Cub Day Camp!
(WOW! Has it been a MONTH now, since I PROMISED these?!?! I need a vacation... :-p At any rate, here's the pics!)Well, Zachary being the newly-minted Tiger that he is, had a blast at his first Cub
Day Camp last week!
Ours was a nautical theme, based on the wildly successful "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie - "The Search for the Black Pearl." Our staff was excellent, the games, events, & crafts well thought out, & best of all, the weather - despite being stormy all week - always worked out well during Day Camp hours! :-D
Being only 6 1/2, some of the stuff - like the USCG Boating safety presentation - simply went over his head (we don't boat). He GREATLY enjoyed making his nametag, the suncatcher, "beach-in-a-bottle," and the 'treasure chest (aka - "CD crate!" ;-)),' though!!!
As a heads-up - sadly, I only took my camera the FIRST day, so you see the other boys in THEIR t-shirts, but Zachary didn't get his 'til mid-way through the first day. Ergo, he wore his Tiger Cub tee the first day (and I wore one of my commissioner shirts!). The s
hirts are really nice, and I'm glad I bought us 2 apiece. He'll be the only new Tiger this fall, who already HAS two Class 'B' shirts (not counting his 2 orange Tiger Cub tees!).
Being autistic, some of the activities were just not his cup of tea. By the end of the week though, he
was participating with more of the group - in things like, the water balloon fight, the relay races, tug of war, and the parachute lift. As expectd, he took very well to some of the individual activities, like archery & crafts each day. Some of the older boys (Webelos) were also good about encouraging him - giving him High-5's and cheering him on. It certainly restores your faith in (some) youth, simply by being around Scouts for a week - that's for sure! :-D
Because Zachary still has bolting issues, I didn't realize it until the end of the week, but BOY were my forearms tired, from just having to hold his hand EVERYWHERE we went, all week long! I felt like I had these big 'Popeye' forearms after the week-long 'Zachary workout program!' :-p
I met up with our Camp Director the following week at Scouts (her son is in the troop, sponsored by Good Shepherd LC-MS, which also sponsors my son's Pack), and told her, that of the dozen or so Day Camp's that I've staffed - going all the way back to my first - 1980 - as a DEN CHIEF - that this was perhaps the best! Granted, I'm a LITTLE biased, because it was my SON'S first camp, and we DID have a good
time, but having also run these events from beginning to end - as a Council Staff Advisor - I KNOW what goes into pulling one off. She told me about some of the problems they'd experienced, yet, they managed each dawn to have it resolved, and everything - from a participant and close observer perspective - came off without a hitch! :-D
Can't wait 'til NEXT summer - or, our first Den Meeting this fall, for THAT matter! :-D
Bob McCanless
Day Camp last week!Ours was a nautical theme, based on the wildly successful "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie - "The Search for the Black Pearl." Our staff was excellent, the games, events, & crafts well thought out, & best of all, the weather - despite being stormy all week - always worked out well during Day Camp hours! :-D
Being only 6 1/2, some of the stuff - like the USCG Boating safety presentation - simply went over his head (we don't boat). He GREATLY enjoyed making his nametag, the suncatcher, "beach-in-a-bottle," and the 'treasure chest (aka - "CD crate!" ;-)),' though!!!
As a heads-up - sadly, I only took my camera the FIRST day, so you see the other boys in THEIR t-shirts, but Zachary didn't get his 'til mid-way through the first day. Ergo, he wore his Tiger Cub tee the first day (and I wore one of my commissioner shirts!). The s
hirts are really nice, and I'm glad I bought us 2 apiece. He'll be the only new Tiger this fall, who already HAS two Class 'B' shirts (not counting his 2 orange Tiger Cub tees!).Being autistic, some of the activities were just not his cup of tea. By the end of the week though, he
was participating with more of the group - in things like, the water balloon fight, the relay races, tug of war, and the parachute lift. As expectd, he took very well to some of the individual activities, like archery & crafts each day. Some of the older boys (Webelos) were also good about encouraging him - giving him High-5's and cheering him on. It certainly restores your faith in (some) youth, simply by being around Scouts for a week - that's for sure! :-DBecause Zachary still has bolting issues, I didn't realize it until the end of the week, but BOY were my forearms tired, from just having to hold his hand EVERYWHERE we went, all week long! I felt like I had these big 'Popeye' forearms after the week-long 'Zachary workout program!' :-p
I met up with our Camp Director the following week at Scouts (her son is in the troop, sponsored by Good Shepherd LC-MS, which also sponsors my son's Pack), and told her, that of the dozen or so Day Camp's that I've staffed - going all the way back to my first - 1980 - as a DEN CHIEF - that this was perhaps the best! Granted, I'm a LITTLE biased, because it was my SON'S first camp, and we DID have a good
time, but having also run these events from beginning to end - as a Council Staff Advisor - I KNOW what goes into pulling one off. She told me about some of the problems they'd experienced, yet, they managed each dawn to have it resolved, and everything - from a participant and close observer perspective - came off without a hitch! :-DCan't wait 'til NEXT summer - or, our first Den Meeting this fall, for THAT matter! :-D
Bob McCanless
Pittsburgh
posted by Itibap188 @ 8:35 AM
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1 Comments:
Hello Bob,
I am glad to hear the day camp was as much fun as hoped. Like you said, hanging around scouts does show hope for our world!!!
As far as a vacation, I would love to know what that is as well!!!
Hope everything else is well!!
Drop a line or if in VA/NC let me know!!!
YIC,
Darian L. Hybl
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