Camp Oakhurst Day Four

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The LITS woke up and rallied for our annual Polar Bear Swim. At 6:30am the camp gathers for a morning swim and the bonus is your are allowed to eat otter pops while you swim. The LITS rotation of activities included; Crafts, Climbing Wall, and Activities for the Youth campers. Grafts is led by Tim Dennis and Katie Brennan. During the crafts activity period the LITS were asked to decorate a large puzzle piece that will be added to the Large Camp Puzzle. It will be composed of each cabin's piece. The LITS also had the opportunity to lead activities for the youth campers. We has counselors step back and let them plan and execute these activities as leaders, after all they are Leaders in Training. This gives them a glimpse on leadership and what it's like to be a counselor. This was then followed by Polka Dot lunch. This dress up day always turns into a war of who can cover themselves with the most dot stickers. The twilight activity is my favorite activity. Steve Wilmont, who is currently the CEO and President of Youth and Government, comes up every year for the day to host our Square Dance. After the dance and campfire, I led the LIT devotion. Pat Wallace has started the devotion by leading a Inner/Outer Circles. Pat has the girls sit in a circle and the boys sit in a circle on the outside of them. He states a topic and allows the girls to speak about it openly while the boys sit quietly and listen. Pat will then allow the roles to change by asking for the circles to switch. This activity was followed by a Date Rape Discussion that Chris Soury and I led. We divided the group into two groups, one male and one females. We separated them enough so that the two groups could talk without any concern for hearing one another. Chris and I both led one of the groups by opening up a discussion about the date rape topic. We guided the discussion with several question to keep them on topic. We then brought the male and female groups back together to discuss together the issue as a group.