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Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Top Ten Best things about Re-opening YMCA Camp Wa Wa Segowea


So here's what we came up with that make up the top 10 things about re-opening Camp Wa Wa Segowea. In the comments, feel free to leave your top moments about the re-opening!

#10- Seeing all the docks and boats where they are SUPPOSED to be!

# 9- The camp dogs- Cole, Fudgina, Goldie and Tyler have plenty of opportunities for scratches behind the ears, and a lot more table scraps!

# 8- The Camp Kitchen and Staff become the most popular places in camp again! And to see 25 Pound bags of flour and 50 pound bags of potatoes going into the kitchen and great, tasty food coming out is wonderful!

#7 - Place after place, building after building, Norm has left not only his mark, but that mark is totally refurbished, reconstructed and redone with long term use in mind. Extraordinary doesn't define the work Norm has done. It truly is a miracle!

#6 - Spontaneous Dance parties can happen once again (and will at any time!)

#5 - See the front steps of the lodge being used once again with daily use, for hanging out and the steps into the best building on the land. Everyone always fits at Segowea and everyone always fits on the front steps of the lodge.

#4 - Using all your senses at one time, in the night, under the stars, usually on the parade field. You see the overabundance of stars, smell the evening meal and the fresh cut grass, hear nature all around us, feel the grass under us and taste a bit of "camp" whatever it might be for you, in the air.

#3 - The chance for all to come again and be who you really are, and who you are meant to be.

#2- To see a plan come together. The leadership provided a plan including step by step instructions on how to open a summer camp. Hiccups occurred and potholes were felt, but we knew we were all headed in the right direction. We followed the plan, altered the plan and then altered it some more. But we saw the plan come together. We're reliving the past and changing the future at the same time here at camp.

And the top best thing about re-opening Camp Wa Wa Segowea is

#1- KIDS! The singing, the playing, the learning and the growing. Camp is meant for kids to enjoy the magic. Kids need to go to summer camp. Kids need to go to WA WA!

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