thinking ahead

What are your thoughts on next year?
Place ideas:
http://www.parks.wa.gov/yurtsandcabins/default.asp
Fun things to do ideas:
-build go-carts
-makeup tips 'n' tricks
- chicken-raising seminar
Do share.

dream day

fundraiser

Movie Night!

We're showing the camp classic "Meatballs"

Friday, August 1 7:30 pm and only $2

$1 tasty snacks awesome crafts too

4606 Kingsessing, 2nd floor, West Philly

camp outfits encouraged

basic camp itinerary

Friday, 8/8: Kelsey and Cleo fly to Boston
Saturday, 8/9: Johanna and Helen drive to Cape Cod
Sunday, 8/10: Cypress flies to Boston and buses to Cape Cod
Tuesday, 8/12: Emma, Rama, and Kristin fly to Boston and drive to Cape Cod w/Johanna
Wednesday: bike tour of Brewster; swimming
Thursday: not telling!
Friday: games, workshops, adventures
Saturday: surfing @ Nauset Beach
Sunday: kayaking and fishing
Monday: Provincetown
Tuesday 8/19: tears; Emma, Rama, Kristin, Cleo, Cypress bus to Boston, meet Kelsey, fly home.
Wednesday 8/20: Johanna and Helen drive home.

1 week of camp packed into 3 hours

Come on over to . . .

a SUMMER CAMP for adults and fun people!

Sunday, July 20 6-9 pm $5 - 15 suggested donation
at 4606 Kingsessing, West Philadelphia (take the #13 trolley to 46th and walk south one block)

games - campfire - hotdogs - marshmallows - songs - activities

we'll also have a craft table with handmade tshirts, pins, patches, zines and merit badges

It's a fundraiser for camp!

Hoodies in the Hood

That's right.

West Philly, represent.

Then Helen got mad . . .

etsy

I just started an online store for us at etsy.com. (I'll put up the zines for sale as soon as I have time to spend with a secure internet connection, and then we will be cracking.) Etsy is a free online marketplace, like ebay, but for handmade things, and people just buy things directly from us, instead of auctioning for them. We can list a quantity of things, like zines, as well as individual things, like merit badges (or record bowls or patches or whatever we make). There's a ton of cool handmade stuff on there if you want to check it out and maybe get some ideas. I'll let you know when it's up! Cheers, sweeties.

ads

Do you guys think we should allow ads on this site? Pro: we get paid for it (but I don't know how much), Con: ads.

Joy in our collective heart

Hey mamas! SO, we (all of us, or one of us) are going to submit an article about Camp Ears to Bust Magazine, along with some photos. Which ones, do ya think? Please also check out Kelsey's excellent photos at http://flickr.com/photos/hortensejones/sets/72157601973567669/ (turns out I'm not html-savvy enough to post em here for your convenience). Also, what should the article say? It's supposed to be 250-350 words long (just under half a page).

2007 hot times in the old town

more 2005, cha cha cha!

2005

Hoodies

The hoodies are ordered, people! Comrade Cypress and Comrade Helen are going to print them over spring break, and they'll be so cool. Through the magic of fundraising they came out to be less than $10 each!! For serious! (Exact amount and where to send it will be forthcoming.) Rock on, superstars!

So awesome

more badges

The results of Helen's and Johanna's Sunday afternoon of hard, hard labor: (l-r) Sweet 16, messenger bag, Manhunt, Ten Speed Fast Track to Heaven, I Got My First F

merit badges

They don't have words on them yet, but picture it. What should the "most repetitive camper" one look like?

can't wait til summer

Merit Badges

We were talking about fundraising, what sorts of things that West coast and East coast people could make- and that we could sell online. One of our fantastic solutions was to make merit badges!!! Here are a few of our excellent ideas:
I wore a thong
Skinny dipping achievement
I did my homework
Peeing outdoors
Built a shelter from leaves/found objects
I won at silent football
I didn't lose at silent football
I lost at silent football, but took it like a champ
I survived gluten-free pancakes
Flag Patrol
I held a secret meeting
One match camp fire award
Swimming buddy
Orienteering
I hiked Mount Everest
Clean up crew
Advanced first aid
Official tent erector
Chore chart champ
Dinner duty specialist
Third degree canoe ace
Most Decorated Camper (collect them all!!!)

oh yeah

If I haven't mentioned it, my plan for the hot months is "camp all summer long." Hence all the ideas for different camps under the umbrella of the mighty Camp Ears.

An Opportunity

I got a suggestion from an Olympia family that there be a little sister day camp with one overnight as well as a little sister overnight camp, for the kids who are not ready for a week of camping. I'm down for planning it and getting there; are there Olympia teens who would be interested in counseloring it? It would probably look like a week in July, M-F, with lots of songs, games and camp stuff and a Thursday overnight. You'd get to have a lot of fun, plus counselor training, and since being a counselor is a job you'd also get paid. Interested parties, drop me a line! xoxoxoxo

Dudes

There's been talk of having a boys' camp, like a brother camp to Camp Ears. I think this is a great idea; if it were at the same time we could have activities together. We'd just need a dude who could run the boys' camp, someone with camp experience, patient and likeable and a good teacher. Maybe he could even play guitar. So, is that something we should work on for next year (2009)? Would we be setting that up for younger boys, the same age as Little Sister Camp girls, or Camp Ears age, or both? Where would we have it? What would it look like? How big would it be?

idea

Hey amigas, check this out. I've been hearing from a lot of people my age, "I wish I could go to your camp." So, new idea: let's have a camp for adults (like people 20+) - run by you guys! Tellmewhatchathink.

Hostelling International

I just found out that one of my all-time favorite organizations, Hostelling International, offers free memberships to nonprofit groups (so awesome). So guess who now has a membership? That's right, US.
Q: But what are we going to do with that?
A: That's for me to know and you to find out! Woohoohoo!

the old days

The pirates in their youth! Do you guys remember taking this one?