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Counselor Interview: Sunshine

As we get closer to camp, I thought it would be a good idea to get to know some of our counselors both new and returning.  Today we have the wonderful opportunity to hear from Sunshine, a returning counselor who spent her first her at CKIU in the purple unit.  Find out why Sunshine joined [...]

We’re Halfway There!

As of January 28th we are officially 6 months from the start of camp!!! All of our counselors and coordinators are working extremely hard to plan camp and to make it even better/more magical than last year.  Here are some milestones and memories from the past couple months of planning: A successful Make the Magic [...]

I Am Thankful for CK Because…

As we are coming out of our Thanksgiving food comas and getting into the Holiday season I thought it would be a great time to think about the impact that Camp Kesem has on all of our lives and give thanks to the magic of camp.  So, I asked our counselors to state what about [...]

2012 Camp Kesem National Summit, According to Shammy

This past weekend, our coordinator team traveled north to Michigan in order to attend the 2012 CK Summit: a national conference that included coordinators from every single Camp Kesem campus in the country.  For this week’s blog post I have a special treat, one of CKIU’s student support coordinators was willing to write about his [...]

A Great Kesem Weekend

And oh what a great Camp Kesem weekend it was!  This past weekend we had a couple great events: the first CKIU Scavenger Hunt and our first reunion of the year. The Scavenger Hunt was our first social event of the year for our counselors and prospective counselors.  We are hoping that these events can [...]

Belated CKIU Blog Introduction

Welcome back to the CKIU blog!!! With all of the excitement around the beginning of the school year and the start of a new year of Camp Kesem I completely forgot to introduce myself and this blog.  For that I am sorry, but that’s why I am here now. My name is Hobbes (aka Steve [...]

First Camp Kesem Meeting of the Year

On this past Monday, the 2012-2013 CKIU year officially got started with our call-out meeting.  After a successful turnout at the student involvement fair the previous week, we had a packed room for the call-out meeting. There was a combination of returning counselors and prospective members at the meeting and after watching a couple videos [...]