Camp Champions Blog

This article is lifted directly from our Counselor Orientation manual.  I hope you find it interesting.

I have generally fancied myself a person of reason.  I respect rational people and the scientific method. 

Camp Champions is a leading site to train athletes in one of the fastest growing sports in America: Pickleball.

[CORRECTION:  I sent this blog to my son who had the journal and he quickly set me straight, "I did not write the happiness spigot description.  It is from a comic strip called Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.  The quote about the Happiness Spigot was the answer to 'Dad.  What's it like to have kids.' "  I still like the article though even if I must realize my son is not the creator of this observation.]

This morning, I had a 6:45AM call with a friend on the east coast.  He inevitably has unique insights or impressive information, so I take notes on our talks.  I was not yet at my desk, so I asked Susie Ma’am if she had something I could write on.  She reached into a bedside table and found a small journal.

Each session, we honor our oldest normal campers (those just finishing 8^th grade) with a special meal.  It has green bean casserole, garlic breadsticks, potatoes, a special cake and t-bone steaks.  We call them the “T-Bone Club”.  [Note: we have options for vegetarians as well, but we named the event roughly 2 decades ago, before we had many different dietary needs.  The options are wider, but the name stuck.]

A couple of evenings ago, I was sitting in a field with our 9^th grade campers.  One of them posed a simple question: