Camp Kupugani Blog
Terrific Tuesday!
We started off the day by waking up in the cabins after a good night’s sleep. Everyone was up by 7 to shower, brush their teeth, and get dressed for the day before heading to morning circle. For breakfast we had scrambled eggs, bagels, cereal, and fruit. After breakfast, we broke into our cabin groups to take care of our chores. Then we met with our teams and did some trust exercises and team building activities to prepare for the more challenging ones to come later in the week. After […]
Magnificent Monday with the Girls
On this Magnificent Monday, the campers started off the day with a community gathering at morning circle. For breakfast, we had pancakes, sausage, juice, and fruit! Cabins did their daily chores before splitting off into teams to do some team building activities and reflective discussions. After teams, the campers enjoyed Free to Learn in Walnut Grove, with a chance to explore, hang out with those in different cabins and play games. They also build some pretty impressive forts! For lunch we had Sloppy Janes and chips and then headed to […]
Cabin Sunday Funday at Girls Camp
It’s Cabin Day! Today the campers woke up on Top Field after NUTS (Night Under The Stars) and headed to the dining hall with their cabin mates for a lazy breakfast of donuts, cereal, and yogurt. After breakfast, we gathered for Morning Circle and took camp pictures. For lunch today, the cabins hiked to different parts of camp and took sandwiches and chips with them to have a picnic. During their lunchtime, each cabin worked on a cabin song and skits and performed them on stage in the rec hall […]
A Super Soccer Saturday
On this Super Saturday, the counselors defeated the campers in a close match in the staff vs. campers soccer game. The counselors took a quick two-goal lead, but the campers battled back to make it only a one-goal deficit before halftime. In the second half, after the counselors again opened up a two-goal cushion, the campers made a frenzied comeback to get within one at 3-2, with not much time left. Even given a spirited last-minute comeback spree, the campers couldn’t quite find the back of the net to equalize […]
Fabulous Friday!
We started off the day by waking up in the cabins after a good night’s sleep. Everyone was up by 7 to shower, brush their teeth, and get dressed for the day before heading to morning circle. Today, our senior 14/15 year old campers got to run camp for the day! They led our morning circle, camp songs, and took care of all of the announcements throughout the day. For breakfast we had English muffins, bacon, and eggs. After breakfast, we broke into our cabin groups to take care of […]
A Terrific Thursday!
On this Terrific Thursday, all of the campers woke up around 7 and got ready for the day. They headed to morning circle and then enjoyed a breakfast of eggs, oranges, and Natasha’s renowned coffee cake – always a very big hit among the campers. After some camp chores, the campers broke into their teams for team-building activities including lineups, stand ups, and hula-hoop passes. Each of these activities required trust and communication, which helped the campers better connect with their peers. After team time, the campers did a “nature […]
Wonderful Wednesday at Girls Camp!
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 […]
Terrific Tuesday at Girls Camp!
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, […]
A Fun First Full Day of Girls Camp
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 […]
A Great First Day of Girls Camp!
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 […]
Last Full Day of Session 2
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 […]
Terrific Thursday!
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 […]