By Bill McMahon, Co-Director
As I have written before, our overarching goal at Moosilauke is to help create confident, resilient, honorable, and happy boys and young men.
To achieve our goal we have a laser like focus on a few essential philosophies and practices. It all starts with positive risk taking since it is through encountering and overcoming failure that performance character traits like grit, resilience, and tenacity are created.
Here are the highlights from week three 2015, July 12 to 18th:
Sunday morning’s lazy day schedule was appreciated by all, especially as it was a hot day. After another delicious Sunday brunch of made-to-order omelets, homemade donuts, assorted cereal, and the yogurt bar, there was a USA vs. the World counselor soccer game. Many campers were in attendance to watch their favorite counselors play in a “friendly” match. Following the game there was free play followed by an open swim and a Junior Hill scrub-up in the lake.
It is our pleasure to write this third letter chronicling summer 2015, the week of Sunday, July 5 through Saturday, July 11th. (As always, this letter covers all the fun trips, events, and happenings that take place above and beyond our normal daily program of three assigned activity periods in the am and our two free choice sign-up periods in the afternoon.) Hard to believe that we have already completed two full weeks of camp!
It is our pleasure to send this second weekly letter home during summer 2015 covering Sunday, June 28th through Saturday, July 4th. Camp is off to an awesome start: we have had plenty of sunshine; our activity classes have been humming; our initial adventure trips have been fun for all; participation in our inter-camp competition has been high; we have had a number of special events; and the overall level of fun and camaraderie is exactly what you would expect.
Moosilauke has been receiving rave reviews and placing high on many lists that rank and rate the best summer camps.
We received the second most votes of all camps in the U.S. in a recent on-line poll titled “Best Overnight Summer Camp.”
We currently rank 4th highest of all camps in the U.S. in terms of overall rating at CampRatingZ where families directly rate their experience.