Under the Sea: Camp I Am Me Journey to Atlantis
Weather: After yesterday’s rain and gloom, today was beyond beautiful. Lots of sunshine and blue skies. Temps in
Summer Camp has returned to its regularly scheduled programs, where campers got to choose what activities they wanted to participate in. Today was also the last chance for Polar Bear Fishing (early morning fishing).
Horseback riders headed to the stables after breakfast. While others created teams to play a variety of outdoor games. Campers moved around camp in the morning and late morning participating in their chosen skill periods.
After lunch, Choose Your Own Adventure started and again offered waterfront or pool activities and Splashpad, along with a whole bunch of crafts such as painting your own pinewood derby racer, painting your own fishing lure, clay modeling, friendship bracelets, paracord bracelets, coloring sheets, and so much more.
Evening event was an all-camp Talent Show. Staff, counselors, and campers took part and performed at the camp amphitheater in front of an audience of their peers. Lots of laughs, great photo opportunities, and more fun memories made.
Activities: All of the above plus Climbing Tower, Archery, Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, High Ropes and Zipline which includes the Leap of Faith.
Breakfast Menu: Breakfast sandwiches (sausage, egg and cheese, egg and cheese, sausage and cheese), tri-taters, fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, cold options
Lunch Menu: Italian beefs with toppings, fries, carrots, salad bar
Dinner Menu: All beef hot dogs, chips, broccoli salad, salad bar
Snack: Oreo Cookies
Thank You’s: All the volunteers who came to assist with the craft making under the big tent! Isardasbooks.com, Battalion Board-Up, Culligan, Getz Fire Equipment, Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board, National Fire Sprinkler Association – IL Chapter, Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Promos 911, Public Risk Underwriters, Railside Citrus Insurance Agency, Reliable Fire & Security, Romexterra Restoration, Sawyer Falduto Asset Management, Servpro Team Zubricki, Shields Capital, Cook County Trauma/Burn, Loyola Medicine, Saint Anthony Medical Center, and UChicago Medicine. Also the following fire departments, firefighter locals, and fire service associations: Illinois Association of Fire Fighters, Barrington Countyside, Bartlett Fire Barn, Beecher Firefighters, Buffalo Grove, Byron Firefighters, Chicago Firefighters, Centralia, Chatham, Colona, Countryside, Elk Grove Village, Evanston Firefighters, Flossmoor, Glenview Firefighters, Hoffman Estates, Morris, O’Fallon, Peoria, Peoria Firefighters, Rockford, Spring Grove, Sterling, Waukegan, Fire Service Women of Illinois, Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts, Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, Illinois Fire Inspectors Association, Illinois Fire Service Administrative Professionals, Illinois Firefighters Association, Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, International Association of Arson Investigators – IL Chapter, Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association of Illinois, MABAS, Northern Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts, Northern Illinois Public Education Team, and Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
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Photos also on Camp I Am Me’s Instagram!