Alumni Memories, Camp, The Importance of Camp, Why Summer Camp
Dear Kamaji Alum, I don’t know about you, but one of the things that has struck me this particular holiday season, somehow more than before, is while things continue to be not totally normal, I find myself more and more grateful and appreciative for the little things...
Alumni Memories, Camp, Why Summer Camp
As this goes on, my two friends and I – visitors for the weekend and longtime Kamaji campers and counselors ourselves – sit a few tables away, watching the madness ensue. Almost immediately, and quite inexplicably, all three of us have the exact same reaction: We begin to weep.
And then, as we realize we’ve all had this visceral response to the scene before us, we begin to laugh.
Camp, The Importance of Camp
“Kamaji is magical”. How many times have you heard this? How many times have you SAID this? How many times have you thought this to yourself? It is, it is truly magical. But now try to explain why. It’s hard!! Because for us Kamaji girls, it just IS. Maybe it is the...
Camp, The Importance of Camp, Why Summer Camp
The following is a post written by our longtime camper and counselor, Jessica Kubert, who graduates from high school this year and is off to college. But first, she’ll spend another summer at Kamaji as a cabin counselor and fishing instructor! Fourth grade was...