100 Favorite Moments

Hey Camp George!

It’s hard to believe how quickly Second Session has flown by! From making new friends, to trying new activities, and building new skills – it’s all been a blast. Wanting to share some of the accomplishments and memories from this session, I took the time to interview 100 campers and find out their top memories from Second Session 2012 – check them out below!

- Thanks to the 100 campers who shared their memories!

Jane HK

1. Jonas from K1: “Being with the Bikes staff, and helping them out. I have so much fun at Bikes!”
2. Ali from BG: “Definitely ‘Big Sister Little Sister’!” (Click here to read the blog and here to watch the video about this program)
3. Max from L3: “Climbing high on Jacobs Ladder at Ropes!”
4. Sally from K2: “Seeing all my friends, because I don’t get to see them during the year.”
5. Sydney a C.I.T.: “Being a Maccabiah captain and winning was pretty awesome!” (Click here to watch the video about this program)
6. Daniel from K1: “I have a lot…winning Nikayon, I liked that a lot!”
7. Madison from L4: “Maccabiah and being in my team’s dance!”
8. Nick from L1: “When I got up on the wakeboard on my first try!”
9. Ariel a C.I.T.: “Just being at camp!”
10. Toni from K2: “I have a lot…but one of them is playing Dodge ball for evening program.”
11. Ben from BA: “Being in the Camp Craft chug. We built shelters, and did cooking, it was really fun!”
12. Julia from BD: “Going sailing with my friend, Alex.”
13. Jimmy from K1: “Dodge ball night. I was the only boy not eliminated and in the end I won the game!”
14. Mikayla a C.I.T.: “Definitely going on the Ottawa trip and going white water rafting!”
15. Adam from L3: “Getting up on the rope at Ski for the first time!”
    
16. Maya from BG: “Bunk Night. We played mini Olympic Games, like synchronized swimming and leap frog. It was so fun!”
17. Chaya from K2: “Doing Mad Libs with my cabin.”
18. Ben from L3: “Going to Drama and playing really fun improv games!”
19. Allie from BD: “The canoe trip and bonding with everyone on it. I’ll never forget it.”
20. Jayme from L2: “Going puddle jumping with my cabin after it rained.”
21. Jackson from K5: “Meeting new friends and great counselors!”
22. Julia from K4: “Bunk Night. We played a game where each person said a word and it made up a really funny story. It was so much fun!”
23. Lee from N1: “Staying at camp all summer and getting a longer experience of camp!”
24. Daliah from K4: “I really enjoyed the paint fight my cabin had!”
25. Pie (Rachel) from L4: “When I went on the Zip Line and on the Swing at Ropes. I was scared but my cabin cheered me on!”
26. Ethan from K5: “One of my cabin Shabbat Walks, where we threw rocks that represented our fears into the water.”
27. Sarah a C.I.T.: “Helping to plan Maccabiah.”
28. Alexandra from BG: “My cabin’s Bunk Night, where we played Olympic Games.”
29. Eve from K4: “Running with my friends back to the cabin when it rained!”
30. Jared from L3: “Trying body boarding!”
31. Carly from BD: “Bunk Night. We went to a special place on camp called “Heaven,” that overlooks the lake, and spent time bonding as a cabin.
32. Stephen from BA: “Getting up on a wakeboard for the first time!”
33. Nathan from L3: “The evening program “Kid’s Court.” It was really fun!”
34. Keren from N2: “Meeting lots of new friends and just being at camp and having so much fun!”
35. Cale from N1: “Being at camp with my two best friends. One from home and one from camp.”
36. Tami from K4: “All the cabin bonding we did. Especially all of our cabin theme days!”
37. Ryan from L3: “Playing water polo during Yom Yisrael.”
38. Jacob from K5: “Maccabiah. The theme was awesome!”
39. Sierra from L2: “It’s my first summer, and my first Maccabiah experience, and I loved it! It was so much fun and I loved cheering!”
40. Stevie from L3: “Doing the rock climbing wall at Ropes. I was scared, but my cabin cheered me on!”
41. Arielle a C.I.T.: “The C.I.T. rafting trip, it was awesome!”
42. Rachel from K4: “Going on the Zip Line, it was so fun!”
43. Sarah from L2: “Maccabiah. I got to meet new friends and I loved the theme!”
44. Henry from N3: “Meeting new friends and seeing old ones.
45. Justin a C.I.T.: “Spending time with all the C.I.T.’s and bonding as a group.”
46. Emily from N2: “Big Sister Little Sister Day!”
47. Josh a C.I.T.: “Going on the rafting trip and spending time with all the C.I.T.’s, it was amazing!”
48. Adam from BC: “I have a couple…going on the canoe trip is one of them. I liked when we drank hot chocolate after dinner and sat and spent time together as a group.”
49. Sydney from L2: “Meeting new friends. I got to meet my mom’s friend’s daughter, which was pretty cool!”
50. Jake from L3: “Playing baseball and watching all the baseball games.”
51. Josh a C.I.T.: “Going on the rafting trip, and spending time with my friends. It was amazing!’
52. Alli from L4: “Having Shabbat song session with all my friends!”
53. Jack from L3: “Going Banana Boating – it was awesome!”
54. Theodora from K2: “Watching Shabbat Idol. It’s a lot of fun to watch the counselors perform!”
55. Adam from N1: “Definitely L.A.R.P (Live Action Role Play)! It was awesome!
56. Jordan from K5: “Spending time with my cabin mates.”
57. Dani from BF: “Going on a canoe trip – with amazing staff and having an amazing time!”
58. Zach from L1: “Getting up on skis for the first time!”
59. Sophie a C.I.T.: “Being at camp with my best friends.”
60. Julian from N1: “The Egg Drop evening program. My cabin’s egg survived!” (Click here to read the blog about this program.”)
61. Nicholas from K3: “Getting to the top of the rock wall at Ropes.”
62. Sarah from BF: “Playing commando during Maccabiah with the whole Barak unit.”
63. Max from BE: “Dancing in the rain.”
64. Ellen a C.I.T.: “Bonding as a C.I.T.. unit.”
65. Jesse from BC: “Playing Stones!”
66. Kyle from N1: “The Yom Yisrael festival!” (Click here to read the blog about this program) 
67. Sam from BE: “The Super Fly dance.” (Click here to watch the video from this program)
68. Talia from BF: “Going to Drama and making up crazy skits!”
69. Sam from L3: “Playing softball with my cabin.”
70. Alexandra from BG: “Bunk Night, when we did mini Olympics!”
71.  Kyle from N1: “The carnival at Yom Yisrael!”
72. Miles from K5: “When I learned how to drop a ski!”
73. Shelby from BD: “Being in the “Music Appreciation” chug.”
74. Ben from K3: “Going on the High Ropes course. It was kinda scary but fun!”
75. Rose from L2: “Making the Nikayon Ninja video with my cabin for Videography!” (Click here to see the video about this program)
76. Adam from BC: “Going on a canoe trip and getting to know new people.”
77.  Erika from N2: “Coming to camp and meeting everyone.”
78. Jordan a C.I.T.: “That’s hard…everything..and doing my C.I.T. placements.”
79. Michael from BC: “Doing High Ropes. I was scared, but I’m glad I did it.”
     
80. Sophie a C.I.T.: “Just being at camp with my best friends.”
81. Gil from BA: “The ski chug – it was great!”
82. Adam from N1: “LARP (Live Action Role Play)!”
83. Alli from N2: “Going knee boarding for the first time.”
84. Isaac from BC: “Doing the Zip Line, and going on the cargo net at High Ropes.”
85. Chloe from N2: “Going waterskiing – it was FUN!”
86. Corbin a C.I.T.: “Just bonding with all the C.I.T.’s and getting close as a group.”
87. Ellie from N2: “Everything! And seeing all my friends again.”
88. Daniel a C.I.T.: “Definitely being a Maccabiah captain!”
89. Carly from N2: “Seeing friends from last year and getting up on the wakeboard.”
90. Justin a C.I.T.: “Spending time with all the C.I.T.’s as a group.”
91. Jarred from BE: “Getting up on skis.”
92. Marni from BD: “One of my cabins Shabbat Walks, where we played a game that involves complimenting everyone.”
93. Natalie from N2: “Learning how to sail.”
94. Ryan from BE: “Celebrating my birthday with my cabin.”
95. Courtney from N2: “I overcame some of my fears, like the Ropes course- I tried the Vines element.”
96. Rose from L2: “Being a Nikayon Ninja and making a video about it for Videography!”
97. Michael from BC: “Going on trip. I really liked the experience of learning how to portage.”
98. Zach a C.I.T.: “Building the C.I.T. bridge/ legacy project.”
99. Zoe from K2: “Going sailing and making things at Pottery.”
100. Harrison from K1: “Getting up on a slalom ski!”

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