This year we celebrated our 20th summer camp season and tomorrow it's time for our 20th reunion. The first couple of years we had our reunion at camp -- up in Hackettstown -- and even used the swimming pool one year I think. But then attendance was too big to fit into the dining room and the drive was far for some families, so we started having it closer to where most of our campers lived. That's when we started using roller or ice rinks. They were big enough, could serve food, and they gave us something to do. But the skating is really not that important. Seeing people, talking and reminiscing, is the big deal at a camp reunion. I'm always amazed that friendships begin right where they left off in the summer and its seems like we were never apart. Of course, we hear that lots of campers have "mini-reunions" during the school year, so our official all-camp reunion is just one chance to see each other. And tonight I know of more than a few sleep-overs taking place as the campers and staff of CK-NJ get ready to converge on the Ice Vault tomorrow morning.
It looks like there will be about 350 people there tomorrow! It's always a bit strange seeing everyone in long pants and heavy coats and usually longer hair. And the ice rink is definitely colder than those summer days at camp.
Well, I'll be up really late, but you probably don't want me to write on this blog the whole time, so I'll find something else to do. In the meantime, you can enjoy the photos below that I found from our reunion archives. I think you will recognize a lot of these folks. Can you name them all? (I've posted just a few of the pics. You can see all of them at the blog page of our website: http://www.campuskids.com/njblog/campuskidsnjblog2010_12.htm
The van is packed with name tags, reunion gifts, our announcements sound system and now all I can do is wait. See you soon!
Tom
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