Willow Springs Program Center

What do you get when you combine a dunk tank, a bouncy house, a popcorn machine, shaved ice, face paint, and bean bag tosses? That's right! Yesterday we celebrated the week's theme with a camp-wide celebration of everything carnival (except clowns). Today, camp finally saw the first signs of the monsoon season, and although some units had to adjust their schedules to accommodate some distant thunder, every camper got to enjoy cooking outside and some fun indoor programming (including making/performing skits and crafting ceramic masks). You can see photos from today and yesterday below!

Welcome back, loyal Willow Springs followers! Although it's been quite a while since the last posting, quite a lot has happened in the past few weeks. Our fourth week was Galaxy Girl themed, and a number of performances were spotlighted throughout the end of the week. A play adapted from Hamlet and a dance performed by the Cocopah girls rocked the stage, not to mention an end-of-the-week campfire that rocked the socks off of the Willow staff. The weekend kicked off quickly after check-out with Daisy Weekend. Although the group was small in number, the six and seven year olds got to make oceans in a bottle, chocolate-covered bananas, and visit the camp's secret play area after an alphabet hike. After the girls went home (probably with remnants of face paint and glitter clinging to their hair), the camp had a break for the Fourth of July and met back up again yesterday to celebrate Carnival Week. You can see what kind of fun the girls have been having below! (ALSO: The daisies ...

Hey ya'll! Sorry for the belated updates--it's been quite busy at Willow Springs lately! Troop Camp this weekend went exceedingly well, and the weekend ran smoothly into the camp's last week before the mid-season break. Last night, the story of Willowmina and her yellow chicks was shared around the fireless campfire, the green-faced administrative staff landed on planet Earth and returned to their home galaxy, and some girls had the opportunity to walk the camp's labyrinth, lit up by handfuls of battery-operated candles. Today, the Apache girls went on a hike and learned about edible plants, the Up in the Trees campers got to experience the camp's low challenge course, the Cocopah unit began learning the week's dance routine, and the Navajo crew got to make sand candles. Meanwhile, the DIY Divas were working hard to design and build a garden. You can see the photos from today (and some pottery that was fired from last week) below!       ...