Kevin Gordon

On this Wonderful Wednesday, our early birds woke up at 6 am for a session of morning 9-square. For breakfast we enjoyed some french toast and turkey sausages. After breakfast we broke off into teams and discussed the importance of using “I” statements rather than “you” statements. We also came up with skits to practice using I statements and The Clean Up (a way to take ownership for our actions and the impact they have on others). After teams we had about an hour of “Free to Learn” time. Free […]

We started off the day by waking up in the cabins after a good night’s sleep. Our early bird campers woke up at 6 am again, this time for a game of soccer. Everyone was up by 7 to shower, brush their teeth, and get dressed for the day before heading to morning circle and breakfast. Breakfast today was bagels and eggs. After breakfast, we broke into our cabin groups to take care of our chores. Then we met with our teams and did some reflective activities about our values, […]

We started off the day by waking up in the cabins after a good night’s sleep. Some early bird campers woke up at 6 am for a morning nature walk and others slept in until it was officially time to get ready for the day. Once the early birds returned to their cabins and everyone was awake, they took showers and brushed their teeth. After everyone got dressed, we headed down to our morning circle. There we shared the quote of the day and asked the campers to share their […]

Today we welcomed our wonderful campers through a drive-through check in. They checked in meds, unloaded their luggage, and, of course, got tested for Covid… #PandemicLife. After the girls said goodbye to their families, we took them to their cabins to get settled in. There, they figured out their sleeping arrangements and met their new cabin mates.They spent some time there waiting for everyone to arrive, playing name games and getting familiar with each other. After all of the campers arrived and settled in, we met at Top Field for […]

So the sun goes down on the last full day of another amazing session at Camp Kupugani. We started our day by heading down to our morning circle and then to the dining hall for a breakfast of bagels, scrambled eggs and bananas. We spent our last session with our teams working together to build firepits, fires, and bridges across small bodies of water. After a lunch of sandwiches, spinach salad, and sun chips, we headed to siesta. During camptivities today we had a pool party to celebrate the end […]

We had quite the eventful and Terrific Thursday today! We started off with a hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs, cinnamon rolls, and fruit salad. After we ate, we took care of some camp chores, and then the teams spent the morning building forts and shelters to protect themselves from the Zombie Apocalypse. Spoiler Alert: the campers all made it. After a tasty lunch of locally-raised beef burgers, chips, and spinach salad, the camp enjoyed Siesta before getting ready to start the Kupu-Olympics! We split the staff and campers up into Team […]

Today was Backwards Day here at ampC inagupuK! The campers showed up to Morning Circle (er…correction, for the Goodnight Song) with their shirts and hats on backwards. They said good evening in the morning and good morning in the evening. They had dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner. They even tried talking backwards! (some more successfully than others…). In our teams, we discussed what it means to be aware of our biases as well as the barriers we could break if we were able to acknowledge them, and keep […]

On this Terrific Tuesday, the campers woke up at 7 am as usual. They headed down to our morning circle and enjoyed a breakfast of eggs, bagels, and fruit salad. In our teams this morning, we began our unit on social awareness. We did a voiceless roll-call and an activity called “No Words” in order to help campers notice the importance of paying attention to others around them and give them an opportunity to practice their non-verbal communication skills. For lunch we had chicken sandwiches, Doritos (if it’s Nacho Cheese, […]

On this Marvelous Monday, the campers woke up at 7 AM as usual. They headed down to our morning circle and enjoyed a breakfast of pancakes, turkey sausage, and fruit. In our teams this morning, we went over our unit on Self-expression and gender. With activities like “Gender in Characters” and “What makes a family,” campers learned how to share and express themselves, as well as learn about gender. For lunch we had Sloppy Janes and sweet potato fries. After some chill time at Siesta, we went off to our […]

Today started off with the camp waking up from sleep after their night under the stars. It’s Cabin Day! Cabins enjoyed a sleep in given lazy breakfast anywhere between 8-10am. Breakfast was donuts! After breakfast, we had our Morning Circle ending with camp pictures. Today’s lunch was a cabin hike and picnic lunch in different parts of camp. During their lunch time, each cabin worked on a cabin song and skits, performed after dinner. Cabin activities today were cabin choice and not regular camptivities–to help the campers and counselors bond. […]

On this Super Saturday, the counselors and campers played a closely contested match in the staff vs. campers soccer game. The staff took an immediate lead, but couldn’t hold onto it as the campers tied it up soon thereafter. In the second half, the campers took the lead 2-1, and held off the counselors’ desperate efforts to tie the game. Finally, with no time left on the watch of the (humble, yet excellent) referee, a penalty kick was called against the campers. Despite a heroic effort by the camper goalie, […]

We started off the day by waking up in the cabins after a good night’s sleep. Our early bird campers woke up at 6 am again, this time for a few rounds of 9 square on Top Field. Everyone was up by 7 to shower, brush their teeth, and get dressed for the day before heading to morning circle and breakfast. After breakfast, we broke into our cabin groups to take care of our chores. Then we met with our teams and did some reflective activities about our values, backgrounds, […]