66 and Counting!

That's right, there are just 66 days until the greatest time of the year - camp season! With summer so close there are a lot of projects on our to do lists and a lot of great things that we are planning for.

March started our registration season for camp and a lot of families took advantage of our March Madness early registration incentive and signed up for the entire summer! Talk about really cool and getting ready for the summer. Nothing really says get camp here quicker than families signing up for the entire summer in March.

Now that April Break is over the time will just fly by and before you know it 66 days will have passed in what seemed like 66 seconds and camp will be underway creating lifelong memories every single day for every single camper!

A lot of the staff have already told us that they will be coming back for another great summer and I can't wait to get the summer started. We do have some staff that are moving on from our camp family and we wish them all the best with thier future endeavors. With these members of our camp family moving on to help change lives in other areas and venues we can start adding to our current camp family. If you are interested or know someone that might be interested in joing our camp staff family feel free to apply! Applications can be downloaded at the Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs website http://www.southington-cheshireymca.org/ymca%20camp%20quinnipiac.html.

With camp so close on the horizion we have had a few special things going on to really promote camp. The last Friday or March and the first Friday of April there were camp days at Highland Elementary School and Norton Elementary School. On Friday, April 24th & Friday, May 1st there will be camp days at Doolittle Elementary School and Chapman Elementary School. The camp days are great fun for all that are there. Pat Rosin from YMCA Camp Sloper and myself show up to the schools during after care, hand out popsicles (because on Fridays at camp it is always popsicle day!) and then everyone gets their chance at one of YMCA Camp Quinnipiacs greatest features...the big moonbounce!

YMCA Camp Quinnipiac's last open house for this season will be on Saturday, May 16th at Chapman Elementary School from 1-3pm. There will be some fun activities, some tours of where things will be at camp and of course that great moonbounce will be there as well! If you have questions about YMCA Camp Quinnipiac or if you have questions in general about camp please e-mail Mike Tedesco at mtedesco@southington-cheshireymca.org.

Enjoy the rest of the school year and the final 66 days before the summer officially gets started!

Coach Mike