National Boys’ Outdoor Leadership Camp
Part 1 by: David Fox, Mak9
In putting together this edition of the Pau3a! and calling it
the summer issue, we had a bit of inconsistency with any
material relating to summer activities. Ok, well, usually
summer camps are featured in the fall edition. However,
considering all the pictures you see on the front and back
of the edition are from the camp, it behooves me to write a
short summary on the wonderful week we had in Berovo.
We arrived in Berovo an hour ahead of schedule. I’m sure
that the directors of our camp, Todd and Adam were very
happy to see us early instead of late. We were matched
with our groups first off and given activities to do before
supper. My group was called “Walking Dead.” I enjoyed
getting to know my 3 kids from Negotino, 2 from Veles,
and 2 from Demir Kapija.
Our day was 3 sessions followed by lunch, then 3 more,
dinner, elective activities, and free time at night. I taught
Sculpting and Making Music along with our resident
drummer, James. Kids also did tye-dye and made hand
bracelets from leather for crafts.
Outdoors skills and leadership were also a big
part of the week. Activities included learning
about camping, knots, first aid, environmental
awareness, and teamwork games. The kids
elected a president and vice-president for the
camp. They arranged the Friday Field Day activities, and leaders of each group were also
elected and had responsibilities. Democracy
education and process was something very intriguing for the kids to participate in as well.
The interest of the kids was very good. My
group had very little problems; all my kids enjoyed each other and made good friends. There
were a few kids that went home early but by
their own choice. Some kids more enjoyed sunbathing than attending lessons.
But, all in all, it was the best week of my summer so far, and I look forward to hearing about
the continuing success of both the boys’ and
girls’ camps in the coming years.
I also taught baseball, many helping with that as well.
These kids also played American football for the first time,
and many enjoyed Ultimate Frisbee. We were near the
Berovo Lake, but being as cold as it was and as deep as the
lake is swimming was not possible; we opted for several
days of Slip’n’Slide instead.
Volume 4, issue 2
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