September
1, 2010
We will still be accepting entries for The Ripple through September 20th. So if you find yourself sitting at home, missing camp and longing for the days of a summer by Lake Fairfield, take a moment to write down your thoughts. Compose a piece of poetry, a small reflection, or a comical view of camp life and email it to us. If youve used camp as an essay topic for a school assignment, that could have a wonderful place in The Ripple. Tell us the story of a campout gone awry, a day in the life of a camp dog, or why camp holds a place in your heart. The point is: get creative, think outside the box, and help make the 2010 edition of The Ripple the best yet! We must receive all Ripple entries, from campers or counselors, by September 20th! You can email your entries or questions to: betsy@merriewoode.com or lindsay@merriewoode.com. Unfortunately, we will not be able to incorporate any artwork unless it is a pen and ink drawing on unlined paper no photographs, paintings, or drawings in color please. Send your entries to: Camp
Merrie-Woode August
18, 2010 Well,
its hard to believe, but another summer has come and gone. The
summer of 2010 will leave us with plenty of warm memories to think back
on over the coming seasons until next summer finally arrives. We will remember fondly our dance parties in Castle, a blow-out
4th of July party at the Inn Site, and hilarious Banquet shows.
Things are really starting to buzz here at camp. We have had a wonderful week of Staff Orientation here at Merrie-Woode! The summer counselors are here and ready to kick of camps 93rd season! The bunks are set up in cabins, activities are stocked and ready to go, and camp has never looked better! We are all so excited to see the first campers arrive tomorrow morning! Consequently,
this will be our last post on the web sites What's New page until
the summer is over. You can look for daily summer updates and photos
on the ECamp
site. Get excited everyone; summer is finally here! Boo whoop! May
7, 2010
April 20, 2010 The Camp Merrie-Woode© Spring 2010 Newsletter is now available to view here on the Web site. (in .pdf format). Please let us know if an alternate format is needed. Remember you can become a "fan" of Camp Merrie-woode on Facebook and be able to check out many pictures posted by alumnae fans. You can follow "CampMerriewoode" on Twitter too!
April
3, 2010
March
26, 2010
This past February, Camp Merrie-Woode was featured in an article in Wooden Boat magazine. The restored canoe appeared in the Launchings and Relaunchings section of the January/February edition.
We are thrilled to announce that this years Main Session musical will be Into the Woods! This brilliant musical by the great contemporary composer Stephen Sondheim originally opened on Broadway in 1987, winning three Tony Awards, and was revived in 2002 where it took home another two Tonys. Into the Woods begins as a retelling of the fairy tale stories of the Brothers Grimm a princess who must dash from the ball at midnight as she loses her shoe, a childless couple that must lift a curse by an evil witch, a boy and his magical beanstalk, and a little girl in a red cloak on her way to grandmothers house. The second act of the play then explores what happens to these characters beyond the pages of the storybook and into tales of what happens after happily ever after. Camp Merrie-Woode first produced Into the Woods in the summer of 2004. We are excited to remount this show on the Castle stage for a new generation of campers to discover.
March
15, 2010
Congratulation, Grace! Your photo made all of us chuckle!
Second
Place: Sarah Ellison
Prizes will be mailed to all three of you next week! March
8, 2010 In an effort to make the summer forms process easier on parents and save a few trees, we are sending our Camper Forms Package out via two e-mails this year. PDF files have been sent to all parents and must be returned to Phyllis in the camp office by May 1st. The following forms can also be found on our website:
Parents, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Phyllis at phyllis@merriewoode.com or call at (828) 743-3300. Thanks for helping us to keep the green in our green and grey! February
27, 2010
February 23, 2010 Camp Merrie-Woode has joined over twenty North Carolina summer camps to form a trade association to represent their interests with local, state, and federal policymakers. The North Carolina Youth Camp Association seeks to strengthen and expand the educational, environmental and recreational opportunities provided by North Carolina 's camps. The Association will encourage cooperation among camps, sponsor camp-specific research, communicate camp industry information, and build relationships with various private, non-profit, public, and governmental agencies.
The NCYCA will be a source of information for parents about North Carolina 's camps and will also be the voice of these camps with local officials, in Congress and the state capitol. It will also keep camp directors abreast of the public policy issues affecting their camps. The Association has a Board of Directors made up of camp directors representing a variety of summer camps---boys camps, girls camps, coed camps, non-profit and for-profit camps, and camps associated with agencies. The Association will operate as a 501c (6) organization---a trade organization. The NCYCA has launched a website, www.nccamps.org . The website will give parents information about the Association's member camps while being a resource for camp directors and legislators on a range of public policy issues. February
17, 2010 Jason
and Christina Daniels welcomed a new baby boy to their family this week!
Leighton Edward Eddie Daniels was born on Tuesday, February
9, 2010 at 5:42 pm. He measured in at 20 inches and weighed 7 pounds,
2 ounces. Congratulations, Christina and Jason! We are so happy for
you.
With this joyous news, however, comes the announcement that Christina has decided to resign as the Programming and Development Director at Merrie-Woode. Christina would like to spend more time at home raising Eddie. While we will all miss Christina here at camp, we know that this next adventure awaiting her will be one of the most rewarding of her life. We wish Christina all the best in her new role as a mother. We look forward to many visits from Christina and baby Eddie at camp this summer! February
5, 2010 Camp Merrie-Woode was covered with a blanket of thick snow this week. This has been our second major snowfall of the winter, the first arriving just before Christmas. This is the most snow camp has seen in quite a while! While the snow may be pretty to look at, we are all bundled up in the office yearning for the warmth of long summer days and the company of our Merrie-Woode campers!
Well, its that time of year again!The Third Annual Crazy Camp Photo Contest has begun! Heres how it works you send us your favorite goofy camp picture from the summer of 2009. It can be anything from evening program silliness to wacky cook-out costumes. The only requirements are as follows: 1.
The photo must have been taken in the summer of 2009. Email all entries to Lindsay@merriewoode.com. Winners will be announced and showcased in March right here on the Whats New page on the camp web site. Winners will also receive a prize in the mail! So flip through all those crazy camp pictures and pick out the best one to send us! In the meantime, here are some of our favorite pictures here in the office for you to enjoy. First Crazy Contest Second Crazy Contest January,
2010
When we heard that Mandys family, the Hullanders of Chattanooga, was sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity house in Chriss name, we knew immediately it was a project we wanted to be a part of. So last Tuesday, eight of us piled into the camp Suburbans and headed off to Tennessee. We spent Wednesday and Thursday working on the exterior of the new home and were very impressed with how far it had already come along. We worked with members of a team from the Hullanders siding and window company, Hullco Exteriors. By the time we left, the siding was finished on the house. St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Chattanooga was gracious enough to put us up in their building for the three nights we stayed.
To see more photos of our time in Chattanooga, please visit Camp Merrie-Woodes Facebook album. January 21, 2010
January 18, 2010 Christina and her husband, Jason, are thrilled to announce they will be adopting a baby boy, due in February. His name will be Leighton Edward Daniels, and they will be calling him Eddie for short. Camp hosted a baby shower for Christina and Jason on Monday evening at the Dunn's house. Strollers, baby clothes, diapers, and teddy bears soon filled the living room as excitement and anticipation grew for a new member of the Merrie-Woode family. The party was filled with good food, good friends, and warm wishes for the excited parents-to-be. We can't wait to share baby pictures with you all in the next month!
2010
Campus Recruiting Schedule Posted! Happy New Year, everyone! A new decade has arrived and camp will be here before you know it. We are already busy, working to make the summer of 2010 the best ever! We will be out on the road again in the coming weeks as we visit college campuses to recruit counselors. Go check out the Campus Recruiting Schedule to see when well be in your area.
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