Photo Posting Delayed
We know you love our daily photos from camp! This weekend, due to the visitors at Huntington Lake for this week’s regatta, our internet service is extremely slow. Although we will continue attempting to upload today and tomorrow’s photos, there will be a delay due to our slow-as-molasses weekend internet.
Enjoy your weekend and rest assured that we will have MANY photos to share with you once our normal upload speed is resumed.
Crazy Cranium Day
Friday was Crazy Cranium Day, and we had some wild headgear, wacky hairdos and all-around crazy craniums! See some pictures and the video below for a look at the fun!
Rainy Day Fun
For the first time since June 17, campers got to pull out their panchos for some afternoon rain on Thursday! Much fun was had in the afternoon rain shower!
Cabin Theme Day!
Yesterday at morning assembly, each cabin arrived with it’s own theme! Some had necklaces, others had face paint, even some rocked backwards shirts! Enjoy a few photos from the morning, below!
Pajama Breakfast
We always start our first breakfast of the session making ourselves feel comfy and at home in our jammies! Here are a few pictures from the morning!
Sports Dance!
Last night, to celebrate a great Session 2, the whole camp headed down to the grove for the sports dance! Campers danced, smiled in the photo booth, played board games and enjoyed delicious drinks and snacks!
International Day!
Yesterday, the dining porch was adorned with flags from all over the world as we celebrated International Day! This session we have campers from Chile, China, France, Mexico, New Zealand, the UK, and Russia!
Big Campfire
“Big Campfire” is a highlight of the session for campers here at GAC. At Big Campfire, each cabin group performs a skit, song, or dance. The evening provides a fun opportunity for kids to work together to provide a fun, entertaining performance for the community.
Our younger campers (Bears & Tigers) celebrated Big Campfire on Saturday evening, and our older kids (Lions & Eagles) had their Big Campfire on Monday evening. Here are a few highlights from this session’s Big Campfires:
Carnival Fun!
Ring toss, cotton candy, splash zone, nachos! It’s carnival time at Gold Arrow Camp! As always, this afternoon was a blast for all campers and staff!
Whadda Week!
My office is above the dining porch, so as I write this recap of this first week of Session 2, I’m listening to our Junior Counselors sing along to Taylor Swift songs on the Dining Porch while they package up popcorn for the Bears and Tigers cabin groups for Big Campfire (Saturday evening). Our Junior Counselors are a terrific group of young adults with a huge number of years of GAC experience between them.
WOWs
We’ve had a terrific week full of new friendships, new challenges, and a whole lot of bucket filling! One of our favorite ways to fill each other’s buckets has been writing WOWs. Each morning at assembly, Cheerio reads a few of the WOWs from the previous day, and then all of the notes are delivered in the camp mail. WOWs are a fun camp tradition that reminds us to thank, compliment, and celebrate each other.
Whadda Day! Podcast
Our daily podcast features campers and staff talking about what’s happening at GAC. Campers (usually with their cabin group) serve as hosts for our daily update, which is usually recorded right after Morning Assembly. You can listen or subscribe here.
Stat of the Day
A new and fun addition to morning assembly 2019 has been the “Stat of the Day.” Each day, Soy and the other hosts present a stat challenge question. Each cabin group can put one guess into the yellow “Stat of the Day” box. The winning guess gets the special “Stat of the Day” trophy on their dining table for the next day.
Special Events
We love having special celebrations here at camp. They give us an excuse to dress up (or stay in our jammies) or just get a little crazy. Here are a few picture highlights from some of this week’s special events:
Tigers Social & Bingo Night
Crazy Cranium Day
Big Campfire
Carnival
Coming up in Week 2
We’ve got more fun planned for the second week of the session, including International Day (Tuesday), the Sports Dance (Thursday), and our end of session celebration banquet and Appreciation Campfire (Friday). We’re also going to be focusing on some important friendship skills, including asking questions & listening, staying calm, and being a great friend.
The second week of the session always flies by here at GAC, and we are going to make the most of our time together by remembering to have fun, make friends, and grow!
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