How many people does it take to operate a summer camp? That’s a big question, and the answer is not simple. Our year-round staff is pretty small. There are just ten of us—three full-time, four part-time, and three volunteers. We lay a lot of the groundwork for summer camp, but we could never pull it off alone. During the summer, our staff grows quickly to include over thirty seasonal employees and another thirty volunteers. These people work hard all summer for these kids. So

When Tina and Rachel stepped onto the Wild Woosey activity last summer, no one expected them to succeed. They faced each other, each standing on one of the two logs arranged in a V formation on the ground. They joined hands with their palms together and held on tight, walking sideways from the point of the V to toward the open end. As they did so, the distance between them grew. They weren’t allowed to let go of each other’s hands, so they leaned toward each other. Each step

Our gym was transformed into a robotics laboratory this month for our annual open house and banquet. The robots were mostly decorative and the sound effects were fabricated, but the fun was real as we presented our 2017 summer camp program, Robots: Designed for a Destiny. The event began at 4:00 pm with a drop-in reception and guided tours of the camp. At 6:05 pm the banquet meal was served, paid for by our wonderful business sponsors. Afterwards, we began our program present