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10 Things You're Looking Forward to as a Summer Camp Counselor

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10 Things You're Looking Forward to as a Summer Camp Counselor

For most of us, summer holds a special place in our lives. It is warm, relaxing and carefree. However, if your summers were spent at overnight camp, they were some of the most pivotal and emotional days of your life.

Transitioning from camper to the leadership programs and finally to becoming a staff member was a dream come true and an eye-opener. Here, you got to see the ins and outs of camp, the secrets about what the counselors really did while you weren't around and the behind-the-scenes look at how to construct the incredible summers that you'd been experiencing for more than half of your life.

Although college is a place of fun and learning, there is nothing that could replace the significance of camp in your heart. Camp is where you get to be whoever you want to be, where you see the people you appreciate the most in your life and where you ultimately grow into the person you are today. And as a camp counselor, it's only better.

The top ten things you're looking forward to as a Camp Counselor:

10. Reuniting with old friends

9. Lake activities














8. Crazy tan lines from said lake activities








(Admit it - you're pretty proud of them)


7. Crafting











**Tie dye and beading and lanyards galore. Holla at the kids that make you friendship bracelets**

6. Summer hook ups


5. Water park day













So fun, it exhausts your kids, and it's an opportunity to eat real (unhealthy) food

4. Feeling smart because your campers are so dumb young

3. Feeling on top of the world because your campers are so love-y

2. Song sessions around the bonfire











( Literally nothing better)

1. More chances to make amazing memories

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