Good morning everyone! Russell, Ruth and I met a couple of weeks ago to go over camp and what we liked, did not like, go over the surveys, and see what changes need to be made.

Over the next several months as we prepare for Camp 2008 - we will be sending out communication on some "tweaks" that we will be doing in the future. Currently we have discussed doing some different exciting things with the Varsity Camp.

As I was sitting there this year following the old Awana pattern of the Camp Bank - I kept thinking to myself that if I was in Varsity Camp I don't know if I would be doing this or not. So one thing that we thought about changing was making the Camp Bank optional for Varsity. The Camp Bank is a good idea especially since our JV'rs can be so young, and it helps those to keep their money instead of losing it at camp. But if you are in Varsity you should be given the option to keep your money in the Camp Bank or to hold onto it yourself. Of course, in the Camp Bank you can be assured that you won't lose it or whatever, but maybe we should give you that freedom to determine that. Send me your thoughts on that idea...

I won't let everything out of the bag right now - but we were at Celebration Freedom last weekend and ran into someone who had been to Awana camp in the past. She mentioned that she wanted to come to our camp next summer and be on the rec team. We did like the idea of the rec team being young adults 20+ to keep it fresh and exciting. She brought up an idea of night games for Varsity...something that we will do after the last evening session...hmmmm

In addition, we want to continue the tradition started with this camp of our camp bonfire on the last night - followed by a pizza party for Varsity. We are still discussing some ideas, and in future months those ideas may or may not be revealed. We do want to leave some type of "unknown" factors for camp!

We have approached some leaders in ministry to be our camp pastors for next summer but no word on that yet, so when something solidifies - I will let you know. I will also find out about our band for next summer probably in September.

Don't stop sending suggestions or feedback on camp through the blog or just email me. We really do look at everything!