Camp Gray Summer Camp Session 10

By: Chris Aderhold
Assistant Director

Because of our unfortunate mid-summer battle with Swine Flu, and subsequent 10-day closing, we were excited to offer the first ever summer camp session 10 to give campers that had their session cancelled, an opportunity to experience all the faith, friends, and fun we offer here at Camp Gray. Many of our summer staff were unable to stick around for session 10 because of early starts at their respective University's, but there were enough for us to host 45 campers, which is exactly how many were able to experience the excitement of the first ever session 10!

With an unprecedented 10th session of summer camp, many have been asking, "Well, how did it go?"

Answer: After having a couple weeks to process this experience, only one word comes to mind: Exceptional!

With 45 campers (a typical session has well over 120), and a staff of less than 20 (typical: 50), things were personable and intimate with the same enormously high level of Camp Gray fun!

As you can probably imagine, 45 campers don't quite fill the "Pav" for meals, so we transformed one half of the pavilion into a circle of 6 picnic tables. The delicious and nutritious salad bar and cereal bar was then rolled right into the middle by our humble kitchen crew!

Also, with only 3 Survivor teams, all of camp traveled to the three different game sites together, with facilitation done by the same crew at each stop! To mix things up, we invented an exciting new game that involved transport of water, followed by each team attempting to be first to extinguish their respective fire with water canons. Talk about excitement!

On top of all of this fun, there was a pre-Capture the Flag pond party, which ranked #1 on the end of week Top 5 Board. Lastly, the brand new session 10 ritual saw the return of Pokagon, which had one camper so excited, he exclaimed, "Pokagon is back?! This week couldn't get any better!"

Thanks campers and staff of session 10! Years from now, scholars and historians will still be talking about the amazingness of Camp Gray's first every session 10!


Thanks for tuning in, friends! May your current/future adventures find you happy and with many blessings!

Peace,

Topher