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| Black Beards |
With
December being a very wet & humid month & most of us wondering where
summer was, Treasure Island Camp looked likely to be a washout. But this didn’t seem to deter parents &
children from registering early and camp was almost full 2 weeks before it even
started. We ended up with 43 children
and could have taken only 5 more girls to reach our maximum numbers. We had 5 student leaders & about 6 adult
helpers. We really struggled to get
student leaders this time and we had to go ahead with only 1 in each
cabin. It was very hard for them, but
they did a great job. We would ideally
like to have 2 in each cabin (total of 4 boys & 4 girls) for every camp.
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| Blue Bounty |
We had beautiful
weather, the children made new friends & went home tired out after spending
5 sunny days using the confidence course, a 20 metre waterslide, numerous
games, a bush walk, a beach trip, chapel times & loads of other fun
including finding out about where our real treasure comes from.
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| Silver Swords |
It was
great to see the community backing what we are doing by sponsoring and
referring children to come to camp. We
also saw more adult helpers willing to help out in the kitchen and running the
program. It was also lovely to have the
support again of family with one brother even coming all the way from Australia
to speak & help out.
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| Gold Galleons |
Each camp
has been an unknown when it comes to the financial side of things, but it was
great to see Shackleton’s Pharmacy sponsor us with a generous amount of
sunscreen to keep the children protected. Special thanks also goes to St Mary’s
Community Church in Pukenui who donated toward a set of leaders caps. And we are always grateful for the Northland
Age who promotes community activities such as these holiday camps.
We are
looking into maybe registering as a charitable trust, and actively seeking some
funding and business sponsorship. If
there are other businesses in the community who would like to sponsor various
items for next camp, then please contact us.
We would
also like to see more sponsorship of children, especially from the churches in
our local area.
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| Treasure Island Camp |
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