The last week of session 4 has been an exciting one. We started off Monday with the usual chapel, breakfast, and cabin clean-up. Monday marked the first day of a new opportunity to win Honor Cabin. After that, the campers went to their 3 departments followed by lunch, the last chicken patty day of the summer. We all then continued on to rest period to recharge our batteries for the even more fun activities to come. After canteen, the Cabin 1 boys packed their bags and made their way to Sumter, an off-property camp site in which the campers and their counselors stay the night to bond and do fun activities. The rest of camp did various afternoon activities which include slip 'n' slide, basketball, volleyball, etc. The evening consisted of Cabins 12, 11, and 4 having an ICS (Ice Cream Social). Cabins 8, 9, 3, 2 all had a refreshing night swim while Cabin 7 had open handicraft, which concluded another day at GCC.
Tuesday started off similar to the previous day. Cabin 10 swapped with Cabin 1 and also spent the day/evening at Sumter. Both Cabins had a blast! Cabin 3 and 11 also had little trips filled with fun and excitement. Cabin 3 went to the DLB, Dry Lake Bed, where they had a fire, played sports, talked and laughed. Cabin 11 spent their night at the (not so) scary Haunted House where they also had a fire, exchanged scary and funny stories, and sang campfire songs. Cabins 1 and 2 had a boys game night and Cabins 12 and 4 had a night swim. Cabins 8 and 9 spent the nighttime activity "Cooking with E-Bone", our camp's chef, Eric. They baked and later ate brownies and cake.
Wedensday was the kitchen staff and the cook's day off, so the Department Heads were in charge of the kitchen this day. They kept the day simple with cereal for breakfast and PB&J for lunch. As for dinner, we had a good ol' fashion cook-out which consisted of hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, and chips. It was delicious. After the cook-out all the cabins got ready for our last dance of the summer. The theme was Geeks vs. Jocks. The counselors all got dressed up as either a geek or a jock and, with the campers, danced the night away. We were all so exhausted after this exciting event that putting the campers to bed was an easy task.
Today, the last full day of camp, was started off by some delicious bagels. The campers did their usual departments for the last time. Today was their last opportunity to rack up points for different departments to get awards. After, the kids all enjoyed camp's infamous grilled cheese with tomato soup. Then, the campers had the usual rest period followed by canteen. After, the campers were given the option to either play soccer, basketball, or volleyball for their afternoon activity. Tonight we are planing to have our award ceremony in which campers will recieve recognition for their hard work in the different departments. We are all sad to see the campers leave tomorrow but excited for them to tell you guys about the wonderful experience they just had. A reminder: you must pick up your child or children from camp by noon. I hope you have a safe trip up and back.
See you tomorrow!

//Sara