A Typical Day At Camp

Good morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip! It’s time to get up, brush your teeth and get ready for the day. Counselors make sure all of their campers are up and ready to go for the morning too!

all, All, ALL campers and staff gather around the flagpole before breakfast for morning announcements.

Our meals are served family style. Counselors sit with their campers and talk about the day ahead or participate in village cheers with other cabins. Mealtimes are always a blast.

After breakfast, everyone goes back to their cabins and makes their bed, sweeps the floors, and tidies up their shelves. You don’t want to disappoint Inspector #26 when she comes around to grade cabin cleanliness later in the day! Counselors play a key role in helping the campers in keeping their personal space organized and the cabin as a whole clean and hospitable.

Campers sign up for their instructional activities at the beginning of the week and attend three instructional periods per day in two different three-day rotations. Counselors teach the activities they are skilled at leading or assisting in and assignments vary each day based on course offerings.

Another round of instructional activities for campers to attend.

Campers and counselors head back to the cabin to lay low for a half hour. Popular activities during this cabin time are playing card games, Rafter Ball, or writing letters home.

One last round of instructional activities for the campers.

After Third Period, everyone returns to their cabin to relax for a little bit. Counselors may check-in with their campers to see how things are going. At the end of the hour, we’ll have a healthy snack – usually fruit.

Fourth Period varies each day—it may be a Village Activity (activities that entire age groups do together like a massive game of dodgeball), Challenge Games (where one cabin challenges another to an activity or sport), or one of our many Green/White competitions.

At snack time announcements, our Program Director will announce activities that will be open during Fifth Period. Campers can choose which activity to attend, and our staff help lead the final structured activity period for the day.

Our final program period of the day may be an all-camp game like Capture the Flag, North Star Ball, Glenn’s Game, or Predators vs. Prey. Or it could be a campfire, staff skit show, or open mic night. No matter what it is, the day is going to end on a high note!

Time to head back to the cabin and help the campers get ready for bed. It’s a good time for them to take a quick shower and brush their teeth.

Lights out times vary by age group. Counselors will put the kids to bed by reading a book or telling a story. After the cabin is asleep, counselors can head up to the Lodge to hang out with staff, play some cards, or get a game of basketball going at the VICtory Fieldhouse.

It’s been a long day and tomorrow will be busy too, so it’s off to bed for the staff to get a good night’s rest!