Camp Freedom July 25-30, 2010

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Welcome Associate Campers to the Camp Freedom Week Blog at Rocky Mountain Village (RMV). This Blog will keep you up to date on the daily activities at RMV for the week of July 25 – July 30. Associate Campers are family and friends of campers who will share in the RMV activities and fun via this Blog. We look forward to sharing the weeks activities with you so please visit the Blog daily and we would appreciate your comments, suggestions and requests for the Blog.

Campers arrived with bright sunny smiles and cheers of delight as returning campers and counselors reunited and first time campers made new friends. Thank you Associate Campers for sharing your camper with RMV. All the counselors and staff look forward to this week as a special opportunity to provide your camper with a great fun filled and learning experience.

This week's theme is Summer Blockbuster. Watch for your favorite Hollywood stars and characters. Tonight was introduction night. Each cabin created a small skit to introduce the campers from their cabin.

For additional pictures of today's activities click HERE.
































Monday Sci-Fi Day

Every day at RMV starts with the raising of our Nations Flag. Head counselors Katie and Mike announced that all Campers should be on the look out for space aliens who have threatened to invade RMV. The weather today was perfect with sunshine from sunrise to sunset.

All the activity areas were busy. Arts and Crafts hummed all day and music was heard coming from the Music and Drama area. Several Campers flew through the air on the Zip Line. Click HERE to experience the Zip Line from the Campers perspective. The fish in the pond didn't have a chance as over thirty fish were caught today. Some Camper went on a hay ride in the afternoon.

The space aliens arrived at dinner, fortunately they came in peace and friendship. After dinner there was a Science Fair. Each cabin was assigned a scientific experiment. The Campers created, volcanoes, tornadoes, quicksand, lava lamps and were able to get a water balloon into a water bottle.

For additional pictures of today's activities click HERE.



























Tuesday Western Day

Chief Black Feather (Mike) and Cowgirl Katie announce today's activities that followed the Western theme of the day. Western Day's highlight was a rodeo show by the Colorado Westernaires, an all girls preceision horsemanship demonstration team of girls from Jefferson County. The Team brought 60 horse to the RMV horse arena and gave the campers and many guest a wonderful show. The campers were able to get up close to the horses after the show. The Team joined us for lunch.

Following lunch the RMV Western Fair include activities such as face painting, watermelon seed spitting, donut on a string eating, can bowling, fruit making out of recycled material and other activities to challenge the campers.

The evening event was a Drum Circle. To experience the Drum Circle click HERE.

For additional pictures of today's activities click HERE.

























Wednesday, Horror Day

The day started and ended with rain but in between it was a day full of activities. It was another bad day for the fish in the pond but a great day for the Campers in the pool. A couple of monsters paid a visit to RMV and there was a costume contests at the afternoon snack. Tie-die t-shirts was the craft of the day.

Ponderosa Cabin was converted to a haunted house for the evening activities. Monsters and scary hollywood characters came out as the sun set.

For additional pictures of today's activities and videos of the pool, arts and crafts and indoor games click HERE.





















Thursday,Musicals Day

Another fun and exciting day at RMV. Today is the last full day of Freedom Week and all the Campers wanted to do everything just one more time. Campers finished their art projects, caught just one more fish, enjoyed the freedom of flying down the Zip Line, pounded a beat on the drums at Music and Drama, visited the horses down at the stables, and spent some quality time with new friends.

Rain moved the Campers indoors for the movie "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" Several characters came alive, played by camp counselors.

The day ended with Vespers and the very important dance. After a very busy week the Camper's energy reached it's highest tempo at the dance.

This is our last Blog entry for Freebom week. Please share the Blog entries and the pictures with your Campers when they return home. Thanks for sharing your Camper with us and we look forward to seeing them next year.

For additional pictures of today's activities and videos of the pool, arts and crafts and indoor games click HERE.

Hemo: Tuesday, July 20

The day started out very overcast but energy was still running high. We continued with great camp activities such as arts and crafts, music and drama, horses, swimming, fishing, and the climbing wall and zipline. Frontier cabin had a blast swimming and Rainbow cabin went down the zipline twice, had good patience, and went to horses and paintball. At our hemo training sessions we learned lots of cool things about the body and had fun playing games with our peers. Hoorah to Thomas for doing infusions for Chris and Sean! In the evening we had an all-camp activity with lots of team building and leadership games. Throughout the week we are giving out peace flags to campers who reflect certain qualities; yesterday we worked on hope and today we thought about patience.
See more photos at http://s683.photobucket.com/albums/vv193/theduke1204/Hemophilia/.

Hemo week: Monday, July 19

Lively camp life started up right when campers arrived on Sunday. Late into the night people were singing and playing pranks on each other. In the morning we woke up to a bench on the roof of Aspen Cabin, toilet paper on many of our doors, and cabin cheers written in chalk all over the pavement. Today the BOEC campers rose bright and early to go rock climbing! After breakfast those left on camp began the week’s activities. A lot of people enjoyed going fishing in the morning because the weather was so pleasant. Many of us also got to have a go at the zipline and climbing wall! A very exciting experience. In the evening we had an awesome all-camp activity called Water World. There were lots of different games set up around camp that involved getting oneself wet as well as getting someone else wet! We arrived back to our cabins soaking wet but having had a blast (of both fun and water). There’s also a lot of camping going on this week; the BOEC boys are kickin’ it at Push Camp all week and there will be two different nights of optional camping for everyone else. Can’t wait for Tuesday!
Check out more pictures here.

Wednesday!

Wednesday was another awesome day! The weather has been best we've had all summer. My apologies for posting a little late-there hasn't been a lot of down time this week :)

I've added some new pictures from yesterday that can be found here. I will be adding more throughout the day so be sure to check back!!

Tuesday!

Sorry for the delay everyone! Tuesday was another gorgeous day at RMV.


Activities were up an running smoothly all morning and throughout the day. Outdoor living skills led a hike up to out camp where they had lunch and picked wild strawberries. As afternoon temperatures climbed, the pool and pond became popular destinations for swimming and fishing respectively. Sports and games, music and drama and the mud pit were also open during this time.
The originally scheduled all camp ("Are you smarter than a 5th grader") was bumped for a very special music guest:Jake Jabs!


New pictures and video

Monday!

It was a beautiful day at RMV with pleasant temperatures and clear skies. Following flag raising and breakfast, morning activities kicked off at 9:45. Activities included zip lining, fishing, horseback riding, paintballing, arts and crafts and TWT training.
In the afternoon, the swimming pool was popular as were fishing and tractor rides. Following dinner,an All Camp was held based around various methods of painting titled "Arts For All." Inevitably, not all the paint stayed on the canvas!





"Hoorahs" were announced to the following campers:

-Hoorah to Megan for supporting everyone at the zip line.
-Hoorah to Adriana for riding horses and going down the zip line.
-Hoorah to Eddie for going down the zip line and riding horses.
-Hoorah to Billy for going down the zip line and riding horses.
-Hoorah to Luke O. for catching four fish and riding horses.


Additional pictures amd video can be found here

TWT Week

Talking with Technology Week 2010 began today at Rocky Mountain Village with 41 campers arriving for check-in. The theme for the week is Encylopedia Extravaganza featuring the slogan "Tell me something I don't know!"
After check-in, campers and counselors returned to their respective cabins to talk about weekly activities and to plan their introductory cabin skit.

Following dinner, the campfire and cabin skits were forced inside due to inclement weather. Afterward, campers returned to their cabins for the night. Tomorrow marks the beginning of what should be an amazing week at camp.

Pictures and video from camp can be found here!

Monday!

Clear blue skies greeted campers monday at RMV during the first full day of activities. Following breakfast, campers despersed throughout camp to different activity areas. Horses had several eager riders throughout the morning as did the zip line. Arts and Crafts hosted a variety of painting activities also at this time. As afternoon temperatures rose, the pool became a welcomed retreat for many. Afternoon activities picked up with a hike led by Outdoor Living Skills, tractor rides, fishing and zip line.

Horizon Week

Horizon Week began today with 13 campers arriving at RMV for a few fun filled days. Afternoon activities began at 4 p.m. The swimming pool was opened for a free swim while face painting and paint drums took place in the pavilion. Inclement weather forced shortened post-dinner activities but not before a few fish were caught at the pond.
During the thunderstorm, all activities were moved inside to Gennesse Hall where live music was accompanied by parachute games. Camp songs were sang and s'mores were served before activities commenced for the day. Monday will be the first full day of Horizon Week.

*Photos will be added daily