Six Day Sessions

At Camp Krem there are different lengths of sessions. Some are ten days others are twelve. The programs and price per camper vary based on the length of the session. This session campers get to experience something relatively new to camp: a six day session. There are many great ideas behind a shorter six day session. One idea is that it allows camp to be more affordable for all people. Last summer California’s State Government cut funding to regional centers providing recreational outlets for those with disabilities. A six day session was a response to this in hopes that caregivers would not feel they had to cut recreational activities and trips for those with special needs.

Another idea behind the six day session, and a favorite around camp, is the speed and energy the six days bring. Campers get to experience all of camp packed into one incredibly fast week. By the time you realize the opening camp fire is done you are already moving on to dances, talent shows and more. As a staff member you find yourself moving campers from a hike to the playground back to arts and crafts then off to kickball or to a basketball game all before the sun sets and it is time to head to bed. I can only imagine that as a camper the memories are blurred beyond recognition. I can also imagine that the emotions that go along with those memories stay forever.

We have all experienced times in our lives where everything seems to move just a little bit too fast. In those moments, everything in our body wants to reach out and slow time down. We do not have the opportunity to be homesick or worry about what it is we have to do the rest of the summer. There are no worries about past or present. All there are is us and the six days at hand.