| 7:30 |
 Horses come in from pasture.
Feeding time. Campers are welcome to help and should ask
their counselor to wake them up if they want to
participate. |
| 8:00 |
Wake up Bell |
| 8:15 |
KP (Setting the tables)
Campers are assigned KP as one of the daily chores that are
announced every day. |
| 8:25 |
5 minute Bell |
| 8:30 |
Breakfast |
| 8:50 |
Announcements Counselors
stand up and say what they are offering for the three
activity periods* of the morning. Classes are announced.
Chores are read. Activities for the day are listed on
an activity board outside Amy's office. They are also
listed on activity sheets on the bulletin board for sign
up. |
| 9:00 |
 Chores We believe that
sharing the work of camp leads to a better understanding
and respect of ones environment. All campers are assigned
one chore per day. These chores are supervised by
counselors and counselors take their turn doing the chore
every Sunday. Chores can vary from KP, Grooming, Beach,
Tack, Sweeping, Hopper, Grounds or many more. Everyone
pitches in to keep the place running smoothly. |
| 9:15 |
 End of chores, 15 minutes to
1st period starts* |
| 10:15 |
 End of 1st period, 15 minutes
to 2nd Period* |
| 11:15 |
 End of 2nd period, 15 minutes
to 3rd Period* |
| 12:15 |
End of 3rd Period, KP
Bell |
| 12:25 |
5 Minute Bell |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
 Singing We like to sing at
Camp. Many of our counselors contact me years later asking
for the words to a song that they learned at camp, or
telling a funny story related to one of the songs. Some
songs are silly, some are loud, some are sad. Song
selection is done on a request basis and we try to make
sure everyone gets to hear their favorite at least once a
week. |
| 1:20 |
Announcements Staff again
will stand individually and announce what they will be
offering for the afternoon activity times. |
| 1:30 |
Rest Hour Lunch is our big
meal of the day. It is a state law that all campers have a
quiet time to slow themselves down. We choose this time to
be directly after our big meal to allow the body to rest
and recoup from the mornings activities. This time is in
the cabin with the cabin counselor. It is a mandatory quite
time that many campers will spend writing letters to home,
getting to know their bunk mates and counselor,
playing quiet games, listening to music, reading a book, or
just resting. |
| 2:30 |
 End of Rest Hour, 15 minutes
to 4rth Period* |
| 3:30 |
 End of 4rth period, 15
minutes to 5th Period* |
| 4:30 |
 End of 5th Period, 15 Minutes
to 6th Period* Both 3rd and 6th periods are Free Swim
periods every day, as well as Activity
periods. |
| 5:30 |
End of 6th Period. |
| 5:45 |
KP |
| 6:00 |
Supper |
| 6:30 |
Announcements After Supper
announcements is when campers will find out what evening
program will be and if any special clothing or equipment
will be needed (a sock for Capture the Flag, for
instance) |
| 8:00 |
 Evening Program We find that
are campers are busy most the day. Most of our day
activities are divided into smaller groups of between 5-10
campers. In the evening we try to bring the whole camp
together for a group game. These activities are wide and
varied in type. We try to have half of the week be taken up
by active evening programs and half by passive. This rule
can change dependent on the weather. Samples of evening
programs are:Camp Fire\Treasure Hunt\Sports
Tournament\Drama Games\Counselor Hunt\String Fling\Dutch
Auction\Kangaroo Court\Smugglers and Spies\Group
Initiatives\Scavenger Hunt and many, many more. |
| 9:00 |
Snack Time to wind down. Come
cookies and water or "Bug Juice" to slow down and relax
before taps. |
| 9:30 |
 Taps Announcements for the
next day programs are made. Good nights are said then "Day
is Done, Gone the Sun, From the Lake, From the Hills, From
the Sky, All is Well, Safely Rest, God is Nigh, And Good
Night. Campers go up to their cabins with their cabin
counselors. Each cabin is given a turn at the shower
house for wash up and showers. |
|
10:00 |
 Lights Out This of course, varies with age. The youngest
campers are allowed to wash up first and often the counselor
will choose to read them a story to help them make the
transition to bed. Older campers may stay up a bit later in
their cabin as long as they are quiet and respect the other
cabins right to sleep. Sr. Unit, the oldest campers are allowed
to stay down at the Dining Hall after taps for and additional
hour if they have participated in Sr. Unit work projects. A
designated cabin counselor will be on "hill" duty every night
in both boys and girls area. This person is rotated among the
cabin counselors and made known to all cabins of campers. This
person not only acts as monitor, but safety personnel close at
hand. |
*Activity
Periods: Every Sunday after evening program, we sit down with all the
staff and campers to get ideas of what the campers would like to do for
the upcoming week. We use those ideas in our Sunday night staff meeting
when planning our evening activities. We try hard to encourage the
campers to constantly feed us with new suggestions on program ideas
they would like to participate in. There are 6 Activity
periods offered each day, 5 days a week. Every hour there are 3-5
activities offered in addition to the riding classes which go on every
hour. Some of these activities are active, some passive. Campers
must sign up for 5 activities of the 6 periods. If they are in riding,
or free ride those would both count as one each. 3 of their activities
must be active and 2 can be active or passive. Examples of activities
offered are: All kinds of Sports\Swimming\ Boating\Arts and
Crafts\Drama\Singing\Biking\Camp Craft\Hiking\Story Telling\Many Many
More.The Staff sits down every day directly after Supper and plans
what they are going to do for the next day. This allows them to be
fresh with their ideas, and play them off of the campers that are at
camp at that time.