The countdown is getting closer and closer to the first day of the first camp of summer! Junior High #1 starts this Saturday and I can tell you one thing for sure being here walking around Qwanoes today…WE CAN’T WAIT!!!!  Everyone is talking about it, everyone is preparing for it and we just can’t wait!

The start of Staff Training was last Friday, June 26th, and from that first day until now, we have been preparing ourselves for a summer like no other! Q-Town has been awesome with Marv Penner helping us all prepare our hearts to welcome thousands of kids to camp. Yesterday we had a training session on the new games for this year…I don’t want to give it all away, but I can tell you that the night game is going to be a very BIG adventure! The staff are out there right now, preparing on the challenge course, practicing in Q-Town with the Squirrel, the archery range, the skateboard park and I even hear the boat drivers making sure everything is ready to go for Rocket Plus!

It’s been great to see the formation of the staff team come together as we are all getting to know each other and growing closer together. There have been a lot of laughs, good times and meaningful times together with returning staff and those that are experiencing Qwanoes for the very first time.  So far I have met staff from Ireland, Brazil, United States, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and Australia! I love hearing all the fun accents and different way of saying things from all the countries represented.

With the first summer camp coming up in just days, there is a feeling at Qwanoes that is hard to explain, an anticipation, an excitement for all that is going to happen. I can just see those smiling faces coming at me, those faces with expressions of pure joy as they run off the buses and out of the cars towards a week that will be unforgettable & life-changing. A week that will not only be pure, raw fun, but a week that will give campers a chance to unplug from the every day, discover things about life, make new friends and escape into a place that is built just for them, a place where kids can be kids!  We love kids at Qwanoes and we can’t wait to have our cabin villages and all of camp  come alive with the voices and faces of our campers once again!

Bring on summer! Bring on the campers! SUMMER 2010 “OUT OF THIS WORLD” is almost here!

.