The GAMES!

The session D GAMES are well underway! The Blue Herons and Red Foxes are engaging in friendly, enthusiastic and intense competition under the watchful eye of the West Branch. Some challenges have included Inuit games, dodgeball, relay races, a scavenger hunt and an epic match of tug of war! Everyone is getting involved in the GAMES and their is so much spirit from the foxes and herons!

Session D Highlights

Session D is well underway! We say goodbye to our one week D1 campers today, they had an amazing time and we look forward to seeing them back again next year! Our last group of campers arrive tomorrow, we are looking forward to welcoming the Session D2 one weekers!

The session D GAMES have commenced and its a friendly rivalry between the Blue Herons and the Red Foxes! Spirits are high and cheers in the dining hall are loud! Today's theme day will consist of several challenges between the two teams to earn points. Stay tuned for more pictures from the GAME this coming week!

Reach for the Rainbow headed over to Family Camp the other day to do the Flying Squirrel high ropes element. There were lots of laughs and smiles from all of our volunteers. They have been working hard, enjoying their stay and are forming friendships.

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 Cheering on the Blue Herons!

Session D Opening Campfire, the story of the GAMES!

The Blue Herons are victorious in the water trampoline competition!

Saying goodbye to Session C...

We had an amazing last two weeks with great campers and many fun activities! Some of the highlights were:

• Lots of laughs with our Reach for the Rainbow campers and volunteers
• Mamma Mia and Mean Girl themed Corey's Place performances
• Clue for Reach for the Rainbow
• Jeremy Fisher concert!
• Haliburton Rotary Camp Canoe Challenge, congratulations to everyone that participated we had a lot of fun spending the afternoon in Haliburton and racing against other camps
• Dynamic Duos Staff Social, many great costumes
• The First Year SC's have all headed out on their canoe trips to Temagami, Chiniguchi, & Kipawa
• The Second Year SC's have left for their two day overnight on Koshlong Lake
• A formal themed dance to end off the session
• Some time to reflect on our experience at the session C closing campfire!

We hope to see everyone back next summer for even more fun! We are going to miss our session C campers but are looking forward to everyone headed to Wanakita for session D. The summer is flying by! Take a look at a few pictures from this session. 

Jeremy Fisher visits Wanakita!

Canadian singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher played a concert this afternoon at Corey's Place! Jeremy is a former Wanakita staff and camper. Everyone was so surprised and excited to welcome him back to camp. The concert was awesome. He played some of everyone's favorites and we even sang along for some songs. Thank you to Cam Green for making this happen, and of course to Jeremy Fisher for a great show! We hope to see you again soon. 

End of Session B

It was sad to say goodbye to all of our campers today. Session B was a huge success. Check out some photos from PCA's and SC Challenge Zoo Escape. The SC's are going home stronger leaders and all of our campers left today with new skills, challenges they met and many memories!
We are eagerly awaiting our Session C campers and August SC's!

Greek God Theme Day

Theme Day this session was Greek Gods! Ares (played by our director Rankin) interrupted the Greek gods lunch on Saturday and stole the gods powers, rendering them mortal. Fortunately the JI campers rose to the challenge of helping the gods restore their power! They spent the afternoon training to return the gods to immortality. Their afternoon consisted of slip and slide with Poseidon, canoe racing in the godly voyageurs, Greek god ball, and many other themed activities. 

After dinner Ares' titans escaped! It was up to the JI's to determine their weaknesses to capture them and return them to the Greek gods. Finally after they were all captured, Ares confronted the titans and they turn their back on him, pushing him into the lake - Ares is defeated!

Bring on Session B!

All of our session B campers have safely arrived and we couldn't be more excited to have them here for the next two weeks. We had our opening campfire last night with tons of wonderful performances, check out the photos below.

The J/I's and Seniors began PCA's this morning. They both have section program tonight and are looking forward to a full two weeks of activities.

The Second Year SC's returned from their overnight yesterday. They had beautiful weather and a great time out on Koshlong Lake in Bark Bay. Last night they had a surprise PROM! They danced and had chocolate fondue thanks to their lovely counsellors. Group B started their cabin placements today and Group A is headed to the Gull River to go kayaking this afternoon. The SC's are having fun and keeping busy. We can't wait to welcome the First Year SC girls back tomorrow and the boys on Wednesday to hear all about their canoe trips!

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