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Girls' Camp

It's Girls' Camp, and we have exceptional girls and young women ages 7 to 15 here for the week.  They've started the summer off in style, and we really excited that they're here!

10 Year Paddles

Our co-directors, Adam "Taps" Brown and Chantal "Match" Jackson received their 10 year paddles at the end of our staff training.  The paddles represent their 10 years of camping experience, and were made by Taps and Match for each other.

                                              

Four of our counselors were also presented with 10 year paddles this summer.  Kate "Mauri" Hughes, David "Caber" Bannerman, Avery "Kaylo" Ross and Brad "Wickett" MacDonald have been involved with Cairn as campers or staff for a decade each.  That's 40 years of combined camping experience!   
                                                                                                                                                                                                   

The campers are coming!

                               Only one more sleep!  We're so excited.

                                    

See you tomorrow!

Leadership Training

                                                 
       
All 65 of our summer staff are here!  We started Leadership Training yesterday, and we have a week to learn and play together before the campers come. 

Pine Grove Public School is here!

Pine Grove is our last school of the spring, and they're really  helping us end the season with a bang! 

The grade six students braved the rain to canoe, go orienteering, climb the climbing wall and go down the zipline.  We've also had some great performances at campfire and many dance parties!

Circle of Song and Jr. High Retreat

Camp was a busy place this weekend!  Forty-five young people from five different youth groups came up to learn, play and worship together.                               

                                    

We also hosted Circle of Song, a day-long gathering of church choirs.  The choirs learned new pieces together and performed for each other.  It was lovely to hear our beloved camp songs performed with such expertise!                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                           

Our phones are back!

We are once again able to answer your calls!  Our phone line is back up - thanks to a resourceful repair man from Bell Canada.

Thank you for your patience while we were waiting for service to be restored.  Feel free to phone the camp office if you need anything!

705.767.3300

 

Power Update

The power is back on!

Ontario Hydro did a nice job restringing some lines for us, and we have our full electrical grid back up and running.

The phones are still damaged though, so we're unable to answer if you call.  Please either leave us a message (which we'll return), or send an e-mail to the camp office.

For registration requests: admin@ilovecamp.org
For questions about the site or our Jr. High Retreat: taps@ilovecamp.org

Weekend Update

We're in the middle of busy times here at camp.  We have the Jr. High Retreat with us all weekend, and Circle of Song is just joining us to share some music today.  They are arriving as I type this, and I can see some big smiles from across the Courtyard.

There was a very big storm last night at camp, and we're still without electricity.  Thankfully, there's not very much at camp that requires electricity - so it's business as usual for our Jr. High Campers (some of whom will get to ride the zipline this morning).  Our generators provide power to the kitchen fridges and freezers, as well as the plumbing system.  So everyone can still use flush toilets, and the kitchen is still cranking out warm, delicious food.

If you're trying to call camp today, you will have trouble getting through.  We can't answer the phones when the power is out.  However, please leave us a message and we'll return your call via cell phone.

I'll post a website update when the power is turned back on, but I'm off to enjoy a day outside!

Have a good weekend everyone!

More Fun With Flamborough Centre

The students of Flamborough Centre have done some pretty cool stuff during their stay at camp!  They've managed to cram all the fun of camp into three short days.  On top of all our progamme areas, they tried the throwing blanket, dressed up for dinner theatre and performed at campfire.    

    See you next year!