A Typical Day in our Day Camp Program

Below is a story of a "typical day" at Outpost for our Day Camp Program. When you are finished reading the story, the links at the bottom will guide you to more information on our programs, philosophy, and Summer 2012 information!

At Outpost Summer Camps, your day begins with a friendly "Toot Toot" by your familiar Outpost driver. They greet you by name as you and the other campers in your neighborhood climb on the van. Everyone starts singing camp songs and your van's Junior Counselor soon starts the exciting game Sweet and Sour and Shark attack!

When you get to camp, you see that many of your friends from your group are already sitting on the logs with your Counselors. It's time for Morning Campfire and a silly game of Blitz! As you answer trivia, perform tricks, sing songs and watch the skits that start out the day, you can't help wondering what adventures lay ahead for you and your group. After a few name games, your group decides on the group name "The Smiling Hippos" based on your group's favorite song that you just can't stop singing!

After Blitz, your group hides their prized flag somewhere at camp so that no one else is able to find it, else your group owe them a watermelon. Soon after, your Counselor excitedly tells you another group, Mongo Bongo, has challenged you to a game of Jedi Dodgeball. After ending in a "crazy camp tie", your groups decide to team up and become Allies for the day. The two groups enjoy lunch together, planning the BEST skit for Afternoon Campfire imaginable.

After an amazing hike surrounded by the natural wildlife in the Preserve, your group splits from Mongo Bongo and discovers a perfect spot for your fort! You create a secret area and sit down in a circle where no one can possibly see you and enjoy lunch with your friends. After lunch, everyone pairs up in the fort to build a store, a living room, and pizza shop. Suddenly, another group is heard in the distance and everyone quickly retreats to their hiding spot. After they pass by, the group decides to put everything back just the way it was so no one will ever know the fort exists! No one is sneakier than the Smiling Hippos!

Once you get back to camp, it's straight to the van and off to pool- perfect on such a hot day. You have a choice today between playing with your friends and counselors in a big game of Sharks and Minnows or swimming the seven more laps you need to earn your Orca badge. You decide to work on your laps because you hope to have the most in all of camp. At the end, the counselors organize a huge Marco Polo game - and you are not tagged a single time!

After Pool, you return to camp and there is just enough time for archery, snack and practicing the skit you have been planning all week for campfire. Suddenly it's time for Afternoon Campfire, and the director calls your group up to boast about your amazing adventurous day and amaze everyone with your super funny skit! The best part is laughing afterwards with all your new friends. Everyone LOVED it!

You still can't believe what a great day it has been for you and your friends as you climb aboard your camp van. You know you'll have a good time on the van ride home, sharing stories with the campers from other groups, singing camp songs, and trying to figure out where everyone else's flag is hidden while keeping your own flag's location a well guarded secret. When the van gets to your house and it's time to say goodbye, you grab your swim badge and can't wait to tell your family about your exciting day!