100 pts to Mrs Gamble for dry bags and sleeping pads and for stocking up her son with all that chocolate, which has been graciously shared with our little Troop and has become quite a fundraising opportunity in itself.
100 pts to Mrs Chung for preparing those INCREDIBLE gourmet bagel BLTs with roast beef and avocados, accompanied by chips and puffs and grapes and cherries and starbucks coffees and more!! woo hoo! I wish I could have enjoyed it longer (if u know what I mean...HA!)
100 pts to Mr Gamble for being such an encourager and mentor to both leaders and boys, for giving so much of your time and seemingly ever-flowing energy to those around you, for spending this past year investing in Emerald Bay Conservationist Ryan and his water meter project (he shared his gratitude for how you had helped him with me on our drive back to camp), and finally for teaching me there's a way to do just about everything you want, if you ask enough people and make friends with everyone and offer something in return and smile often and NEVER GIVE UP... no matter what the rules are!
100 pts to Mr Finley for completing his Outdoor Leadership Training (and more) at great sacrifice of his free time, for knowing everything on the schedule here minute by minute, for his calm and patient counsel to these boys, and for making a great come-back at the shot gun range, scoring 7 out of 10 during Leader Shoot! YES! (I think another 100 may be coming his way after we taste his Catalina Chocolate Cherry BOMB Cobbler this afternoon...stay tuned)
100 pts to Jordan for winning that intense Belly flop Contest! woo hoo!! and for spending so much of his free time with the boys, for snagging us a picnic lunch for our extended bike ride, for sharing his chocolate stash and his chili-coated red licorice with us, and especially for sneaking that little pillow into my tent after I confessed to him that I'd been sleeping with my head on my beach towel all week.
100 pts for Ranger Joe for joining us on almost every event we've attempted, for allowing us to go in the opposite direction of the crowd in order to find that private beach, for leading us in kayaking, bike riding and every other event under the not-so-sunny skies here!!! GO RANGER JOE! You da MAN!
100 pts to Matt for handling his sudden rise to power with wisdom and patience and courage, for preventing a mutiny on War Canoe, for letting each boy make his own mistakes, for holding them to their responsibilities, for compromising on the Aquacade positions so the Team was united again, for playing MOM so I didn't have to, and for keeping his Adult Leaders on the sidelines at all times.
100 pts to Mrs Chung for preparing those INCREDIBLE gourmet bagel BLTs with roast beef and avocados, accompanied by chips and puffs and grapes and cherries and starbucks coffees and more!! woo hoo! I wish I could have enjoyed it longer (if u know what I mean...HA!)
100 pts to Mr Gamble for being such an encourager and mentor to both leaders and boys, for giving so much of your time and seemingly ever-flowing energy to those around you, for spending this past year investing in Emerald Bay Conservationist Ryan and his water meter project (he shared his gratitude for how you had helped him with me on our drive back to camp), and finally for teaching me there's a way to do just about everything you want, if you ask enough people and make friends with everyone and offer something in return and smile often and NEVER GIVE UP... no matter what the rules are!
100 pts to Mr Finley for completing his Outdoor Leadership Training (and more) at great sacrifice of his free time, for knowing everything on the schedule here minute by minute, for his calm and patient counsel to these boys, and for making a great come-back at the shot gun range, scoring 7 out of 10 during Leader Shoot! YES! (I think another 100 may be coming his way after we taste his Catalina Chocolate Cherry BOMB Cobbler this afternoon...stay tuned)
100 pts to Jordan for winning that intense Belly flop Contest! woo hoo!! and for spending so much of his free time with the boys, for snagging us a picnic lunch for our extended bike ride, for sharing his chocolate stash and his chili-coated red licorice with us, and especially for sneaking that little pillow into my tent after I confessed to him that I'd been sleeping with my head on my beach towel all week.
100 pts for Ranger Joe for joining us on almost every event we've attempted, for allowing us to go in the opposite direction of the crowd in order to find that private beach, for leading us in kayaking, bike riding and every other event under the not-so-sunny skies here!!! GO RANGER JOE! You da MAN!
100 pts to Matt for handling his sudden rise to power with wisdom and patience and courage, for preventing a mutiny on War Canoe, for letting each boy make his own mistakes, for holding them to their responsibilities, for compromising on the Aquacade positions so the Team was united again, for playing MOM so I didn't have to, and for keeping his Adult Leaders on the sidelines at all times.
100 pts to Justin for always laughing at my jokes, for joining my silly sea chantey, for offering his own LOUD rendition of Happy Birthday (and a few more taking the consequences when all those disapproving eyes turned his way), for taking such good care of Robert the Lobster, for finding matching shorts with Palmer, and for leading the cheering section the boys provided Brian and I at the Adult Leader Shot Gun Shoot Off. "YAY!! ahhhhh! YAY!!!!! ahhhhhhh!"
100 pts to Cody for coaching those younger boys in how to lift a canoe up out of the water after class, for figuring out that the Waiters get to eat first, and seconds when the boys go thru and thirds when the call for "SECONDS!!" goes out, for Waitering AGAIN for the 5th time (when the other boys refused to get up out of bed), for serving us first and doing a thorough and selfless job of it, and for SLAMMING past that guy in the final stretch of the Aquacade!!
100 pts to Zach for "being a rock", as Mr Finley put it, for your maturity and sense of responsibility...your cleaniness and sunscreen use could improve (but that's the momma coming out again), for taking it in stride when your "turtling" turned into "barrel rolling" and when getting into that kayak turned into "turtling"...and for pushing past your "finished" point to come back and unite the team in the Aquacade!
2 comments:
This is wonderful. You did an excellent job and posting pictures and telling about the scout exprience!
Thanks, Donna, for sharing the summer camp experience in such a fun way! I really enjoyed your entries and photos. Love those shoes! ;)
MrsK
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