Old Camp, New Camp, Red Camp, Blue Camp  continue reading »

Old Camp, New Camp, Red Camp, Blue Camp

            It has been four weeks since I traveled by train from Rensselaer County (Troy), New York to Newport News, Virginia on my way to Chanco.  I have had a lot of time to reflect on what that trip meant and how the experience was.  It was great to see old friends and to make some new ones.  My facebook “friends” list has increased considerably.

            On the return trip, I was teary-eyed and sad, but elated all the same.  I took some notes, determined to write some sort of wrap-up piece for the website.  Now, after a month, I still want to write it, so, here goes:

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Special Thanks to Everyone who worked so hard to get this together...what a great time!!!!  Though it still seems like it wasn't enough time together...seems I spend ALOT of my time shuffling kids around, but the great thing is that's what Chanco is ALL about!!!  It was a BLAST doing crafts with everyone's kids.  I told Eileen Walsh that she had officially passed the buck...I remember doing tons of crafts with her at the old site.  Seeing those familiar faces was surreal for me.  I hope that we can ALL make a difference in helping keep alive what has clearly meant so much to u  continue reading »