But damnnnnn ever since Moorelands ACE last year, i fucken loved camp, holy shit! It's like the best thing ever. The rehearsed song and camp songs are almost cult-like, but wutevs it's amazing. One may be swift about browsing all the camps available and what they actually say on their website. For example, I completely 100% agree when they say that it builds : character, personality, confidence, empathy, initiative, new relationships, new friends, and a network of people. In fact, there's soooo much more. I had one of the best times at ACE, even though it was only for a short lived 8 days of out 365 days of the year. I enjoyed every one of those 8 days. I made connections with people in 2 days more than I did with classmates I've known for 2 years. We got soo close and struggles and challenged and did everything together for those 8 days.
The counsellors? Amazeballs. It's the people that make the place, not the place that makes the people. So true. I think the counsellors are the back-bone of camp. They run the show and are terrific role models to all kids. Damn, last summer was my first year ever at an overnight camp, something I regret never doing as a kid; partly cause I never knew about it and partly because my parents never signed us up.
But yeah, I LOVE CAMP. I LOVE IT. Even though I was pretty quiet during the canoe trip, I actually loved every part of nature, the outdoors, the wild, and the environment. I definitely have a really strong appreciation for it entirely. All the memories we made, everything! Too lazy to go into too much detail right now, but we documented what we did in our little ACE diaries; all our memories.
Seriously, I really wish I had gone to camps and cottages as a child. I somewhat missed out on my childhood in a way. All those weeks of going to camp in the summer. Some start as early as 5 or 6! They go there for like 1 week or even fucken 8 weeks every single summer! And do that til they're about 15-16 where they then attend LIT/CIT programs to become a counsellor!! Damn! And cottages too! All those weekends and long weekends and weeks of missed cottage opportunities.
That is time--hours and days and weeks that I can never ever get back or replace. Ever. But wutevs, at least I can fucken say that I've been to camp once. Only ONCE, for only 8 days. OMFG. But wutevs, I'm going to Camp Kearney this year for was supposed to be 11 days but I have to leave 2 days early because of the flight to Miami. Damn, so only fucken 9 days at camp, FML!! So I will go this year in my grade 11 summer. Then maybe again next year in grade 12 summer depending on my schedule. Even if I do, I can only claim I've been to camp 3 times, not a lot, truly.
But oh well, I'm so glad Camp Kearney actually accepts campers grades 3-12. Even grades 10-12 is pretty late because by grade 12 you are 18 and can already be a counsellor. Plus, it is subsidizes, bonus!! But really, I'm just really grateful it provides many older students the opportunity to attend camp because it is rare to find an actual camp program for those in grades 11 and 12. So thanks Camp Kearney, for giving me a chance and just letting me be a regular kid at camp! Sidenote: ACE was completely different from what I thought it would be. I didn't know it was a leadership camp. I thought it was just a traditional program doing fun things. But no, the first fucken day we got there they were like okay you guys are ACE. You guys will be doing stuff completely different from the other campers and you will be on a completely different schedule. wow, surprise!!
So yeah...talkin' bout my summer later but that's it for now. Go Camp Kearney!! I can't wait!!! I'm going to be sooooo enthusiastic and energetic and nice and friendly to everyone I meet. So hopefully, I can score a job soon, even though it's going to be my first time there. I'm going to make a long-lasting impression with my charming, outgoing, loud personality. This is what they basically look for at camp. Someone who isn't afraid to include others, scream at the top of their lungs, do a funky hairstyle, and do crazy skits. LOL, talk about drama/singing! :D
CAMP KEARNEY 2011, HERE I MOTHERFUCKEN COME BITCHESSSSS!!! :D HECK YEAH!!
Oh I forgot--the point of this article was the name some camps that the kids at my school go to. The popular overnight summer camps that I have learned to know over flipping 3 years at my school, the ones some of my classmates go to. OMG, I can name soooo many at the top of my head:
CAMP: Wanakita, Wahonowin, Kilcoo, Kearney, Kandalore, Wabanaki, Wabikon, YMCA Queen Elizabeth, YMCA John Island, Oconto, Onondaga, Arowhon, Moorelands, White Pine, Manitou, HOC, Olympia, Saddlewood, Tamarack, New Moon, Oochigeas and that's it.
PEACE Y'ALL!!
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