Hello everyone! I really enjoyed reading everyone's posts and appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts on our blog. It seems that despite all the unique experiences everyone has with thier individual campers and their groups, there are some common themes to everyone's first week. Overall, as challenging as the camper are at times, they are also fun, creative, enthusiastic and open to learning and growing in relationship to you and each other. I have no doubt that together you have fostered an environment that has allowed this to happen. I see the lessons: no matter how important it is to plan, we also need to be ready to let it go, no matter how much the campers provoke, they give to us in so many positive ways, no matter how hard life is for these kids, they are resiliant and have so much potential, no matter how hard this work may be at times, it is richly rewarding. And these are just a few of the lessons from week one.
You are all doing such important work, it's exciting for me to see how much you are contributing as well as how much you are receiving from this experience. I am also impressed with how well you are working as a group. Each of you has contributed to that and I know from previous experience how much everyone benefits when the group works well together. You are all off to a great start, not because the week went well, but because you responded to some signficant challenges and those challenges set the stage for the weeks to come. You let them know we are here for you, we will keep you safe, we will confront unacceptable behavior and we will create an enriching, responsive environment; not bad for one week!
Cathy
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