Catching up with camp in July

Hey Everyone,

Two weeks ago we had campers come to Camp Whitman for our opening week of camp.  The themes that week included; sunfish sailing camp for middle schoolers, camp quest for 3rd graders, Leadership in Training for high schoolers, Adventures for 4th and 5th graders, and Explorations Camp for Adults with Developmental Disabiilities.

LIT campers completing the "Magic Carpet" ropes course element

Camp has been very busy over the last couple of weeks and we have had a lot of great  campers.  During the first week of camp I was a counselor for our 3 Leadership-in-Training campers. 




During this camp, they completed a range of activities to improve their leadership skills.  My favorite activity to watch campers complete was our session that focused on communitcation.  The campers were either blind,  deaf, or spoke a different language and had to show each other how to make a Peanutbutter and Jelly sandwich, and work through these communication barriers.  Here are the results of that exercise:

Mac who spoke Yiddish is trying to teach Rachel how to make a PB&J

Zack is being taught how to make a PB&J by Rachel who had to pretend to be deaf

These campers also enjoyed all the regular fun camp activities, like making homeade ice cream, and tye-dying.  This week was a good beginning to a summer of fun and exciting camp experiences.  This week also included many of our traditional camp activities like the dance and the talent show. 

Counselors and Campers enjoying the Dance

Stay posted for more exciting activites from camp :)