Posts Tagged ‘summer of 2011’

And we all had “Fun in the Sun”

September 5th, 2011

Time has flown by and camp has come to a close. Where has the summer gone?

I was walking around the girl’s locker room on Thursday afternoon and saw some sad campers & counselors. I heard their conversations but stayed in the background: “I’m so bummed” “I Love Summer”… and so on…..and then one of the counselors (our dear Anna) said: “Don’t think about it being over…think of all the good things that happened and how much fun you had”.

That stayed with me because I loved her perspective about something “good”, “happy”, “fun”. It’s a great way to look at our life’s funnest moments. Campers & counselors, Thank you for all those “fun” moments !

@Fun in the Sun 2011

Your wonderful children will be returning to school this week and the school year routine will begin.

We wanted to let you know that…We have enjoyed your children! We loved playing with them. We loved listening to their stories. We had so much fun….They are totally awesome!!!

Your children have done lots of swimming, in fact lots and lots of swimming. We had such wonderful weather all summer that we spent it at the pool mostly four days a week.

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On trip days the children have golfed (miniature), bowled, roller skated, Happy Tymed, climbed, saw a movie or two, bounced and climbed some more, got splashed with a big bucket full of water, went down water slides, sat on a tube, tied dyed, learned how to spend money in the snack bar….

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They did sports… soccer, basketball, kickball, capture the flag…..etc, etc, etc.

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But most of all they have played. Then they played more, and then they played even more. They met lots of new friends, connected with old friends, and played some more.They used their imagination and creativity, played games indoors and out, invented their own games, spent LOTS of time inside and outside in the mornings and making full use of the great 11 acres at the swim club in the afternoons.

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We wish you all a happy school year!

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of your child’s summer fun.

Love from

The Fun in the Sun Staff

Bonnie, Dora, Sarah, Jessie, Jane, Aaron, Joey, Allie, Dillon, Michael, Zach, Katie, Charley, Anna, Danielle, Kyle, Nayo, Cameron, Peter, Monica, Chad, Julian, Ethan, Annie, Tamika, Jason, Tyler, Jamaar, Kayla, Aaron S., Justin, Gordie, Henry, Daniel, Grayson, Sana.

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Fall News:

One more thing I would like to let you know about:

As many of you know, I (Dora) am a full time artist during the year.

My studio is located at 915 Spring Garden in the Fairmount section of Philly.

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours for my studio will be held on October 15th & 16th.

I would love it if you can stop by on any one of those days with your children.

Main website —> POST (Philadelphia Open Studios).

click to see——> My website: Dora Ficher Art

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And…One more thing:

Don”t forget:

We would STILL love some NEW TESTIMONIALS!

Tell us what you LIKE about Fun in the Sun.

This is for parents, campers, alum campers, alum parents…

This week I will be hopefully updating and adding all the new testimonials we got so far.

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Camp is Open

August 24th, 2011

Attention FITS families:

Camp will be open tomorrow Monday 8/29

Thank you!

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So we have come to our last week

of camp for 2011.

Don’t forget to “like” us on facebook! And…follow us on Twitter

Reminder that camp is open M-Th only this week.

Thursday, September 1st is our last day of camp!

There is no trip this week.

We will go to the pool every day.

Our Annual PENNY CARNIVAL is on

Wednesday 8/31 in the morning

PLEASE:

Have your child bring in 100 pennies in a quart size zip-lock bag with his/her name on it.

They will use the pennies to play the carnival games and the bag to carry the prizes.

Make sure your children are in camp no later than 9:30 on that day so they don’t miss any activities.

Please check the LOST & FOUND! It is overflowing with towels,

shirts, shoes, hats…etc…etc…

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And…some more Reminders:

We can be contacted at all times on our cellular phones.

610-659-1064 (Bonnie) 215-680-0922 (Dora)

We can also be contacted at all times via email:

funinthesun3@comcast.net

* Your child NEEDS to bring a bathing suit, towel, and SUNSCREEN every day. Pack these items even if the weather looks threatening because the weather may change and, if it does, we will go to the swim club.

* Please be sure your child always has a pair of socks in his/her backpack in case the weather causes us to make last minute adjustments and take a trip to a place that requires socks. Just keep a pair in a zip lock bag, labeled with your child’s name, in your child’s backpack to be ready for a rainy day.

@Fun in the Sun

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Week 10

August 21st, 2011

Wow! Summer is really winding down.

Only 2 more weeks of camp left for 2011.

Hopefully we have all dried up from the very rainy and wet week.

Happy to see the sun shining!!!

Last week we took not 1, not 2, not 3…but YES…4 trips!!!

Monday – Thursday trips galore. The Wednesday (only sunny day in the 4) trip to roller skating was programmed before camp even started so we kept it.

Your children were happy to go back to some of their favorite places like Happy Tymes on Mon., Bowling on Tuesday, Roller Skating on Wednesday & Movies on Thursday. Finally on Friday the sun came out and we all happily went swimming!!!

Trip for the week of August 22nd

We will be going back to Bouncetown on Wednesday August 24th

VERY IMPORTANT:

YOU MUST DOWNLOAD, SIGN, AND BRING WITH YOU BOUNCE TOWN’S WAIVER:

CLICK here to download —>>> WAIVER

PLEASE HAND THE WAIVER TO US BEFORE TUESDAY!!!

IF YOUR CHILD DOES NOT HAVE A SIGNED WAIVER THEY MAY NOT PLAY AT BOUNCE TOWN.

THIS IS BOUNCE TOWN’S POLICY.

And….Again for this trip…———>>>

Your children NEED SOCKS! SOCKS SOCKS SOCKS…………………

SOCKS! SOCKS SOCKS SOCKS……….

Cost for this trip is $10.

This includes a snack, drink, and afternoon playing at Bouncetown.

If you would like to pay for the pool/trip money all at once on Monday the total in cash for this week will be $34.00

That will cover 4 days of pool @$6 and the WEDNESDAY trip @$10.

Remember that the pool/trip money has to be in cash.

Thank you!

@Fun in the Sun 2011

The children will be doing TIE DYE in art next week

A note from Jessie:

TIE DYE in arts and crafts this coming week!

Please have your child bring a plain white t-shirt with her/his name written in the back

AND a plastic trash bag, if they wish to participate in the activity.

The shirts are taken home in the plastic bags and need to sit for a day.
Very Important Instructions – After the dye has soaked:

You rinse the shirt in cold water
Untie the rubber bands and rinse again
Wash the shirt ALONE in the washing machine in cold water
Dry
Repeat but with hot water and dry

Bellow is a pictures of last year’s tie dye!

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A reminder that —–>we have a Facebook page and a Twitter account.

If you have a facebook account you can “Like” our page and share it with your friends.

Same goes for the twitter account. You can now email us, tweet us or leave a message on our facebook page.

Trips

August 24 (Wednesday) – Bouncetown
August 31 (Wednesday) – Penny Carnival (more info to follow)

There is no trip the last week of camp (The week starting on Monday 8/29).

Reminder that—> we are only open Monday-Thursday that week.

So, that’s August 29, 30, 31 & Sept 1st is our last day of camp.

We will go to the pool every day.

Our Annual PENNY CARNIVAL is on