Texas A&M Blog
Apr 8, 2013
Howdy! My name is Louie Elizondo (or Rafiki at camp) and I am a senior Bachelor of Science in Psychology major from San Antonio, Texas. I transferred here to Texas A&M in the Spring of 2011 and right away I received an email from Camp Kesem about applying to be a counselor. This was not [...]
Feb 15, 2013
Howdy! My name is Victoria or as my campers like to call me “encore”. I am a junior early childhood education major here at Texas A&M University. Being at A&M has been a wonderful experience. Having two parents that are Aggie graduates I knew I was destined to be an Aggie. While being at A&M [...]
Feb 2, 2013
Howdy all, Iceman here. I’m the proudest member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie graduating class of 2012 (Whoop!) and a 2 year alumni of Camp Kesem. If you’re reading this, you are probably wondering what Camp Kesem is all about. Well before I answer your questions, I have a quick QA of my own (since [...]
Dec 4, 2012
Howdy! My name is Emil Stavinoha, but around Camp Kesem I’m better known as “Lime.” I’m a former student of Texas A&M University after graduating with my degree in Electrical Engineering. Previous blogs have mentioned “veteran” counselors, and I’m one of those having done Camp Kesem for the past two summers. Veteran sounds much better [...]
Nov 15, 2012
Howdy!!! My name is Adriana Khalil aka Winston, a sophomore business major here at Texas A&M University (A-A-A-A-A!!!), and more than proud to share my Camp Kesem TAMU story. Last year as a freshman I was sitting in my dorm with my roommates when one of [...]
Nov 3, 2012
Howdy! My name is Ashley Buchly, but most people with Camp Kesem call me Bingo I am currently a Senior Interdisciplinary Studies major at Texas A&M, and I would like to share with you my story on how Camp Kesem has affected my life. At the beginning of 2012, I received a general, campus-wide e-mail [...]
Oct 18, 2012
This is the first entry of our counselor blog series in which our counselors take time to share his or her unique experiences with Camp Kesem. Today’s entry is by Caitlin “Squirrel” Laneri, who served as a camp counselor for her second summer this year and is currently serving on our executive board as a [...]
Aug 19, 2012
Our day 4 fiesta was a hit! We made water bottle maracas, played crab soccer, and had a really fun scavenger hunt through the camp! We ended the day with a visit from the chemistry roadshow – making elephant toothpaste, setting money on fire, made a gummy bear dance, and made balloons explode!! The kids [...]
Aug 16, 2012
Our jungle themed Day 3 was a blast!! We had a jungle relay, made jungle animal pet rocks, and played kickball! We also had SO much fun on the blob at the lake! We finished the day with a very memorable and moving Empowerment program. PS: We have very slow internet connection so we [...]
Aug 16, 2012
HOWDY! We’ve been super busy and having SO MUCH FUN! We spent the day in the Wild Wild West – playing sheriff and bandits capture the flag, making our own sheriff vests in arts and crafts, and going on a nature walk! We ended the day with a funny counselor fashion show.