Soggy Groundhog

I don't know about the groundhog in your neighborhood, but the one over here is pretty angry because he's soaking wet and cold. Supposedly, if he saw his shadow we'd have six more weeks of winter. There's definitely no shadow today, but it's hard to imagine that there's going to be an end to this winter any time soon. Looking on the bright side, you could probably get a great deal now on that sunscreen and water bottle you'll need for summer camp.

Winter doesn't stop the conversation about summer camp, that's for sure. Last weekend we were out in full force meeting families who are getting their kids ready for their first camp experiences. Pretty exciting! On Saturday, Stu ventured out to Blairstown for our campus tours. While he was showing off the Blair Academy campus, Zach B. and I were at a camp fair in Woodcliff Lake. On Sunday, Jeremy and Ryan took on the camp fair duties, this time in East Hanover. Stu headed out to camp again, joined by Caroline, Jared and me to show quite a few families around camp.

This is "Sundial" week, so if you haven't found it already click this link to read the latest edition of our camp newsletter. We're in the process of mailing copies to our camper families and will soon be mailing out special welcomes to our 2011 campers, packets of information to our families (health forms, etc.) and a special mailing about our Ultimate Frisbee program and Weekend Adventures!

Did you know that we have an online newsletter (different from the "Sundial") that we send out about every six weeks? It goes to families who have expressed an interest in our camp, but if you'd like to get on that mailing list just let us know. Each issue features a different topic about camp.

Well, Jeremy has managed to slide into the office and I think Teri is not far behind, so I've got to get going. Stay safe, have fun and take pity on your local groundhog.

Tom

P.S. -- Here's one of the photos from this blog entry on our website.  You can see all the photos and their captions at this page.