The Staff Have Arrived!

Saturday afternoon Camp Heart Connection Sibling Staff arrived at camp to prepare for Sibling Campers on Sunday! The staff has a great time catching up with friends and sharing summer stories before training classes started.

Staff covered a variety of topics including a duty of care course and how to specifically meet the needs of siblings.

The 2012 Camp Heart Connection Sibling Staff have a diverse background. Many were past sibling campers themselves, others oncology campers, and lots working in the medical field. What they all have in common however, is the desire to make Camp Heart Connection a week Sibling Campers will never forget a place where they will be center stage.

Afternoon training was followed by an all staff dinner from Hickory Park. Here necklaces with the Camp Heart Connection bead were given to first year staff members. Their necklaces will continue to grow with beads each week they spend at Camp Heart Connection. T-shirts were given to staff celebrating their 5 and 10 week milestones at camp. 

The biggest recognition of the night went to Camp Health Director, Phil Lee. Phil was honored with the Spirit of Camp Award for his many years of service and dedication to Camp Heart Connection. The Spirit of Camp Award is given to one staff member who has been nominated by their peers each week of camp.

After dinner staff prepared their cabins for campers and had the first camp fire of the week. Everyone is excited to welcome campers tomorrow afternoon.