Campers will teach you just as much as (if not more than) you teach them. I share this mantra with staff often throughout orientation. Staff and campers prove the saying true for 8 weeks every summer at Bethany Birches Camp (BBC). A few weeks ago I experienced the mantra to be true for myself as Read More >
The other day Tuna posted this picture of me trying to stay ahead of leaf raking. Mowing leaves reminded me of plowing/shoveling snow. My heart sunk as I remembered how much harder it is to both shovel snow and drive in snow compared to leaves! Then I remembered the beauty of winter, the memories I’ve Read More >
Apple cider, maple syrup and donuts, oh my! Have you ever experienced the BBC auction? Let me give you a glimpse into the things that touched me this past weekend: Campers come and help sell the items on the live auction by presenting the items to the audience – little do they know what an impact that has Read More >
Greetings Friends! Here’s a message I wrote internally just now (to board, staff and auction committee). It’s so exciting I just HAD to share it with everyone! ———— I just did the math and here’s what it seems we’ll receive (gross) when all payments are made. This of course does not include any further rounding Read More >
Place your online auction bids from the item of the day email below. You can also visit the total listing here. The form has been taken down for this year’s auction. We hope you can make it out to the event Saturday! If not, plan to join us September 27, 2014 for next year’s event! Read More >
It’s beginning to look a lot like…FOLIAGE SEASON! The fall foliage season in Vermont has been described as: “The unbearably beautiful American time and place. Brilliant yellow birch-covered hills slope down to glowing green meadows. Every sugar maple along every country lane combusts in scarlet and gold. The intensity of the season so overpowers the Read More >
“It’s a good thing they hire 20 yr olds because they are the only people crazy enough to do it!” A current friend of mine and a former BBC counselor was recently referring to the job of camp counseling. It is a crazy job. At BBC counselors care for kids 23/5. Counselors are responsible for Read More >
In his blog post, Jonathan McKee explains an experiment he and his wife performed on their teenager. He writes: Our theory was basically this: Start strict, and loosen up as our kids get older, eventually freeing them from all boundaries by age 17½. Guess how it went… not bad! In fact, it allowed their daughter to Read More >
This past Sunday was a lot of fun! We hosted over 100 people here at camp for a church service and a BBQ. Five staff and one past staff spoke during the service. Here they are! Big Tuna (aka Brandon Bergey): Tuna Church @ Camp Lourene Bender: Church @ Camp: Lourene Bender Sparkles, Rex and Tex Read More >
Every week at camp there is a newspaper interest group. Campers get to interview staff, spy around camp, and write stories. These reports then get turned into articles which they type up for the newspaper that gets distributed at the end of the week. This year we decided it would be fun to share some of Read More >
