Today was mandatory all-staff clean up day and then the staff party. From 12-3 this afternoon, it was a tornado of cleaning, organizing and moving stuff. Being a camp director is a career for anyone who also considered being a mover or a garbageman. There is just SO much stuff and so much garbage- and the management of both is unreal.
The staff were broken into 3 teams and given lists of buildings are areas of camp to clean and organize. They moved canoes, kayaks and picnic tables inside. They cleaned buildings, organizing supplies as they went. They pulled in the docks and buoys.
Afterwards, the lead staff and I took fast showers and then headed to the main lodge to grill steaks and set up for the party. We ate dinner, A, M, K and I all gave farewell/thank you speeches and then we watched a slideshow of photos from the summer.
I had thank you gifts for everyone and one by one, thanked Property Manager T, Assistant Director A, Program Directors K and M. And then I thanked the staff. We handed out group photos and then I said I had one more gift for them. The lead staff and I ducked behind a wall and then jumped out in BRAND NEW CAMP SNUGGIES!
The greatest gift I think I have ever gotten is the reaction that the staff had. I think I know what Oprah felt like when she gave away cars. Their eyes were wide, their jaws wide open. They were SO excited. It was FANTASTIC.
This group of staff has been the most camper focused, most easy-going, most fun-loving group I have ever worked with. The entire summer was simply fun. It was carefree and easy and fun. I kept waiting for drama or a disaster. But it was just simple, easy, fun.
I am sad to see them go.
2013- wow.
I was so negative coming into the summer. I have been so pleasantly surprised. Every day has been a gift.
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