The theme of camp was "It's a Jungle Out There" I was asked to be one of the SIS leaders (Sisters in Service) which is the year of training (or initiation...) before they become counselors the following year. They are freshmen in high school. Tyaan was Jr. Staff, which is the group of oldest girls that are asked to take on leadership positions. She pretty much ran camp, and did a fantastic job.
Tyaan's camp name is Outburst.
This is the 2nd day of camp, which is when the campers arrive. The older girls (Jr. Staff, Counselors, and SIS') get to go up the afternoon before and set up. The SIS' pick a theme and song to identify themselves through the week. We were jocks, so they were all dressed in jersey and sports attire. Their shirts had their names on the back and the number '09. They were very cute. It was a fun theme to work with through the week.
These are my SIS' at our table. They were each partnered up and assigned a cabin to serve. They had to attend to their cabins table whenever they were called, so they couldn't get too comfortable. I made each of them their own place mats with a sports theme. I knew what their favorite sports were so they were all unique and had their names and the theme of camp on them. The girls loved them!
Part of certification was crossing a monkey bridge. The priesthood got it set up and some of us got to try it out. Tyaan went across it very easily...of course.
I was a little slower... The men were ready to catch me if I fell, although I think they probably would have been more injured than me! Luckily I made it across and nobody had to save me.
One of Tyaan's responsibilities was to make the mail box. She made a tree with a hole for each cabin. It was SO great!! (Notice the SIS' always get put at the bottom)
Mike and Kathy were both up at camp as well. Kathy was doing certification, her camp name is Trail Mix. Mike went up as priesthood. Since it was his first time going up he got his camp name...McGyver. Pretty appropriate we think.
This is me and the other SIS leader Wendy. This is in our cabin while helping the girls practice their skit.
Each day the SIS' have assignments that go along with the daily theme. Each day their campers get to dress them up, and there is an eating assignment. This day they had to feed the person to their right.
This day they were dressed up as tour guides. They had to pretend they were speaking into microphones every time they talked.
At the end of the week is SIS graduation. They get their camp names and become counselors! Camp names are VERY important and it is a lot of pressure to give them each names that fit them well and that they will like. We did pretty well. It came down to the last minute on a few of them, but we got them all done. They receive their name by poem which was really fun to read to them.
It was a lot of work, but the girls were great. I had such a good time with them and I know they will go on to be great counselors next summer!
