Sportsapalooza and the NC ZOO!

Session 2 of Camp Sunburst came and went in a hurry!  By far, the highlight of the week was taking campers on the first field trip of the summer......to the NC ZOO!

We didn't let the high temperatures slow us down!  Campers were excited to see giraffes, zebras, sea lions, gorillas, etc, but there were a few group favorites.

Of course, "Monkey" and her kindergarten group were thrilled to visit the monkey exhibit and catch a glimpse of her fellow monkey friends.  The X-Men group, led by "Mufasa", had plans to bring home Leroy the Polar Bear as a camp pet, but unfortunately the bus wasn't large enough to accomodate his travel. :)

Thursday's trip ended with a birthday celebration. Happy Birthday, Nathan!

And we ended the week with a surprise going away party for one of our favorite YMCA staff, "Big Red" Bryan Rogers.  Bryan has worked with camp at the Davie Y for 9 years and we had to send him out with style.  And of course, that meant water balloons and ice cream sundaes!  We had so much fun that we forgot to take pictures!  But, here's a look at some of our rousing assemblies of the week...

We look forward to next week----zumba, sewing projects, hiking at Pilot Mtn, and more!

Yo Ho, Yo Ho.....A Camper's Life for me!

The final hours of session 1 are drawing to a close as we send our campers home for a weekend of rest!  This week was full of camp songs, games, assembly challenges, and lots of excited pirates and princesses!

Head counselor, "Mufasa", brought new songs and dances to our morning and afternoon assemblies as well as bringing back the infamous SPIRIT STICK that our wonderful CIT's made for us.

Campers are separated into huddles by grade. Each huddle created group names and made a flag to carry around camp that proudly displays the names that they came up with.

We've introduced a new PE class to camp this year. Our beloved counselor, "Big Red" leads each huddle through an hour of structured PE activities and games in the gym each morning. This week's unit was centered around parachute games and the campers loved it! Here's a few photos....

All in all, it was a great week at Camp Sunburst.  Our staff are excited and honored to be working with these campers this summer!  We'll be back Monday for a full week of Sportsapalooza!

Camp 2010

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