Director Jud's Blog

At 7:30 this morning, campers and staff were hugging, loading trunks and sleeping bags into vans, and preparing to head back to the “real world.”  The Northeast Van is already on its way up the coast, and the DC Van just left for our nation’s capital.  Folks flying from Harrisburg are putting together their stuff, and slowly but surely the cars of families are trickling in.  The atmosphere this morning is calm and a little sleepy (that’s what happens when you stay up all night watching movies in the barn), and a little sad that we won’t all be back together for another 11 months.  But we have our memories of laughter, silliness, songs, frisbee games, friendship bracelets, and so much more to keep us going until we’re back again.

A huge shout-out of thanks to our SMA3 parents, who were attentive, caring, and supportive.  We hope you enjoy hearing all of the adventures your camper had this summer!

The updates will slow down for a while as we put the farm back together after the tornado that is camp.  The staff will help clean, organize, inventory, throwing the last specks of energy they have into helping us close up for the season.  They have been a wonderful group of folks, full of enthusiasm and care.  We couldn’t have done this without them, truly.

Good luck to all with the start of the school season, and we’ll be in touch soon with reflection packets, contact lists, and the dates for SMA 2010!