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May 22, 2017 ·

Camp staff share their reasons to LOVE camp!

Have you ever wondered why our summer camp staff choose camp over other summer employment? Do they love tents and bugs? The outdoors? Are they just obsessed with silly songs and team building games?

Some of that is true, but mostly it’s because camp is an experience like no other. It builds your confidence and stretches your skills. And our camp staff love it! Here, in their own words, are two stories of why our staff love camp.

Katie Hautman (a.k.a. Loco, PA)

“Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is by going to a place where you don’t have to be anybody else.”

This is a quote off an old camp T-shirt that I found lying around my room, and in one short and sweet sentence it describes everything that camp is. ...
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