youngest camper we have. |
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| (And yes, Ben Simmonds. We'll hold you too.) |
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| Then, at that point, all that was left to do was... |
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| Cap the banquet off... |
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| With a celebratory... |
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| Ice cream sandwich toast. |
We hope all of our Camp Family, and all your families have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and we'll hope to see you back at Camp next week for our Winter Gathering.
(And if you're so inspired, we are now accepting applications for the 2018 summer season. Hiring is competitive, but if you'd like to check out what it takes to consider joining the team, more info and applications are here.)
Happy Thanksgiving! Again.
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