Trick or Treat from 4-H Camp!

Happy Halloween! 

We are celebrating by offering YOU (yes, YOU) some classic 'round the campfire Halloween suspense!

Halloween suspense? Did you read that right?

HALLOWEEN SUSPENSE! (See. You did read that right.)

How? How will we provide these suspenseful Halloween thrills?

We'll show you right now:

Boo! Spooky, right?

Why!? Why the suspense!? Why make you wait!?

Well, first of all, because TODAY is October 31st, not November 1st. November 1st is exactly ONE MONTH from December 1st, when registration for Summer 2019 opens, and we plan to mark the occasion exactly with our grand theme announcement, is first of all!

And, second of all, you've most likely got things to do today, like probably collecting and eating too much free candy in a strange outfit. We didn't want to overburden you.

See you tomorrow.

And Happy Halloween. If we didn't mention that already. (We did. Two previous times, in fact.)

Thinkin' about summer has us thinkin' about WINTER (Gathering)!

As you so well know, we are ALWAYS thinking about summertime here at 4-H Camp...and right now, thinking about summertime means thinking about wintertime!

(Nonsensical? Sure, but why expect anything else? I'll explain.)

Yes, though it is but mid-fall and the leaves are just finally starting to lose their green, we are (as always) already deep in the midst of putting together next summer.  

We're already hiring our summer staff for 2019! 

We're already planning new classes, new activities, and new additions to the summer program! 

And, stay tuned to this here blog:  later this week we'll be announcing our THEMES and full summer schedule - because we're just over a month away from opening registration for Summer 2019!

Which brings us to thinkin' about WINTER. Each year we celebrate the kick-off of our summer registration with our afternoon reunion, Winter Gathering - and we were thinking that you should join us for it.

It's a great free event, and a chance to see 4-H Camp in its winter slumber while enjoying some seasonal crafts, games, and cheer.

Plus it gets quiet here in the off-season, and we miss everybody! So come visit your Camp Family 'round the holidays. RSVP here and now!

Summer '18 In Review: In Review!

Here on the Camp Blog...

We've been whiling away the beginning of our Fall...

By reviewing some unseen photos...

From Summer 2018...

And we're now going to END those reviews...

With a review...

Of the very last day...

Of our very last session of Summer 2018!

Yes, indeed it's...

SATURDAY MORNING!

AT SUMMER CAMP!

One more time! (For Summer 2018, anyway.)

And what do we do Saturday mornings at Summer Camp!?

Why, we sum up...

Recap...

Synopsize...

(And remember..)

Everything we did the whole WEEK...

At Summer Camp,

Of course.

HOWEVER,

A week at Summer Camp...

Can never fully be...

Summed up,

Recapped...

Synopsized...

(Or remembered!)

(Or reviewed!)

(Looking at you,

THIS blog)...

So to try...

Is attempting the impossible!

But, luckily...

At 4-H Camp...

We like to attempt the impossible.

So,

We do the best we can,

We sing some songs...

We tell some stories...

We recognize some campers...

And we say...

"See You Next Summer!"

The only appropriate...

Summer Camp farewell.

But! There's just a little more!

After the campers depart...

Our final Saturday morning...

Of the season...

Becomes...

Our final Saturday EVENING...

Of the season,

Where our staff...

Also try to do the impossible...

And create an ending...

For a whole, long, wild summer season...

In a single staff banquet.

Hmm, which leads me to, yes, indeed...IN FACT!

Speaking of the Staff!

Did you know that the ONLY THING...

That makes a great Summer Camp...

Is a great Summer Camp Staff?

And did you further know...

That purely coincidentally...

Applications to be a Staff Member...

For SUMMER 2019...

Just became available...

As of today!

How serendipitous...

That the timing lined up exactly...

With when we were sharing some pictures...

Of last year's happy...

A goofy...

Summer Staff.

SO!

If YOU...

Or someone YOU know...

Would like to spend...

An un-sum-up-able...

Un-recap-able...

Un-synopsize-able...

Summer in the forest...

Apply now, and join us.

At the end of the summer,

You'll have consistently attempted the impossible...

Often succeeded...

And you'll leave the forest...

Having helped to create...

A community...

And a summer...

That a ton of people (including yourself...)

Will never forget.

So, yes! The first step in a two month Summer Camp journey in the 108 acre woods along the shores of Lake Shawanni is a simple online application.  Apply here and now! 

And stay tuned, because as we leave early fall (where we review Summer 2018), we head toward LATE fall - where we start announcing all the exciting stuff we've got cooking for Summer 2019.