Posts Tagged ‘summer camp 2012’

10 Ways to Know You are Ready to Get Back to Camp Starlight

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

As the New Year starts, we at the Camp Starlight winter office find that the excitement of Summer 2012 approaching sometimes takes over in rather strange ways! We compiled a list of “10 Ways to Know You are Ready to Get Back to Camp Starlight”.  We’re certain some of you may be having these same experiences:

  • When you hear a popular song on the radio, you get weird looks because you are singing the lyrics to former Camp Starlight Sing songs.
  • You shout “Freeze!” at the family dinner table as soon as you are done eating.
  • You download “Reveille” on iTunes to use as your alarm clock tone.
  • You request raviolis for your birthday dinner.
  • You write “GS” as your elective on your class schedule form.
  • You loudly tell your classmates to “Have a great day!” after saying the Pledge of Allegiance in school.
  • You find yourself humming “Friends, Friends, Friends” as you scan through your summer camp pictures from last summer.
  • You tell your siblings the dress for the day will be shorts and a light top.
  • You stand at your door at bedtime and send your family off to sleep with a Jason Glick “Taps Speech”.
  • When you get off the school bus, you look for someone with a bunk list to tell you where to go.

We hope you find yourself getting more and more excited for Summer 2012, and we  cannot wait to get back to camp in a few short months!

Camp Sick

Monday, September 5th, 2011

The summer of 2011 is over, a new school year has started, everyone has finally unpacked their camp bags, and now the wait for the summer of 2012 begins.  Ten months isn’t really that long.  Every year we manage to wait it out.  But when it’s September and the fun times we had this past summer are still fresh in our minds, it seems like an eternity; and, inevitably, we all feel a little bit (or a lot!) camp sick.  We all know the feeling.  Some of us find ourselves singing camp songs or have the urge to tie-dye something…maybe even set our ring tones to Reveille or just sit around with camp friends re-living all of the memories from the summer.  Saying goodbye to another summer in our own way is a rite that we go through every fall.  We not only say goodbye to our camp friends, but our counselors, and upper campers.  But on the upside of goodbye is hello.  Hello to all of our new friends who will join us for the first time next summer.  Hello to the challenge and excitement of planning a new summer that’s even better than last.  Hello to good times that turn into new memories.  Hello to a new group of campers.  Hello to the new counselors and staff members who choose to make camp their summer home next year.  Hello, everyone. We can’t wait to see you in the summer of 2012!

Another Summer Has Come to a Close…

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

We can’t believe how fast another summer flew by.  It truly is a privilege for us to be able to host so many campers each summer.  We’re sad that the Summer of 2011 has already drawn to a close, but excited to begin planning for the Summer of 2012.  For us, our greatest challenge is to make each summer better than the previous.  That’s a hard thing to live up to when the current summer has been so amazing!  Collectively, we really couldn’t have asked for a better group of parents, campers, or staff members.  We know that all of you are what makes Camp Starlight!  We can’t wait to meet those who will be joining us for the first time in 2012 and to welcome back all of our friends!  To everyone, here’s to living 10 for 2…until our next 2!