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Camp Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION A Publication of Camp Kamaji for Girls October/November 2013 I recently watched a video that is circling around online. It follows a woman around during her day: the days starts and the first thing her husband does is check his phone, she goes for a run and there is a man talking loudly on his phone while up on a beautiful hilltop, she is out with her girlfriends and they are all sitting at lunch on their phones, she walks on the beach and there is a man proposing to his girlfriend, he has a ring in one hand and an Iphone in the other, when she goes bowling with friends, no one sees her strike because they are glued to their phone screens, at a concert, all you see is a crowd of glowing smartphone screens videoing the performance... It is obvious that the biggest difference in this situation between life at home and life at camp is that we do not have phones. But perhaps the less obvious difference is what that MEANS for us at camp. ne of my favorite parts about when I visit with girls who are interested in learning about Kamaji is describing the no electricity in the cabins, no light-switches in your porch, no one-way emails, no phone calls and definitely, no cell phones. O As I describe this “lifestyle” to prospective families, I am typically sitting in a living room, lights on, in front of a laptop and a television. You can hear the vibration of someone’s cell phone in the kitchen or the delicate jingle of a text message received on an Iphone somewhere upstairs. It is very, very difficult to imagine our lives at camp at that point. How do we do it? Don’t we miss out on so much while we are away at camp? How can girls today who are so “connected” to their friends and their parents through text, Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram live without these modern conveniences? What about the birthday parties? The gossip? The jokes? All those pictures of our happy friends, we won’t be in them! When we get back home, what will we have missed? But what I know and what you girls know is absolutely true. When you are sitting on a Barnett sailing across Wolf Lake, when you’re in the middle of planning a boy-band themed lip sync, when you are singing “We want Sydney to walk through the dining room...” and when you and your porchmates can’t stop giggling after lights-off at night, you know there is absolutely no where else you would rather be. When you wake up in the morning, you roll over to tease your friend about how she better get moving because she’ll be late for table-setting, and you don’t have to. When you are jogging around the tennis courts as a warm-up, you can hear the sound of the arrows piercing the archery targets and the sounds of the counselors coaching campers up the climbing wall in the distance. When you sit down with your friends for lunch, you talk about how you fell off your paddleboard or how excited you are for Rainbow Burgers for dinner. When Lane Washburn and Lucy Behn are “marrying” Mickey and Minnie Mouse during Valentine’s Day Night, you watch, you laugh and you clap. When you hear that someone has passed a level in sailing or a Hatchery camper passed her swim test, you pound on the tables to celebrate her success. When you watch the Variety Show or the Counselor Show, you see the audience smile with pride when their friend finishes her solo on stage or laugh when their counselor is imitating them in a skit. At camp, you live in the moment. There is no other place you would rather be. At home, part of the reason you are constantly checking your phone or email is because there might be something better that is happening somewhere else. But at camp, you KNOW there is nothing better than what is happening right there, in that moment, exactly where you are. A text message cannot describe it, a SnapChat will not capture it, a witty Facebook post won’t be able to perfectly depict it and an Instagram picture certainly can’t catch it. You don’t need to relive it, you simply need to live in that moment the first time around. Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 2 October/November 2013 WHAT IS THE RAINBOW CONNECTION ?? For those of you who have never received the Rainbow Connection we would like to tell you what it’s all about. The Rainbow Connection is our way of keeping in touch with all of you during the off-season. We will be sending you a total of 5 newsletters between now and June 2014 which will contain all sorts of news relevant to Kamaji, its campers and staff. While we write the newsletter, it is really your news. So we ask that you let us know what’s happening with you so we can include info in our “Newsbits” column. You can email updates and pictures to [email protected]. There are also several other columns to which you might contribute information. We’d love to receive poems, sayings, drawings — your own or someone else’s — that fit the theme of camp. So help us make this monthly newsletter the best it can be — for everyone!! To that end, we truly appreciate your input, welcome your contributions and thank you!! THINGS WE CAN ’T FORGET KAMAJI 2014 First Session: High School Musical... Jimmy...the fishing boat rescue...Billy Bob Joe... gassy girls... O-M-Jenna... Sham Sham Minnie Mouse... tick dance... Billie the Duck... Lulu... Myrtle the Turtle... knock knock...catching the fireflies... eyebrow chalk... seeing Canada from America... Kiwi Hands... oversize Duluth pack... We hope to see all of you back with us at Kamaji next summer! Speaking of next summer — the dates for the 2014 Kamaji season are finalized and are as follows: Second Session: Mr. Squishy... self-reliance... Nutshell riff-off... 22... everyone tasting Jo’s vegemite... birthday dance party... umi-zumi... Dinosaur Thursday... hello?... flashlight time... CIT Rosie... painting the pig... candlelight dinner with Jason... wobbling... love ya!... clipboard collages... on Wednesdays we wear pink SECOND FOUR WEEK SESSION: Tuesday, July 15 – Sunday, August 10 EIGHT WEEK SEASON: Tuesday, June 17– Sunday, August 10 FIRST FOUR WEEK SESSION: Tuesday, June 17 – Sunday, July 13 We have e-mailed this information along with the link to the 2014 Kamaji Enrollment Form to your parents. You can also find this same info on the bottom of Kamaji’s homepage at www.kamaji.com. All camper openings will be on a firstcome, first-serve basis for both returning and new campers. If you or your parents have questions about this please give us a call. P.S. LIT Info for 2013 Pine Manor “grads” were emailed earlier this week. Check your email boxes! A WORD ABOUT ENROLLMENT CAMP KAMAJI FOR GIRLS SUMMER ADDRESS WINTER ADDRESS 32054 Wolf Lake Road Cass Lake, Minnesota 56633 Phone 218.335.6612 PO Box 12500 Chicago, IL 60612 Phone 218.556.1805 www.kamaji.com Kat Martin & Jason Nelson Owners/Directors [email protected] [email protected] Mike & Kathy Jay Co-Directors [email protected] [email protected] 2014 is already shaping up to be another great summer. Enrollment is off and running with 187 spots already filled for next summer. We have no doubt that Kamaji 2014 will fill up quickly! See below for a list of enrolled Kamaji campers- is your name on the list yet?! If you are wanting to be assured a camper place at Kamaji next summer, we urge you to enroll now!! Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 3 October/November 2013 AY!!! We can hardly believe that it is only October 2014 and we are already more than half full for the summer!! Following is a list of all Kamaji campers — both returnees and first-year campers for 2014 — who are already signed up for camp: Y EIGHT W EEK CAM PERS Abbey Alderman (3rd summer) from Tulsa, OK Sydney Aronson (5th summer) from Deerfield, IL Sofie Bogucki (4th summer) from Purcellville, VA Sarah Devereux (4th summer) from Boulder, CO Maddie Fisher (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Ryan Foreman (4th summer) from Chicago, IL Cora Galpern (4th summer) from Denver, CO Alyssa Kahn (3rd summer) from Northbrook, IL Emily Miller (8th summer) from Chesterfield, MO Sara Moore (5th summer) from Wildwood, MO Maggie Morison (5th summer) from Highland Park, IL Shayna Rosenbloom (7th summer) from Nashville, TN Adena Rosenbloom (4th summer) from Nashville, TN Sydney Rothenberg (3rd summer) from Deerfield, IL Yas Salon (5th summer) from New Albany, OH Rosie Salzer (2nd summer) from Northbrook, IL Jacqueline Steel (5th summer) from Winnetka, IL Hannah Suffian (5th summer) from Saint Louis, MO Lila Taylor (3rd summer) from Clayton, MO Maddie Thall (4th summer) from Deerfield, IL Caroline Timoney (4th summer) from Wyndmoor, PA Eva Timoney (4th summer) from Wyndmoor, PA Sloane Ward (3rd summer) from Northbrook, IL Chloe Wasserstrom (5th summer) from Columbus, OH Annie Rose Winkler (4th summer) from Philadelphia, PA Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 4 October/November 2013 FIRST SESSION CAM PERS Rhese Abrams (2nd summer) from Chicago, IL Emma Barnes (5th summer) from St. Louis, MO Sissel Batey (5th summer) from Bloomfield Hills, MI Josephine Berler (3rd summer) from San Francisco, CA Zoe Bernstein (1st summer) from Chicago, IL Josie Clark (4th summer) from Boulder, CO Lanie Cohen (7th summer) from Highland Park, IL Posey Cohen (5th summer) from Evanston, IL Grace Conrad (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Averi Eisen (5th summer) from Englewood, CO Isabella Finley (5th summer) from Columbia, MO Lillian Fleisher (4th summer) from Highland Park, IL Alex Fleisher (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Sabrina Fleishman (2nd summer) from Deerfield, IL Sawyer Fleishman (4th summer) from Deerfield, IL Sydney Fleishman (4th summer) from Deerfield, IL Claire Flora (2nd summer) from Bexley, OH Lucy Gallun (3rd summer) from Evanston, IL Maya Galpern (2nd summer) from Denver, CO Caroline Glaser (4th summer) from Wynnewood, PA Devon Glaser (2nd summer) from Wynnewood, PA Callen Griffin (5th summer) from Chicago, IL Lucy Groover (4th summer) from Wynnewood, PA Rachel Herz (2nd summer) from Boulder, CO Molly Herz (2nd summer) from Boulder, CO Moriah Hirsh (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Elise Hocking (5th summer) from Wyndmoor, PA Adelaide Hocking (4th summer) from Wyndmoor, PA Clara Hocking (4th summer) from Wyndmoor, PA Haley Horowitz (5th summer) from St. Louis, MO Maya Keren (2nd summer) from Wyndmoor, PA Emily Klein (3rd summer) from Austin, TX Lexi “Links” Markham (5th summer) from Canton, GA Sophie “Sinks” Markham (1st summer) from Canton, GA Julia Peksa (4th summer) from Cedarburg, WI Annie Rhoades (3rd summer) from Saint Louis, MO Sylvie Rich (2nd summer) from Portland, OR Annie Rogula (2nd summer) from Glenview, IL Edie Salk (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Rachel Sanders (2nd summer) from Chicago, IL Cara Savin (3rd summer) from Wilmette, IL Gracie Sclamberg (4th summer) from Highland park, IL Jessica Scott (3rd summer) from Washington D.C. Emma Shearburn (3rd summer) from Saint Louis, MO Catherine Steel (1st summer) from Winnetka, IL Anna Steinmeyer (4th summer) from Highland Park, IL Sara Steinmeyer (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Phoebe Stern (2nd summer) from Nashville, IL Sarah Suffian (3rd summer) from Saint Louis, MO Bella Swan (4th summer) from Fort Myers, FL Sophie Thall (3rd summer) from Deerfield, IL Caden Traversari (4th summer) from Philadelphia, PA Molly Weinberg (5th summer) from Chicago, IL Ruby Weiss (3rd summer) from Cherry Hills Village, CO Stella Weiss (2nd summer) from Cherry Hills Village, CO Ella Whalen (4th summer) from Marquette, MI Ellie Wilson (2nd summer) from Bexley, OH Paola Zambrano (3rd summer) from Garza Garcia, MX Andrea Zerbe (7th summer) from Edina, MN Daisy Zirlin (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 5 October/November 2013 SECOND SESSION CAM PERS Sydney Ackerman (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Sara Addis (7th summer) from Deerfield, IL Jessica Apple (2nd summer) from Deerfield, IL Lindsey Apple (1st summer) from Deerfield, IL Cammi Avery (2nd summer) from Glencoe, IL Sammie Axelbum (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Sunny Axelbum (1st summer) from Chicago, IL Jane Beeler (2nd summer) from Menlo Park, CA Mary Beeler (1st summer) from Menlo Park, CA Olivia Blonsky (3rd summer) from St. Charles, IL Jenny Braverman (7th summer) from Saint Louis, MO Nikki Brownell (2nd summer) from Deerfield, IL Alexis Burton (2nd summer) from Glencoe, IL Mia Burton (2nd summer) from Glencoe, IL Maya Cohen (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Izzy Cohen (5th summer) from Highland Park, IL Caroline Combs (5th summer) from Los Angeles, CA Peyton Cox (4th summer) from Chicago, IL Campbell Cox (1st summer) from Chicago, IL Ellie Eisenberg (4th summer) from Glenview, IL Izzy Fears (2nd summer) from Lees Summit, MO Beth Fisher (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Leilani Fitzpatrick (4th summer) from Chevy Chase, MD Bella Friedman (2nd summer) from Glencoe, IL Olivia Garg (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Grace Green (5th summer) from Mission Hills, KS Kathryn Hemmer (2nd summer) from Glencoe, IL Emily Hesby (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Caroline Hohner (2nd summer) from Chicago, IL Molly Jones (5th summer) from Deerfield, IL Lizzie Kalt (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Ella Kanter (4th summer) from Evanston, IL Ella Kaplan (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Sydney Kaplan (4th summer) from Deerfield, IL Josie Lambert (3rd summer) from Evanston, IL Natalie Latimer (2nd summer) from Glencoe, IL Hannah Lerner (4th summer) from Glencoe, IL Samantha Lovett (5th summer) from Chicago, IL Alya MacDonald (2nd summer) from Chicago, IL Lucy Maremont (3rd summer) from Needham, MA Meredith McGannon (2nd summer) Mission Hills, KS Georgia McKee (1st summer) from Prairie Village, KS Sofia More (2nd summer) from Chicago, IL Lindy Olderman (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Laura Parente (2nd summer) from Wayzata, MN Ellie Pazol (2nd summer) from Northbrook, IL Sophie Rhodes (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Stella Rhodes (2nd summer) from Chicago, IL Makena Richards (1st summer) from LeClaire, IA Natalie Ringel (4th summer) from Glencoe, IL Ava Robbins (1st summer) from Glencoe, IL Tatum Rosenblatt (1st summer) from Highland Park, IL Taylor Ross (2nd summer) from Encino, CA Abby Schaffer (3rd summer) from Deerfield, IL Samantha Scheinfeld (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Natalia Scheinfeld (3rd summer) from Glencoe, IL Farin Scheinfeld (1st summer) from Glencoe, IL Hannah Schwartz (3rd summer) from Deerfield, IL Margi Smith (2nd summer) from St. Louis, MO Alex Sweitzer (3rd summer) from Chicago, IL Kate Sweitzer (1st summer) from Chicago, IL Lili Szafir (2nd summer) from Mercer Island, WA Annaliese Terlesky (2nd summer) from Hidden Hills, CA Phoebe Wasserstrom (3rd summer) from Columbus, OH Wendy Wasserstrom (2nd summer) from Columbus, OH Chloe Watrous (2nd summer) from Evanston, IL Elodie Watrous (1st summer) from Evanston, IL Ariel Weil (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Lexi Weil (2nd summer) from Highland Park, IL Ella Worth (4th summer) from Glencoe, IL Rebecca Worth (5th summer) from Deerfield, IL Hailey Young (2nd summer) from Deerfield, IL Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 6 October/November 2013 Randy’s Ramblings Kamaji’s 2013 Reunion Video All the 20+ hours of video footage from this past summer will be logged and Kat will be spending time in a production studio editing all of that video into a one hour “scrapbook” of Kamaji’s Summer of 2013! As always, to keep the element of surprise, we will not pre-mail videos; rather we will give you your copy at your area camp reunion. Hello from my two week home every October, East Grand Forks Minnesota. I have taken a break from camp and gone to work the Sugar Beet Harvest for my 25th year. My brother and I take a little break from our normal jobs and meet in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota and help the farmers harvest the Sugar Beets, Fun!!! Before I left Bemidji I winterized all of camp and started work on putting new siding on the Infirmary. When you come back next year, the Infirmary will be just like a new building. Mike and Kathy departed from camp the day after I left for Grand Forks and Kat and Jason departed a few days earlier. Mike and I took out last of the docks last Friday and I am glad that we took out most of the docks a month earlier for it was a bit chilly!! Patch and Oreo are looking forward to going back to work as the security dogs of camp after relieving Charlie, Yoda and Myles from the great job they have done this past summer. The weather is still nice but is starting to get close to freezing at night. I am sure we will have snow by my next ramblings! That’s enough from me until next time. --Randy, Patch and Oreo Everyone will be receiving a copy of the 2013 Reunion Video this year. Make sure you put the reunion date on your calendar so that you can join us! We will mail your DVD to you in the mail after you city’s reunion if you are unable to make it. Speaking of reunions... REUNION SCHEDULE We are just beginning to work on scheduling dates for this year’s Kamaji reunions. BELOW IS OUR TENTATIVE REUNION SCHEDULE. As much as we would like to schedule a reunion for every city and town Kamaji’s campers live in, we can only hold reunions in those cities where we have a hosting family. So if you and your parents would like to open up your home to a group of Kamaji campers, staff members and Directors for a premiere showing of Kamaji 2013, please contact [email protected]. right away! Thank you!! CITY Chicago, IL DATE Sunday, November 10th 3:00 pm Winnetka Community House 620 Lincoln Winnetka, IL Denver, CO Sunday, November 17th Kansas City, KS Sunday, November 24th Philadelphia, PA Saturday, December 7th Atlanta, GA Sunday, December 15th Los Angeles, CA Sunday, January 5th San Francisco, CA Sunday, January 12th St. Louis, MO Sunday, February 2nd Detroit, MI TBA Boston, MA TBA Tulsa, OK TBA Nashville, TN TBA TBA — To Be Announced We’ll work on fine-tuning the exact dates and times and locations as well as other city dates as quickly as possible. We need families to volunteer to host us! Once we have a host, then we can better schedule our get-togethers! Please email [email protected] if you and your family are willing to host a reunion in your city! Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 7 October/November 2013 Spread the Word!! Camp For All Kids Kamaji continues to be a proud participant of Camp for All Kids. Camp for All Kids promotes and facilitates racial diversity by sending kids from under-served communities to overnight summer camp. One of the aspects of Kamaji that we are most proud of is the geography diversity that we have amongst our campers and staff. While we know a lot of you value Kamaji as your “best kept secret”, Kamaji relies on our campers, parents, staff and alumnae to SPREAD THE WORD about camp! We have had several families offer to host a “meet-and-greet” in their cities in order to introduce Kamaji (and your Directors!) to friends and family that have daughters of camp-age. We so appreciate this generosity and would love to travel to your city in order to participate! Please email [email protected] if you are interested in hosting a meet-and-greet and/or you know of a family that would be interested in hearing from us!! Thank you! Camp for All Kids partners with schools that help select kids who have already succeeded at school and will thrive at camp. Families tell us that this experience has opened doors and provided learning opportunities that didn't previously exist. Our campers currently come from elementary and middle schools in St. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland. Recipients may continue to receive an annual campership if they continue to meet their school's academic and citizenship standards. Many of you have generously contributed to CFAK throughout the years through holiday donations, bat mitzvah gifts and by joining us at various events and fundraisers. If you are interested learning more about CFAK, volunteering your time or in donating to this wonderful organization, please email [email protected] or call Jon Garrou at 314-910-8595. More About RC Columns... We would love to hear from YOU! Write [email protected] with ... Small world run-ins with other Kamajians. Newsbits about your accomplishments and what’s new. Poems that you have written or that might suit camp. Send us pictures of you out-and-about during your travels or visits with other Kamaji campers and staff. We would love to fill this newsletter with news about, well, YOU!! October/November Poem This month’s poem is by Phoebe Wasserstrom (age 11): “The most important thing about me is I’m a Kamaji girl. I love to play soccer and tennis. I like to listen to country music. I believe it is okay to be different. I like to be around people who accept me. I think friends are the people that accept you for who you are. I go to sleep-away camp, and I feel like myself there. My family means the world to meBut, the important thing about me is that I’m a Kamaji girl. “ Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION October/November 2013 KAMAJI KAPTURED! Page 8 Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 9 October/November 2013 ome November we’ll begin staff hiring and recruitment, prospective camp presentations and, of course, the reunion circuit. C Working from our home in Chicago is a FAR cry from the beautiful, wooded, laugh-filled camp that is our summer home. We are so looking forward to seeing you during all of our travels. And so this brings us to the close of another issue of the Rainbow Connection. You can join us in reliving the summer of 2013 at the Kamaji reunions being held throughout the country (and beyond) over the next several months. We begin the off-season’s round of Kamaji reunions on November 10th in Chicago. We look forward to seeing all of you soon at one or more of the camp reunions to be held between now and next spring. Speaking of which, your mom and dad are invited to join us at the reunions as are any other family members and/or friends you would like to invite. And remember – if your family would like to host a reunion in your city or town, please email [email protected]. n closing, Jason and I would like to say again how excited we are to be the next caretakers of Camp Kamaji. It is hard to believe that when I began as a new camper in 1993 in Cabin 1 Porch 2 that 20 years later I would have the great honor of being one of Kamaji’s owners and directors. Jason and I are so thankful for all of the support and encouragement that we have received from current and former Kamaji campers, families and staff. I We are especially fortunate and grateful that Mike and Kathy will continue to work with us so that we can “pick their brains” and learn everything there is to know about Kamaji. I am THRILLED to write for the first time in our first Rainbow Connection... Campingly yours, Kat and Jason p.s. Find the Birthday List on the next pages!! Kamaji’s RAINBOW CONNECTION Page 10 October/November 2013 O C TO BER B IR TH D AYS 1 Anbriana Guy N O VEM B ER B IR TH D AYS 1 Ella Whalen N O VEM B ER B IR TH D AYS 21 Malissa Lindsey 1 Robyn “Bobs” Busswell 23 Ashley Gimbel 3 Caroline Combs 24 Abbey Alderman 3 Isabella Finley 24 Ani Caballero 3 Hannah Suffian 24 Lillie Haddican 4 Mary Bauer 26 Aurora Vandewark 5 Emily Miller 26 Ruth Zuraw 5 Lucy Behn 27 Lillian Fleisher 6 Sarah Bronson 28 Clara Aeder 9 Marjena Sloan 7 Olivia Blonsky 28 Claire Flora 9 Eva Alessandroni 7 Annie Rogula 28 Lucy Groover 7 Meredith Goodale 28 Shayna Rosenbloom 8 Meg Neyens 28 Caroline Timoney 8 Julia Sachs 28 Eva Timoney 13 Sam Lovett 29 Cara Savin 14 Sissel Batey 29 Meagan Mesirow 3 Ella Worth 4 Caileigh Sullivan 5 Chloe Fosse 6 Phoebe Wasserstrom 7 Anna Amacher 7 Teresa Hernandez Rivera 7 Rinka van Dommelen 8 Maddie Gordon 9 Lilah Blond 9 Jenny Braverman 10 Makena Richards* 11 Izzy Cohen 13 Talia Garg 13 Raina Levin 13 Anna Steinmeyer 14 Maudie Brown 15 Daisy Zirlin 21 Katie Ciaglo 22 Grace Conrad 22 Izzy Critchfield-Jain 22 Margaret Suero 25 Samantha Schienfeld 26 Eric Ervasti H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y 15 Margaret Combs 16 Adena Rosenbloom 18 Kate Bowker 18 Kate Darby 19 Rhese Abrams 19 Mike Jay 19 Tatum Rosenblatt* 19 Taylor Ross 20 Alex Rendleman 20 Kate Rendleman 28 Symone Smith 20 Sophie Thall 28 Ellie Tomasson 21 Josephine Berler 31 Laura Bolger H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y * New Camper