The Briarwood BuglE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Address

1380 Creek Road

Furlong, PA 18925

Phone Number

215-598-7143

Fax Number

215-598-9813

E-mail Address

office@briarwooddaycamp.com

Website

www.briarwooddaycamp.com

Camp Office Hours

7:45 am—4:00 pm

Inside this issue:

Jubilant Jaguars 2

Crickets to Counselors 2

Meet the Staff Part III 3

Calendar 4

Week 3July 8-July 12, 2019

From Matt and Mike

Fun in the sun!

Time flies when you are having fun . . .

We had another great week! Camp barreled

along and the kids had a great time swimming,

playing, painting, tie dying, Zoom Flooming and

everything else!

And also—Lower Camp loved Spirit Week, the 2nd year CITs went to Hershey Park,

we had an awesome mini campout for upper camp, the Busy Bees made delicious

concoctions at cooking and, all around camp, you could see and hear bunks

practicing their bunk shows.

We have a ton going on in the next few weeks—Lower Camp bunk shows, Upper

Camp bunk shows, Halloween in July, Bring-A-Friend Days, the 2nd Annual and

Extremely Beloved All Camp Gaga Tournament—plus all of our awesome, regularly

scheduled program—art, sports, swimming, gymnastics, nature, rock wall and much,

much more! Join us!

Check out our daily

pictures by clicking on

the “camper

photos” link on the

Briarwood website.

Call if you need the

password.

BUNK SHOWS

LOWER CAMP

Tuesday July 16th 10:30am

UPPER CAMP

Wednesday July 17th 10:30am

IMPORTANT DATES NEXT WEEK

HALLOWEEN IN JULY! Friday July

19th!

TRICK OR TREATING!

Dance party to follow!

Dress in

Costume! Don’t worry. Tie dying

continues next week for

bunks that didn’t get

there this week due to

Briarwood awesomeness.

www.briarwooddaycamp.com The Briarwood Bugle Page 2

Like us on Facebook!

EARLY DISMISSAL

IF YOUR CAMPER IS LEAVING EARLY,

PLEASE SEND IN A NOTE IN THE

MORNING WITH THE TIME YOU WILL BE PICKING UP YOUR

CAMPER.

BRIARWOOD

OVERNIGHTER

is coming!

August 2-4

For boys and girls 3rd grade and up!

Led by the wonderful and talented Jesse Marks and Sydney

Sorkin

Papers went home— but let us know if you

need another!

BRIARWOOD

COUNSELORS

OF THE WEEK:

Senior Staff:

Alex Lean

Junior Staff:

Sydney Roberts

Congratulations!

BUNK NEWS The Jubilant Jaguars By Nate Frankel

After only two weeks, it has become clear that the Jaguars are one of the best bunks in all of camp. It doesn’t matter what activity we are at or what sport we are playing, everybody always gives 100%. Hunter and Ben had fantastic catches which helped the Hilltopians to a league win in football. Jake is leading the bunk in wiffle ball home runs while Jared is looking like Jimmy Rollins at shortstop in softball. At nature Luke caught “The Bass” while Cole drained 3’s at basketball. James and Troy are some of the best all-around athletes in all of camp. CJ led his leagues team to victory with a stellar performance in softball. Aiden and Mikey set the record for the highest jump ever recorded on the jumper. With camp just starting, it won’t be long before the Jaguars take over as one of Briarwood’s most dominant bunks. With our great senior counselor Brandon Lloyd and excellent Super CIT CJ, it’s going to be an historic summer.

Growing up at Briarwood is something so special. We began as three year old Crickets and we are staff now! From meeting new friends to gaining life lessons and experiencing new things, Briarwood has been a forever home to us. When you’re just starting out at Briarwood, the wonder of it all may feel a bit overwhelming at first, but as time goes on, a comforting familiarity sets in. We know just how quickly the people at Briarwood become family. We still remember our favorite activities from when we were campers, and now that we are staff, seeing our own campers have just as much fun as we did is so amazing. Whether it’s learning your bunk show or going down the zip line for the first time, there is always something new to gain from coming to Briarwood. Without a doubt, Briarwood will always have a special place in our hearts.

FROM CRICKET TO COUNSELOR BY RYAN ALBUCK & CHARLOTTE SEGAL

Page 3

MEET OUR WONDERFULLY AMAZING STAFF! PART III

We return with profiles of more senior staff members at Briarwood Day Camp

KIRA CRAIN joins the Briarwood family as a senior counselor at Sports. Kira is a student at Penn State. Her favorite food is sushi

and if she were an animal she would be a koala. People would be surprised to learn that Kira once shadowed a surgeon in

Budapest, Hungary.

SORELLE SAX is celebrating her 11th summer at Briarwood Day Camp. Sorelle, a first year senior counselor of the CITs, is a student

at Penn State during the off season. Sorelle’s favorite thing about Briarwood is all of the friendships she has made thought the

years. Her favorite movies are the Parent Trap and A Star is Born.

RHYHEEM POWELL is a first year Super Utility Professional for Every Responsibility. Ryheem is a graduate of Susquehanna

University, during the off season he plays rugby. If Ryheem could travel anywhere he would go to South Africa. People would be

surprised to learn that Ryheem participated in synchronized swimming...twice!

Fabulous Flamingos and Orioles By Georgia Gobora & Hallie Newman

Wow! We can’t believe week 3 is already finished! The first grade girls consist of two awesome

bunks, the Flamingos and the Orioles. We have so much fun together! The first grade girls are

loving their time at Briarwood together.

We have been busy dancing out hearts out

in preparation for our bunk shows next

week in addition to ziplining down the rock

wall, sliding down the zoom floom and

flipping in gymnastics. On top of that...the

girls have caught tons of fish, hit a ton of

holes in one and scored so many goals at

soccer, we lost count! At swim, the first

grade girls are flipping their fins and

splashing up a storm in the pool. We are

looking forward to an amazing rest of the

summer, full of laughter and smiles with

this great group of girls!

BRING A FRIEND TO CAMP DAY 2019

Lower Camp-Tuesday July 23rd

Upper Camp-Wednesday July 24th

Information was sent home this week or

you can go to our website and look under Current Families / Other Camp Forms

The Busy Bee Show is coming! The Busy Bee Show is coming! Tuesday, July 30 at 10:30 am. Briarwood’s cutest!!!

*Calendar subject to change*

**1st year CITs are CITs entering 8th grade and 2nd year CITs are CITs entering 9th grade.**

***CIT trips are for both 1st and 2nd years unless indicated otherwise.***

Super CIT Trip to Williamsburg / Busch Gardens

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

JULY 15

1st Year CITs-Bowling

and Laser Tag

Super CITs-Tubing

Club softball and club

newcomb vs. Breezy Point

at Briarwood

JULY 16

LOWER CAMP BUNK SHOWS

10:30am

JULY 17

UPPER CAMP BUNK SHOWS

10:30am

Club softball and club newcomb at Southampton

Mini-Campout: Owls,

Doves, Sparrows. Bulldogs

and Cobras

JULY 18

Bunk Show Rain date

JULY 19

HALLOWEEN IN JULY

Dance Party

JULY 22

SECOND HALF BEGINS

GAGA Tournament Week

JULY 23

Lower Camp

Bring-A-Friend

2nd Year CIT Trip to New

Hope or Rice’s

JULY 24

Upper Camp

Bring-A-Friend

Butterflies, Ladybugs,

Bumblebees, Cheetahs,

Cougars and Hawks

JULY 25

Make up Picture Day

JULY 26

Goofy Day

CIT Beach Trip

Nature Night

3:30—8:00

JULY 29

AWESOMENESS

JULY 30

10:30 am BUSY BEE SHOW

and BREAKFAST

SUPER CIT Dave & Busters

JULY 31

Busy Bee Show Rain date

CITs-New York Trip

Mini-Campout: Flamingos,

Orioles, Otters, Sharks,

Bears and Tigers

AUGUST 1

CARNIVAL

CIT/Super CIT Campout

Super CIT Overnighter

AUGUST 2

BRIARWOOD

OVERNIGHTER

August 2-4

AUGUST 5

MORE AWESOMENESS

AUGUST 6

MYSTERY DAY

AUGUST 7

Mini-Campout: Drama,

Gymnastics, Make-Up

AUGUST 8

Even more Awesomeness

AUGUST 9

Ceramics Night and

Sports Night

3:30—8:00

AUGUST 12

Briarwood Birthday

Celebration

Briarwood Marathon

AUGUST 13

Drama Show

10:30am

Gym Show

11:30am

AUGUST 14

DRAMA SHOW Rain date

AUGUST 15

CIT and Super CIT Dance

AUGUST 16

LAST DAY OF CAMP

Early Dismissal 2:30

Super CIT Trip to Williamsburg, VA

SCENES

FROM

WEEK 3

Awesome Wiffle ball Tournament Week (participation optional, of course)

3 on 3 Basketball Tournament