So exausted/ happy / sad/ full of / knowlage... its amazing coming off this im exausted but suffering from an emotion high... sit and think for a moment any human being would love camp right (well all those not glued to television but...) say you are i kid who has a disability which limits you to attending other camps you may only be in a wheel chair or have a behavioral problem but here we dont care... wheel chair or not we are here to make sure the kids have fun.... doing what they can do... they have a limited choice we can only use the boy scouts and what ingenuity we might have (i.e. we created a basketball court) we have night activities like camp fires and sports night and a dance our campfires are usually full of laughter and cheer and boyscout troops often join in the fun... the smiles are always flashing and the odd yell and scream are quickly assessed and learned from (so that either we or the camper never make that mistake again) during the day we hike, swim, fish, shoot or join in the ropes courses. We take part in boy scout activites and the campers really feel that connection they like to know their names and follow along because when it all boils down every one is the same some kids may need just alittle more help completing a task and thats what were here for we dont run camp the kids do we just make sure they are health safe and always smiling.
I love my job and i thank Rob for bringing a great group of co-workers together. We really have bonded in 2 short weeks and one amazing trip. i know they have my back and they never critizie only help we pick up each others slack when ever possible because were here for the kids and we all understand that we respect each other and want them to be safe and healthy but the kids are our goal and if some one slips up another steps in to make sure the camper is fine while the councilor takes care of there needs.
i really feel like i have stept into a well oiled machine we come from different back grounds different amounts of experience but we work as a team not as an individual and thats what makes this camp so awesome... we are sarcastic funny serious all at the right times and thats where it counts we can blow off steam and yet still be effective councilors
