Cabin Sticks

Every camper gets to paint/decorate a popsicle stick and they'll be arranged to make a bigger piece of art. It's a great cabin unity project!

What Children Need Most

Hallelujah!! As I read this list, I thought of examples from camp for each of these things. Camp offers countless opportunities for children to grow, dream, play, and be loved. That is the real purpose of summer camp.

This Summer Evening Settles Down

This summer evening settles down.

Orange smoke from crackling campfire

Floats through Cascade air.

“Experience of a Lifetime” sign

Swings back and forth on it’s rusty hinges.

Ten o’clock.

 

The campers of Cabin 4 turn from the fire’s warmth

And step into the shadows, towards their temporary home.

Their faces beam with a pure, joyous light,

Like radiant, match-lit candles entering the starless night.

 

Ecstatic, they run about playing Pterodactyl and Kum-Cha

With best friends made in a day,

Creating memories that will survive eternity.

 

The children eventually settle down in creaky bunk beds

As Noodle lolls them to a solid slumber

With tales of Peter Pan and Cinderella.

 

At last, Camp Dudley comes to rest

In the deep-cast shadow of Kamiakin’s crest.

The familiar full moon stands guard,

Mirrored off Clear Lake.

 

 

With sweet dreams of today’s adventures:

Hiking Round Mountain and daring the Leap of Faith,

Campers sleep soundly ‘til morning

When the first bird sings.

      -Elizabeth Daley