Camp catskill A place to grow!

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=195 BGCOLOR="#663366" TEXT="#080000" background="041c6172dkcfuy.gif"> <bR> <div> <B>I'd like to welcome you all to a very special place where everyone is equal.  Where, even if your child has the most severe disability , he/she will be loved, cared for and treated compassionately.  Sound good? welcome to camp catskill ! It is located in beautiful Liberty New York and you can view the website  at http://www.campchannel.com/campahrc/c</B></div> <div> <B>If your 18 or over and want to have an incredible experience, consider applying to the camp.  It will most likely be the toughest summer of your life, but I guarentee you won't come out of there the same person. At the end, You will hug the many counsellors  you worked with, because by that time, all of them will have seen you through your hard times and all will have rejoiced with you  when you have finally broken that certain camper's emotional barrier.  The first time a camper says or signs " I love you" Will leave your heart 4 times its normal size.  Full of love, pride and joy.  I worked there in the summer of 2000.  I arrived there, not fully realizing how much my life would be changed.  Exhausted, I arrived at 1 in the morning and went straight to bed. When I woke up I smelled food, so I wandered down to where I remembered*from my half conscious trip to the cabin* the kitchen to be.  As soon as I walked in, I was surrounded by " hello, how are yous" and warm hugs, handshakes, and introductions. It already felt like family. A few hrs later, training began with crisis intervention.  Talk about an initiation!  afterwards, we continued to hang out for a day, then started intensive training.  Don't know how to dress other people? you'll learn fast! Don't know what epilepsy is or how to handle it? you'll know it pretty quick. Then came a rather scary, but fair speech in which administration proceeded to tell us this was the toughest job we'll ever have and if we weren't ready to leave ourselves and our problems behind we could leave right away.  Then they showed us a video of the kind of campers we could have and worst case scenarios of what could happen.  This was done to weed out the weak ones.  I will warn future employees, there will be at least one time in the summer when you'll be 2 steps away from calling mummy to take you back  home!  But hang tight... there  will be alot more amazing days than there will be days when all goes wrong!  I'll tell you right now, the first 2 days of the first session are complete insanity. The day before the campers come, you get what is called your camper files.  This consists of a picture, a description of the behaviours specific to their disabilities, what their disabilities are and how they are ranked(Mild, moderate, severe and profound).</B></div> <div> <B>When you wake up the day of the campers' arrival, there's a mad rush to finish up cleaning and chores.  All of a sudden, the first busfull of campers rolls in. Within 10 minutes there are 5 buses and counsellors are scrambling to greet their campers and get them into their cabins. Once they are in*and some won't be for a few hrs* you start the exciting job of trying to distract the campers while you unpack their things. Then comes body check. This is stripping the camper for a shower then marking on paper any marks/scars etc on the camper. Its hard to establish authority in the first 2 days, as they are ALL testing your limits. Mealtimes are trying in the first 2 days and you can pretty much forget about campers sleeping for more than an hour on the first night.  If you can make it through 2 days of total disorganization and stress then your set! Because very soon, the campers start to settle in and you get to know their fears, behaviours, likes and dislikes. By the 4th day, your beginning to gain the amazing ability to wake up, shower, dress. eat breakfast in 10 minutes or less, so you can get the campers ready.  Around this time you also have the strange sensation of forgetting what its like to not have campers running around you! By the last day of session 1, when the campers leave, both parties are crying and campers are freely telling you they love you. Its emotional to see them go.  Then its cleaning time and soon it starts all over again with a new batch, only this time its alot less crazy, cause you know how to handle the mass of campers coming in. the intimidation is gone. You'll unpack and do body checks like a pro by this time and will have devised original ways to shower campers or diaper them, or getting them to eat!By the time you get to the well deserved break*3 days without campers* it really feels strange not to have the little monkeys running around.  Then its more of the same for the next month and a bit... All of a sudden, you're packing up the last of the campers' bags and seeing them off... Knowing that soon,  you'll be back home. you will leave the camp with tears when you suddenly find yourself apart from the campers who stole your heart.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/specs/guest.html" target="_top"><img border="0" ismap src="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/img/guest/gb_white.gif"></a><br> <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=bimster_01&i=1&a=view" target="_top"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size="-1">View My Guestbook</font></a><br> <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=bimster_01&i=1&a=sign" target="_top"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size="-1">Sign My Guestbook</font></a><br>   Camp catskill A place to grow!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="047f0030.gif" border=0 width="496" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04026250.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="293" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Welcome to the Camp catskill 2000 web site.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me"><U>About Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Resume"><U>My Resume</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links"><U>Favorite Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ADHD"><U>ADHD</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/specs/guest.html" target="_top"><img border="0" ismap src="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/img/guest/gb_white.gif"></a><br> <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=bimster_01&i=1&a=view" target="_top"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size="-1">View My Guestbook</font></a><br> <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=bimster_01&i=1&a=sign" target="_top"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size="-1">Sign My Guestbook</font></a><br>      <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="SM8BLACKY"</script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=SM8BLACKY"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=SM8BLACKY" target="_top"> <img src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=SM8BLACKY" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>    <SCRIPT>  </SCRIPT>  <form method="POST" action="http://mindit.netmind.com/mindit.shtml" target="_top"> <input type="hidden" name="SOURCE" value="511"> <input type="hidden" name="URL" value="http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/abstract/218/TlxTransfer.txt"> <input type="hidden" name="DOC_TITLE" value="bimster2_site"> <input type="hidden" name="REDIRECT" value="http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/abstract/218/"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-1"><b>Click to receive email <br>when this web site is updated</b></font></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <input type="image" src="http://mindit.netmind.com/images/mindit511.gif" border="0"></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-2">•<b> Powered by <a href="http://www.netmind.com/" target="_top">NetMind</a> </b>•</font> </td></tr></table></form>   </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.trellix.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.trellix.com"><U><IMG SRC="04952280.gif" border=0 width="82" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>