Five of our staff members got up bright and early to go to the airport to meet and greet our campers. Excitement was building as the campers arrived from all four corners of the US and Canada; thrilled to have our campers with us, we loaded up the buses and headed off to Camp Taloali. After a long day of traveling and waiting, the campers finally made it! What was once a quiet campground has now become YLC 2009!
After the campers got settled into their new home for the next month we gathered at Leadership Hall for our kickoff cookout! After we stuffed ourselves with Chefs' delicious food, the campers found out which group they will be in for the next month: Team A, B, C and D were born! Soon each group will have their own unique name, sign, and motto!
Next, Dr. Jeff Lewis, YLC alumni and guest visitor, led some icebreaker activities, we sure had a lot of fun learning about our campers!
This year is a special year for NAD YLC, not only because we have our wonderful and unique campers with us, and not only because we have a wonderful staff and administration team working together to make this summer a successful one. This year is NAD YLC's 40th birthday! We ended our evening with a small celebration with two birthday cakes, one for YLC, and one for two of our campers who also celebrated their birthdays that day: Valerie Farr and Meri Goldman!
Tired, but still buzzing with excitement, we went off to bed to rest up for our first full YLC day!
With tons of spirit we bid our campers a great "YLC '09 GOOD NIGHT!"
The first set of campers arriving at Camp Taloali.
Joshua Ralstin looks happy to be here!
TIffany Hill and Ashley Bergeron chatted away while waiting for dinnertime.
Bianca Hamilton, Sophia Stone and Megan Bernella burst into laughter during their icebreaker activities.
WOW! Great spirit, Joshua Canulla!
