Christmas!

Hey Campers,

Have you ever thought about what Kanuga is like during the winter? Well, here is your chance! CHRISTMAS AT KANUGA is an awesome way for you and your family to spend your Christmas vacation. Talk about it with your family; I highly recommend it. Hot chocolate, singing, hanging out by the fire, hiking… it is all the good Christmas stuff with Kanuga as the location.

Hope to see you there!

-Brad

It has been a while...

Sorry that it has been so long since my last post. I have been on vacation for the last two weeks so I hope you understand. I had a great vacation to Selma, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida. I was lucky enough to avoid two hurricanes.

Anyway...much to report from camp.

We are about 55 registered campers and trailblazers ahead of where we were at this same time last year. Very exciting in my book!

Most of our staff have settled back in to campus life at their various colleges and high schools. I have heard from a few people and so far it seems to be a great semester. In the next few days, Emily Boone will be moving to FRANCE!

I am about to start working on the camp brochure so that will be keeping me busy over the next few weeks. Robert Haden has agreed to make it again. He designed it last year and made our camp t-shirt this year. Be excited for a cool brochure though, it is looking like it is going to be one of the best we have ever seen.

I will post another update soon.

Good blogging with you!

-Brad

Promotion!

It is my pleasure to announce (via Camp Blog) that Nicole Bentley, Camp Kanuga's registrar since 2006, has been promoted to Director of Client Development for Kanuga Conferences, Inc.

Nicole has been the voice of Camp Kanuga for many new and veteran parents and while we are not saying goodbye, I would like to lead the camp community in thanking her for her service to Camp Kanuga.

In her new role, Nicole will be working with new groups who will be using Kanuga as their meeting space. She is excited to be able to expose so many new people to Kanuga and will be working hard to ensure they have a positive experience.

Thank you Nicole!

Happy Birthday Josh A.

Campers,
Help me in wishing Josh Archbold, counselor from this summer, a very happy 19th birthday!

-Brad

What a great 2008 season!

"Happy that it happened, sad that it is over..."

I remember hearing that phrase a lot as a child growing up here at Camp Kanuga. We shared so many amazing times at CK in 2008. I always get choked up in thinking about the end of a camp season...in fact I cried during my closing speech during Session 5. As I talked to the campers about how they will be saying goodbye to their friends, I thought about how I would be saying goodbye to three of my good camp friends at the conclusion of this summer.

Tee Leitner, Emily Boone and Michaela Curtis have come to mean a lot to me over the last 5 years. I remember them well from 2003 when they were Junior Counselors. They recently graduated from college and now as they have just completed their service to camp, they will be moving on not knowing when they will be back. Hopefully soon! Hopefully often!

I am also sad to see this staff go. What an amazing group of people! We had our staff banquet last night where we announced that Katherine Sheetz and Richard Allred were voted as Outstanding Female and Male Counselors for the summer of 2008. Their work, as well as the work of the rest of the staff was unparalleled in my opinion. This was the best staff I have worked with in my eight years on staff.

But as we say goodbye, I get to reflect on the positive things that happened this summer. Sunday Shine rocked, Fran McKendree brought it too, Badhair told amazing stories (he even told his famous "Soap" story as a personal favor). We added a new environmental program area and welcomed 597 campers to experience what Camp Kanuga had to offer.

All in all......one of the best summers ever!

-Brad