Oh, I Can't Sit Down...

“Oh, I can’t sit down. Oh, I can’t sit down. Because all I want to do is Splash! around.”

These lyrics may explain out week of Day Camp better than anything else. Why sit down when you can visit with new friends, explore the importance of water in our everyday lives and wonder what we mean when we say living water.

For the past two years, the South Minneapolis Day Camp collaborative has been doing it ourselves. What this means is that we do not hire a camp to come in to provide staffing, curriculum and support. We rely on our faith communities to provide the leadership and support we need. It seems crazy when we first realize the number of volunteers that are needed, but we had over fifty people provide some sort of contact for Day Camp. It may have been teaching about Lydia or creating a spreadsheet of our registrations. We had a parent provide us with Monarch butterflies that were just about to enter the world and a kitchen crew that made me laugh while preparing lunch each day. We had a crew of thirteen come from Wisconsin to serve as Shepherds and others who taught games and science. 

Like I said, why would you want to sit down when you can Splash! around.