This week at Hannah and Friends Summer Camp...

Erika's view:

Our participants thoroughly enjoyed meeting local stars in our Be a Star week! Tuesday was a particularly busy and exciting day since we had three special guests come and visit! If there is one thing that our campers enjoy, it is visits from special guess!

We began the day by a visit by Brandon Thorpe a triathlete. The campers enjoyed hearing about his recent race in Sweden where he represented team USA in the World Championships! Brandon also brought stars for the campers to sign, and told them to write down their favorite activity that they wanted to work hard at and become the best at! The campers enjoyed his engaging personality, and he was always surrounded by at least five campers who vied for his attention. Brandon stayed for most of the day at summer camp encouraging the campers and running races with many of our male participants!

Brandon Thorpe telling our campers about competing in triathlons! 

Later in the day Miss North West came to camp to inspire participants. The campers were amazed by the "beautiful princess" and thoroughly enjoyed making sashes and crowns.

To end the day our very own Maura and Charlie Weis came in to talk to our campers! Maura and Charlie told the campers stories about how they founded Hannah and Friends, and told them of their hopes and dreams for this wonderful organization. The campers then decorated gingerbread Hannah and Friend's houses with the help of Maura and Charlie.

This entire week has been a blast with special thanks to our guest speakers. Our campers have thoroughly enjoyed seeing our local stars and getting to talk and play with them. It has to be noted, that these children flourished through the direct interaction with our guests. One of our campers was so amazed that he was meeting Charlie Weis, especially when he saw him so often on the TV. When I told him that Charlie was also the man on the mower that he waved to on an almost daily basis his shock and excitement were incomparable!

Thank you again to all our guest speakers for making our camp so much fun!