Hi Island Lake families! I’m going to totally Groundhogs Day you by saying that it has been yet ANOTHER beautiful day here in Starrucca, PA.  I don’t know what happened to all of that rain we had in June but it seems to have disappeared for our campers in the month of July.  I wouldn’t mind a little nighttime rain to water our grass, yet not affect our campers’ activities.  This morning was chilly at around 60 degrees but again, it warmed up pretty quickly and we reached the upper 70’s by the afternoon hours.

Today was a very busy day for sports and out of camp trips.  We took our mountain bike enthusiasts on their first ever overnight trip to a campsite on the Delaware River.  They have mountain biking trails and hiking trails for the kids to explore. While there, our campers will also go swimming in the Delaware River.  It should be an amazing experience for our 8 boys and 2 counselors.

In sports, we had quite a few tournaments today.  Our 11^th  grade and younger girls went out of camp this morning for an all day basketball tournament.  We made it to the semi-finals and our girls fought hard. Our 9^th  grade and younger boys played a basketball game here at home this morning.  They won 44-22.  How awesome is that?!?!  Our 7^th  grade girls played in a Wayne County tennis tournament and won 3-2.  Yay!  Our 5^th  grade and younger boys participated in a tennis match out of camp this afternoon. Lastly, our 8^th  & 9^th  grade boys played in a soccer game out of camp this afternoon. They left too late for me to get their results for this blog.  We also started our tennis ILC Open here at camp once again.  It’s an in-camp tournament for all age groups, both boys and girls, and the winners will receive trophies.  I’ll list the winners for you in the blog once these challenges are complete.

Yesterday’s riddle was open to many possible answers, but I did receive a few “correct” answers according to Oliver’s list of riddles.  As a reminder, the riddle was:  What has branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves.  The answer we were looking for was “a bank”.  Congrats to Jen W., Ben W., Adira B., Ross K., and Alexandrea W. for getting this correct.  Joe S. also had a couple of responses that I can see being correct.  He said the military or government.  I also thought the answer was government.  Here’s today’s riddle, which our camp doctor already got correct this morning at breakfast:  I have no arms or legs, but keep me warm and I’ll soon walk away.  No googling or asking Siri or Alexa people!  (Hehe!)

Our campers had so much fun at last night’s Bingo Bonanza for evening activity.  Many campers participated playing the bingo game, singing to karaoke, doing hula hoop challenges, and they received lots of Island Lake memorabilia for prizes such as the “I heart Island Lake” wristbands, ILC stickers, ILC slinkies, and more.  I also have to apologize for a typo in my previous blogs.  I recently found out that I’ve been spelling “hula hoop” incorrectly.  Who knew I would keep writing about that activity here at summer camp!

Tonight’s evening activity is Taste, Touch, and Smell for the entire camp.  The lower camp will play this interactive game in the gym and the older camp will play it in the theater.  Don’t worry, we give all of the live insects and disgusting concoctions to our counselors to eat, not our campers!  (Just kiddin’ of course!)

Today’s special feature is COOKING!  In the 1^stmajor today they made pasta from scratch.  In 2^ndmajor they made grilled cheese sandwiches. For our 3^rdmajor our sous chef, Jonathan, made a special appearance to teach our campers how to make sweet & sour sauce for chicken.  In the 1st minor they made roasted broccoli (we gotta add a healthy mix into the repertoire).  2^ndminor they made gnocchi while working on Bistro TV, which is a cooking show they’re making to post on our website when it’s complete.  In the 3^rdminor they cooked a variety of food for our kitchen staff to eat.  Enjoy and until tomorrow, ILCUTHERE!

Hey everyone!  Below is our week 2 video for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!

Happy Neon Day here at ILC! Today you will see pics of our campers decked out in their bright yellow, pink, green, orange, and purple, etc. clothing.  This brings back great memories from the 80’s, huh?  Today is also Sibling Photo Day so you’ll see lots of pictures on Waldo of siblings together (in neon clothing) at the picnic tables.  If we missed your children then it’s because of one of a few reasons:  A. They don’t listen to announcements in the dining room, B.  One sibling refused to be in a photo, C.   They both refuse to be in photos, D.  They don’t listen to announcements in the dining room.  (wink wink!)

Shocker, it was another beautiful sunny day here at camp.  It was a perfect Sunday Funday.  The morning started off cool in the 60’s but then it quickly warmed up to the low 70’s and we reached the mid 70’s by the afternoon hours.  We had mostly blue skies with sporatic clouds rolling through and no humidity.  Are you jealous of us up here in the mountains or what?

I hear that some of you in New York City suffered a black out yesterday evening, similar to what we went through a couple of mornings ago.  I can feel your pain and I hope you made it through the power outage without much loss of refrigerated food, air conditioning, or a J. Lo concert!

So I have a confession to make.  I lied to you about yesterday’s evening activity.   I had to lie in case any of you read the blog before a phone call with your child during rest hour.  Keep reading and you’ll understand why.  Although our evening activity started out as groups, we surprised our campers with one of their favorite evening activities of the summer,…Revival Night!  I’m sure all of our returning camp parents are familiar with what Revival is all about.  For those of you who are new to ILC, I’m going to let your children tell you all about it on Visiting Day.  Let’s just say it’s a huge Island Lake tradition that’s been going strong for 34 summers now.  Our campers love the anticipation that builds up to it and they enjoy the activity each session, summer after summer.

Yesterday’s riddles brought a variety of responses, some of which could potentially be correct. Here’s a reminder of the riddle: What is a thing that must be given before you can keep it?  The answer: your word.  Thanks to Jordan G. and Lisa A. for your responses, which I can see as a correct answer as well- “trust” and “your name”.  I have a feeling today’s riddle may also bring on a variety of answers, but here ya go:  What has branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves?  Good luck!

Today I’m continuing my tradition of asking the oldest girls’ bunk, G24, to come to my office to blog about their summer camp experiences throughout the years. Although we have 2 bunks of girls going into 10^th grade, many of these specific girls started at ILC at a very young age and have circled around girls’ campus from bunk 1 through bunk 24.  One camper, Emily, wasn’t able to make it, but the rest of the bunk was here in my office during 1^st minor today.  Here’s what they had to say about their summers at their home away from home. They told stories and gave me quotes:

On the bunk OD sheet when we were in G2 we wrote a story about Dustin (our head counselor).  We just called him “Dustarella” for many summers. That memory stays with us. – Sami

I (Wendy) am going to tell a story that Sami still remembers like yesterday.  When she was in G4 I was riding by the girls bunks on my quad and a bunch of girls were screaming my name, “WENDY!  WENDY!”  I said, “That’s it, I’m changing my name!”  The girls asked me what my name was and for some reason I blurted out “MATILDA!”  So from then on, Sami has called me Matilda instead of Wendy.  And the humor is that during her last summer as a camper we’re putting on the show, Matilda.

“Ever since G1 we’ve had a peanut butter joke.  Right before bed at lights out we all say “peanut butter” which means “Good night! Love ya!”” –Ellie

“We make the leaning tower of chicken wings on the 4^thof July.  We pick someone’s hand as the goal height for the wings and we have to build our eaten wings that high on a plate.  We have to keep eating, and eating, and eating.  It’s become our fun tradition.” –everyone

I started camp at the young and ripe age of 6, ready and willing to take whatever was thrown at me. Unfortunately, being 6 years old, I wasn’t exactly the most mature young girl.  On the first day of camp, my first one ever, a girl in my bunk and I decided to start play fighting.  It started to get a little intense and I kicked the girl in the shoulder! Luckily, Wendy understood that I was still very young and also knew both of my siblings so she let it slide.  But to this day, people (mainly just my family but people, nonetheless) still know me as the little girl who kicked someone in the shoulder.  –Ellie wrote this down to share with all of you

“Fink (Rachel Finkelstein) started out as our CIT and then became our counselor for 4 summers.  Even though she hasn’t been our counselor for 2 years, she still comes to visit on July 4^thjust to see us.  We formed a bond with her and whenever we see her we can just pick up where we left off.  We all still feel very close to her.” -everybody, especially Gia

“Last year in G21 when we went bowling for lazy day we bought this plastic mermaid set.  It’s a little mermaid with a pink tail and pink hair. She came with fish friends.  For some reason she became a bunk daughter or bunk pet to us and we named her “Whiteasha”.  It was from the laser tag names.  All of her fish friends, we named them from laser tag names too that were so bizarre.  We still have her in a flamingo float cup holder.  She just chills with us all day.”  –Phoebe

“Throughout the years I’ve managed to make friends not just in my bunk, but in other bunks around me. I know that in the future they’ll stay some of my best friends forever.” –Ellie

“I like camp because it gives me opportunities to try things I never would.  Camp is a way for me to get away from home.  If it wasn’t for Island Lake I wouldn’t be able to go sailing or kayaking.  Camp is my summer vacation.  ILC has taught me independence.” –Teddie

“My mom and I were talking about how long I’ve been at camp.  It’s been 7 years and 7 weeks each year, which turns into almost a year of my life, a chunk of time.  It’s really shaped my life and who I am today because of the people here and all the things I can do.” –Sami

“I haven’t been here as long as everyone else in this bunk, so even though it’s only my 6th year, I’m kinda different here than I am at home, all in a good way.  I can be a different person and there are so many opportunities here and it doesn’t all have to be serious.”  -Phoebe

“Yeah, you can walk around with a kangaroo onesie with Crocs and carry around a pineapple floatie and people will be like, yeah, that’s normal!”  -Teddie

“Although I try to be my true self at all times, camp allows for me to be an even truer version of myself and gives me the freedom to do and be whatever I want.” –Ellie

“Honestly, sometimes the most fun times at camp can be the most simplest of things.  It can be sitting in the gym on a rainy day or just sitting at the lake with my friends.  Just sitting and having conversations with my friends:  it’s the people here who make it special.”  –Phoebe

“For the last 9 years, camp has always been my happy place.  It has always allowed me to be myself and form friendships with people and I know it will last forever.  My whole family is here so it allows me to not only spend time with my real family but also my camp family.” –Ellie

“This camp has basically been my life.  I’ve been here for 13 years because my mom is a camp nurse.  Staff kid!  It’s great getting to meet new people every year and getting to see my friends that I don’t get to see during the year because I live so far away (New Orleans).  This is my second home.”  -Gia

Tonight’s evening activity is Bingo Bonanza for the whole camp.  They will play a huge game of Bingo and include interludes of karaoke, dance challenges, hoola hooping, and more.  Sounds fun and I’m definitely going to attend.

Today’s special feature is the G24 girls writing this blog with me.  Enjoy and until tomorrow, ILCUTHERE!

Hello Island Lake families! I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend. Here at camp all of our days are the same, so we had another successful day of majors and minors.  Our weather started off cool (about 60 degrees when we woke up for breakfast this morning) and cloudy and by 1^stmajor the sun broke through the clouds and the temps warmed up.  We ended up having an absolutely beautiful sunny day with the temps reaching 80 degrees.

Our campers on the river trip returned this morning after a fun day of canoeing and kayaking down the Delaware River and then camping out overnight.  Our pioneering children also camped out last night up at Tent City. 16 campers, 10 boys and 6 girls, hiked up to Tent City after evening activity.  Earlier in the day they had pitched their tents, 1 for the boys and 1 for the girls, so it was ready for them when they arrived last night.  The boys built a big fire and all of our “campers” (get it?  They are camping and they are campers so therefore they are a double entendre of “campers”.  Ahhh, sometimes my puns go over even my own head!) enjoyed s’mores in the night time hours. They played card games in their tents until it was time to go to sleep.  At breakfast this morning they reported back to me that they had a great time. One boy even slept on a hammock!

Today was a busy day with sporting events for our ILC’ers.  This morning our 8^th  & 9^th  grade girls played in a tennis tournament here at camp and we won.  Yay!!!  We also had boys and girls of different age groups go out of camp for a big tennis tournament at another Wayne County camp.  Our 4^th  & 5^th  grade boys went out of camp for a baseball game this morning, too.  If I don’t mention whether we won or lost it’s because I wasn’t able to find out the results prior to posting this blog.

Shockingly, no one emailed me his or her guesses as to why we lots power yesterday!  I guess it’ll go into the “unknown” file.  Here’s today’s realriddle for you:  What is a thing that must be given before you can keep it?  I’m proud to say that for once, I actually got this answer correct!!!

Last night’s Luau was a hit! Our campers had fun with the slip & slide, water balloon toss (sorry, I missed getting any photos of it), tiki drinks, limbo, hoola hooping, and bubble making.  I took tons of photos and although you’ve probably seen many of these on Waldo, I’m posting a bunch of them as today’s special feature.

Tonight’s evening activity is GROUPS!  Here’s a breakdown of what everyone is doing:  GIRLS- all groups are going to participate in the game, “Are You Smarter Than Your Group Leader”.  BOYS- Groups 1 & 2- Kong Pong;  Groups 3 & 4- Campfire.

Okey dokey, that’s it for now.  Enjoy all of the Luau photos below and until tomorrow when we’ll Groundhogs Day this all over again, ILCUTHERE!!!

Aloha everyone! Tonight is our Luau here at camp so our campers and counselors are dressed up in their Hawaiian gear today. As you all know from our emails, we woke up this morning with no power throughout camp, and we hear the entire area of Starrucca was out.  You don’t realize how much you rely on electricity and wifi until it’s taken from you. When it returned towards the end of 1^stminor we all cheered in the office.  I even heard campers cheering out and around camp when they heard power was restored.

So now that Lazy Day is behind us and the power outage is old news, camp continues for us here at ILC.  We had a bunch of campers leave today for our overnight river trip.  They take canoes and kayaks to the Delaware River where they go boating for the day. They then pitch tents at the nearby campgrounds overnight and they will return to camp tomorrow morning.

We also had some sporting events take place today.  Our 8^th  & 9^th  grade girls played in a lacrosse tournament here at camp this morning.  Unfortunately we did not win.  Our 4^th  & 5^th  grade boys basketball team went out this afternoon to a nearby camp to also play in a tournament game.  I don’t know the results yet, sorry.

Today’s weather has changed quite a bit throughout the day.  The morning was mostly cloudy and although it looked like we might have some rain, we were lucky and the precipitation stayed away.  In the afternoon some of those clouds parted ways and we had partly sunny skies (see, I’m the optimist!  I’m saying partly sunny instead of partly cloudy!).  The temps reached the mid 70’s by the afternoon hours.

Today’s riddle was a little joke Oliver (our program director who creates the morning news and minors sheets every day) played on our campers:  What happened to the power this morning?  But hey, if any of you know why we lost power, we’d love to know!!!

Tonight’s evening activity is the big Luau!  It will be held in the gym and the grassy hill above the gym.  Here’s a list of all of the events that will take place: There will be an opening dance performed by many of our staff.  We will also have the slip & slide out, a water balloon toss, a hoola-hoop contest, and limbo.  We’ll have a Hawaiian playlist of music and we’ll be passing out tiki beverages.  It should be a blast.  I’ll take photos and post them tomorrow.

Today’s special feature is photos from our girls’ evening activity last night.  They had a big sister/little sister bonding party. Enjoy the photos below and until tomorrow, ILCUTHERE!

Happy Lazy Day!  Today was our second Lazy Day of the summer. Our campers had the opportunity to sleep in, which many needed, and then we had a big brunch at 10:30am.  We had an assortment of eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, cold cereal, fruit salad, and our famous delicious sticky buns. Prior to brunch we had an optional breakfast at 8am for our early risers.

Prior to brunch, we had a quick rain shower pass through.  Our weather today wasn’t as stellar as it has previously been, but we were due for a cloudy day since we haven’t had one in quite awhile.  The gloomy weather didn’t affect us much since our campers were indoors at the movies and bowling alley.

Speaking of which, Groups 1 & 2 went to the bowling alley in Binghamton and Groups 3 & 4 went to the movie theater in Deposit to see Spiderman:  Far From Home.  The older kids said they really liked the movie.  Our younger kids had so much fun at the bowling alley where they went on bumper cars, played arcade games, and hey, some even bowled!

Yesterday’s riddle:  You can see me in water but I never get wet. What am I?  Answer: REFLECTION!  Congrats to Amanda H., Rachel B., and Meredith W. (not her husband this time around) for emailing me the correct answer.  A reminder to all of you other parents:  Feel free to email me your guesses for the daily riddles to find out if you got the answer correct and have your name posted in the following day’s blog.  I can be reached at wendy@islandlake.com.

Tonight’s evening activity is GROUPS.  Here’s a breakdown of what everyone is doing:  GIRLS: Groups 1 & 3- Big Sister/Little Sister;  Groups 2 & 4- Big Sister/Little Sister.  We will match up the little ones with the older ones and they will do a bonding activity such as manicures/pedicures, makeovers, etc. BOYS:  Group 1- Moo Moo Capture.  It’s a big game of tag that involves wolves, calves, and cows.  The cows have to protect the calves and there’s a whole bunch of other rules involved.  Group 2- Casino Night.  DISCLAIMER: No real money will be exchanged! Group 3 & 4- Campfire.  Lots of S’mores will be made (Lucky kids!  If you know me personally then you’ll understand that I just may have to crash their evening activity!)

I just want to remind you that we didn’t post photos on Waldo today because it’s Lazy Day and we just didn’t feel like it.  Just kiddin’!  We’ll post pics again tomorrow, once our campers are back at their regularly scheduled major and minor activities.

Although it hasn’t rained since that shower earlier this morning, our cookout for dinner became a “cook-in” because we weren’t sure if rain would hit us (spoiler alert:  it’s didn’t!).  I took lots of photos (below) of campers at their dining room tables. These are not complete bunk photos by any means, as lots of kids were up getting food or visiting their friends. If you don’t see your children with their bunk then don’t worry, I promise all campers are here and accounted for. Until tomorrow when we will resume with our majors and minors, ILCUTHERE!

Happy Wednesday everybody! I know I’m getting very repetitive by saying this but today we had yet another beautiful day in Starrucca, PA . We woke up to sunny skies and warm temps and we reached a high of around 80 degrees by this afternoon.  Who could ask for better?

Tomorrow is our 2^nd Lazy Day of the session.  We are breaking up the camp into 2 groups to go out of camp.  Groups 1 & 2 are going to the bowling alley in Binghamton. This bowling alley is a lot of fun because not only can the kids go bowling, but they can also play arcade games, laser tag, bumper cars, virtual simulator machine, and more.  It should be tons of fun for our campers.   Groups 3 & 4 are going to the movie theater in Deposit to see Spiderman:  Far from Home.  I’ll post a blog tomorrow once everyone returns from their trips to tell you all about it.  The blog will go up later than usual tomorrow because I’m going to take photos at our cookout for dinner.  If for any reason it gets rained out then I’ll take pics in the dining room and post them all some time after dinner.

Since tomorrow is Lazy Day and everyone gets to sleep in, tonight is LTB, Late To Bed.  We give our campers an extra half hour of curfew to run around the gym and canteen and socialize with their friends (& terrorize their counselors while all hyped up on sugar!!!).

Last night I received a lot of responses from parents regarding yesterday’s riddle.  Thank you to all who reached out with their correct answers.  Congrats to Meredith W. (and her husband), Rachel B., Adira B., Meredith B., and Lisa A. Here’s a reminder of the riddle: I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness.  There’s no happiness without me nor is there sadness.  I am always in risk, yet never in danger.  What am I?  The answer,…drum roll please,…..the letter “S”!  Here’s today’s riddle:  You can see me in water but I never get wet. What am I?

Tonight’s evening activity is GROUPS.  Here’s a breakdown of what everyone will be doing tonight:  Girls Groups 1 & 2- Disney Karaoke;  Girls Groups 3 & 4- Campfire (can somebody say S’MORES!?!?!  Yummy yum yum!  I bet you can guess where I’ll be tonight any time between 7:45-8:30pm!); Boys Groups 1 & 2 & 4- Lawn Games (they will be playing backyard BBQ games such as corn hole, frisbee toss, can jam, spike ball, and more); Boys Group 3- Kong Pong & Gaga Conga (“Conga” is just to add a spin on the name).

Since it’s such a beautiful day outside, today’s special feature is WATERFRONT!  I apologize that I didn’t have time to go on the motor boat to get photos of kids on waterskies and kneeboards, but there are a whole bunch being posted on Waldo today and tonight.  Enjoy and until Lazy Day tomorrow, ILCUTHERE!

Hello ILC Families! Today was another beautiful day in Starrucca, PA with bright blue skies and temps reaching 80 degrees today.  We hardly had a cloud in the sky.  It was another perfect summer day for sleep away camp. We couldn’t ask for better!

Last night’s social was a huge success.  We had a PROM theme to the night with an Island Lake Walk of Fame and photo booth. Our girls were dolled up in cute dresses, boys who claimed they look like professional golfers (collared shirt and khaki shorts), little boys who put on clean clothing and gel’d their hair, campers dressed in onesies (don’t ask because I don’t have an answer for that one), and even a group of girls dressed up in touristy Hawaiian shirts (again, ???).  Ya never know what you’re gonna see at the ILC social!

Today our golfers went out of camp to a local course to play 9 holes.  For some of these campers, it was their first time playing on a golf course. They all said they had a great time. I was also informed that our 5^th  grade and under girls played in a tennis tournament the other day and we won! Whoop whoop!

Thanks to all of the parents who are emailing me their riddle guesses.  Congrats to the following parents for getting yesterday’s riddle correct:  Meredith W., Jen W., and Jordan G.  Here’s a reminder of the riddle:  What has cities but no people, roads but no cars, and rivers but no water?  Answer:  a map (or an atlas would also be an acceptable answer).  Here’s today’s riddle challenge:  I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness.  There’s no happiness without me nor is there sadness.  I am always in risk, yet never in danger.  What am I?  I feel like this one should be obvious.  Any ideas?

Tonight’s evening Activity is Steve Max. The entire camp will meet in the gym for a giant game of Simon Says. Only one winner will be crowned and the stakes are high with every campers competing for a coveted Steve Max original t-shirt!

Today’s special feature is SPORTS!  Today was an absolutely beautiful day for all types of sports, team and individualized. Enjoy and until tomorrow, ILCUTHERE!

Happy Monday to all of our Island Lake families!  We had another great day of weather here in Starrucca.  It was partly cloudy and the temps reached the mid-70’s.  The weather gods have been listening to our prayers because we’ve been very lucky thus far (knock on wood!!!) and for the most part, the rain has stayed far away from us.

I have a great camp story to share with all of you.  Yesterday evening our 10^th and 11^th grade boys soccer team played in a round robin tournament at another camp. Griffin B., a wonderful CIT, came to my office to dish all of the details.  He exclaimed, “It was out of a movie, Wendy!”  He then proceeded to tell me that half of our team was 11^th graders and half was younger.  We lost the 1^st game, we tied the 2^nd game, and we lost the 3^rd game.  We were seeded last in the official tournament and the hosting camp was the #1 seed and defending champions.  Our campers played their hardest, they were tired from playing so long without subs, and their final game went into overtime.  They then went into a shoot out and won the game!  Due to our win, we essentially canceled the other camp’s evening activity because they anticipated going into the finals and had their entire camp watch the game.  Their whole camp was lined up on the side of the field watching during the final 10 minutes. We proudly won the game with a score of 3-2 in penalty kicks.  It was a rush of emotion for our kids as they stormed the field and piled onto our camper who kicked the winning goal.  Griffin told me that they felt like they had just won the World Cup as they celebrated during their drive back to camp last night.  I’m so proud of our boys!!!

And to add to our victory, this morning our 8^th & 9^th grade girls went to another camp to play in the Wayne County Volleyball Tournament and we came in FIRST PLACE!!! WOOHOO!!!!  Our girls lost only 1 set throughout the entire tournament and they were undefeated overall.  How fantastic is that?  I’m extremely proud of our girls, as well.

In case you didn’t see my blog post this morning, our week 1 video is now up for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy watching a compilation of our first week here at Island Lake.

Congrats to Rachel B., a mom who emailed me with the correct answer to yesterday’s riddle.  Here’s a reminder of the riddle:  Forwards I’m heavy, backwards I’m not.  What am I?  Answer:  a ton! Get it?  “Not” backwards is a “ton”!  Here’s today’s riddle:  What has cities but no people, roads but no cars, and rivers but no water?  Hmmmm,….Any guesses?

It was brought to my attention that not all parents know what groups their children are in.  This info is helpful when we have “groups” for evening activities.  Here’s a breakdown of our campers’ grades and their groups:  5^th grade and under are in group 1:  6^th & 7^th grades are in group 2:  8^th grade is in group 3:  9^th & 10^th grades are in group 4.  All of our CITs are in either group 1 or group 2.

Tonight’s evening activity is our super duper much anticipated 1^st session SOCIAL! An outside DJ comes to camp to spin some tunes and get our campers dancing and boogying all night long in the gym. By “spin some tunes” I mean he probably presses “play” on his computer playlist.  And perhaps they don’t call it “boogying” anymore?  Our girls love to get dressed up, do their hair, and put on make-up for the socials.  You should see how cute our little girls look!  On the boys’ side, if they shower, comb their hair, and put on a clean shirt then we consider that a win.

Today’s special feature is THEATER!  Below are photos from rehearsals for Frozen and Matilda.  Our campers also assist with building sets, making costumes, lighting, and sound.  In the following photos you’ll see several campers building and painting the sets with our counselors.  Enjoy and until tomorrow, ILCUTHERE!

We are soooooo excited to share our WEEK 1 VIDEO with all of you!!!  Kick back, relax, and enjoy this 4 minute video of our campers’ start to their fantastic Summer 2019 adventure.