Hey, Camp Fans!

About a month ago, I started asking our customers and Blog readers to share your camp stories with us. We got nearly 30 entries so we’re excited to share them with our Blog followers. Everyone who submitted got $15 gift certificates and seven lucky winners got larger prizes of $25, $50, and the grand prize of $100. I’m announcing the first of the $25 winners today—right now. Drumroll, please….

Congratulations to Taylor P.! You’re the first of our $25 prize winners for your Camp Story!

Taylor tells us about her summer at“I like summer camp because it is lots of fun at Camp Mystic with all the activities like camp craft, horseback riding, drama, and swimming. In drama we did a play called Lizzie Mcguire. It was really fun because I was Fronkas’ helper. We also got to play some fun acting games. In horseback riding we went down some very beautiful trails and in the ring we practiced for a horse show. I had to carry a tennis ball under my neck and walk around a barrel, then a pole, and then another barrel with bucket on top to put the tennis ball in. There’s the same thing but with a bow and arrow and you have to balance it on your arms.

 In camp craft we got to tie dye t-shirts. I tie dyed mine royal blue, turquoise and yellow. We also hiked up to Sky High and saw the ‘Mystic’ sign there. There was a little shade area that was nice because it was really hot that day. We also hiked up to God’s mountain. You could see the whole camp. It was awesome! We also made banana boats and orange cakes. A banana boat is where you cut a banana open and stuff it with marshmallows and chocolate chips, then put it on the grill. An orange cake is where you hollow an orange and put cake batter in it and put it on the grill. I got a spoon full of batter for each time I massaged a counselor! They were delish!

We also got to see some cool animals. During instructional swim and free swim we got to go on some really cool water mats and awesome buoys. In instructional swim we did some strokes and we had extra time so we got to go on the water mats. In free swim we did water mats and the buoys were so fun.

That was about it for my activities, next is about the tribes. There are two tribes, Tonks and Kiowas. I am a Kiowa and I wanted to be a Kiowa. Kiowas color is royal blue and Tonks are red. How you get your tribe is you draw out of a hat and if you get a blue piece of paper you’re a Kiowa and if you draw a red piece of paper you’re a Tonk. Then the older girls pick you up and run you down the aisle and put you in your tribe. There is tribe hill and tribe period. Tribe hill is where you have a secret song that you can’t tell the other tribe and if you follow your tribe training rules you get your tribe letter and tribe period is where you cheer for your team. There are tribe games on field day and one of the games for most points is KT trivia. You have to study for it. Kiowas won that game this year and the other game is the camp relay race. Kiowas also won that game, but the Tonks won a lot of the tribe games. But the Kiowas won this year!

On Sundays you have church. On the second Sunday you exchange warm fuzzes which are little fuzz balls. Its about giving and not expecting something back. The food there is so good you get ice cream every lunch and you get dessert every dinner. When your parents come to get you, a buffet brunch is set up. You get two hours to rest, then it’s commissary which is where you mail your letters and you get to get a drink and snack. The counselors are awesome and the people are so nice at camp Mystic. It’s awesome. I cant wait to go back next year!”

Thanks again for your submission, Taylor! Check out Camp Mystic for yourself! Tune in tomorrow to hear our next $25 winner and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Campers!

Here at Everything Summer Camp, we really want to know how your summer camp stay went! That’s why we’re asking for submissions about your summer camp stay. In mid-July, I asked you to send us letters about your accomplishments, friends, fears that were overcome, favorite parts of camp, or a diary/journal-style submission that chronicles the jam-packed days of your camp experience. And now, at the end of August, there’s no time to dally anymore! Only six days left, the deadline for these summer camp submissions is next week Monday! Get ‘em in now!

In case you forgot: Everybody who submits gets a $15 gift certificate to Everything Summer Camp!

Seven random winners will be chosen. Our first randomized winner will receive a $100 gift card for our website. We’ll then randomly pick two more winners to receive $50 gift cards to our site. After that, four random winners will get our $25 gift cards. Everyone else who submits will get the $15 gift cards.

As I advised last month when first announcing these children’s submissions, if you should find it difficult to single in on just one part of camp among all the fun the likely stretched from the beginning of camp to the end, here are some ideas:

Write about the one thing you did that was the most fun. Tell about things you learned whether they’re athletic skills, artistic skills, thinking skills, etc. Share stories about the great people and friends you made at camp. Describe how it felt to be away from home. Exercise your creative muscle and talk about the beautiful, natural surroundings you saw at camp.

In your submissions, we encourage you to talk about your camp and why you think it’s the best. Please include your first name and your last name’s initial, what camp you visited, and how long you’ve been going to camp.

We would love to hear about your time at camp, so click RIGHT HERE to submit and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Campers!

How was your summer camp stay? Here, at Everything Summer Camp, we REALLY want to know! Tell us about your accomplishments, friends that you made, any fears that you were able to overcome, or you can tell us your favorite part about your summer camp experience. Submit a written entry that will appear on this Blog and a have a chance to WIN!

You may have had so much fun and done so much at camp that you’re not really sure where to even begin. It’s understandable! There’s certainly a lot going on at camp! If this is the case for you—I’m here to help…You could write about the one thing you did that was the most fun. You could tell about things you learned whether they’re athletic skills, artistic skills, thinking skills, etc. You could share stories about the great people and friends you made at camp. You could describe how it felt to be away from home. You could exercise your creative muscle and talk about the beautiful, natural surroundings you saw at camp.

Or—if none of these things spark the inspiration that you’re looking for—you could write a diary or journal-style submission, chronicling the jam-packed days of your summer camp experience as best as you can remember it.

In your submissions, we encourage you to talk about YOUR camp and why you think it’s the BEST. Please include your first name and your last name’s initial, what camp you visited, and how long you’ve been going to camp.

Whether you write something that’s 100 words or 1000, we’ll certainly accept this submission and use it on the Blog but,if you’re looking for a guideline of how long this should be, we’re looking for something around 200 words.

You have until August 31 to submit your entries.

Everybody who submits gets a $15 gift certificate to Everything Summer Camp!

Seven random winners will be chosen. Our first randomized winner will receive a $100 gift card for our website. We’ll then randomly pick two more winners to receive $50 gift cards to our site. After that, four random winners will get our $25 gift cards. Everyone else who submits will get the $15 gift cards.

We’d LOVE to hear about your time at camp! Click RIGHT HERE to submit and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John