The last few days have been extremely busy ones for the Minisink crew. We attended a great workshop in the city on Wednesday. Brad and Tricia survived as commuters on the early morning trains. We don't know how people do it everyday. We went through a small container of hand sanitizer, stayed far away from a guy that we labeled "MR. Phlem and Germ" and managed to enjoy the scenery through Westchester which we renamed the "Croton Exit" area. The workshop dealt with growing up in a fast paced marketing world. The day was very informative and we will be including what we learned as part of our staff training week. Saturday we by passed the trains and drove to camp for tours. We met a bunch of really nice families and future campers. It was a great day for tours as the temperature was 65 degrees. We almost went for a dip in the lake, but we needed Melissa and Simon to lifeguard. Then we switched cars and went back to the city on Sunday for our first camp fair of the season. We really love attending these camp fairs because we get to talk about camp for hours. (They sometimes serve really great bagels, but they didn't have them on Sunday) We were on the Upper West Side near Central Park. The day was a success and hopefully the nice new people we talked to will join us for all the Minisink fun. We might have stopped at Levain bakery and picked up a treat for the ride home. Oprah loves the place and who are we to not listen to her wisdom. The cookies were super yummy.
We just mailed out our 2010 CKM reunion invitations. We hope you will be able to join us for all the festivities. The reunion is a great time to hang out with all your camp friends and staff. The party is from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, but it always feels like it is over in a matter of minutes. Everyone looks so different at the reunion in their winter clothing. Maybe everyone doesn't really look so different, but during the summer we are used to seeing everyone in shorts, all tanned, and with big camp smiles. So free up some time on December 4th, and join us for the big bash.
One of the tours asked how we market camp. We really do not place a lot of ads or buy many advertising spaces. We attend a few camp fairs and try to spread the word about our program. Mostly people hear about camp from their friends. So we basically use word of mouth advertising. So make sure you tell all your friends about Campus Kids. CKM is the place to be and we want to have all the bunks filled with great campers. If you do know of any friends that are interested in visiting camp, have them call the office soon. Some groups are already filling up and we want to make sure that people get their favorite weeks.
We are getting closer and closer to Turkey day and then the really big family holidays. Does anyone have a guess when we will see the first big snow storm? There was a little snow in Connecticut last week. It didn't stick to the ground so we are not really going to count it. No snow up at camp yet, but a usual Port Jervis winter brings 60 inches of snow or more. We will keep you posted. Have a great week and keep thinking camp.
Brad and Tricia
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