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Hey Friends and Family,

I hope this wonderful fall day is treating you well!  It is cold here at camp, approximately 53 degrees, with a strong little wind chill, brrrrrr.  Well, I must apologize for the lateness of this entry.  It has been crazy around here lately.  Many of you who live in the greater Santa Cruz area probably remember the storm we experienced two weeks ago, well, it knocked out all of our power for over 80 hours!  It is incredible how different life is when there isn’t any electricity!  It was amazing to realize just how much time is spent on things like facebook, blogs, twitter, email, oh you get the point.  Anyway, let’s get to the good stuff.  What is going on around here?  Quite a bit actually, thanks for asking !  We recently said farewell to one of our staff members.  Sundance’s time at camp ended this week and he headed home to start the next chapter of his life.  We miss him already!  Widget has joined us here at camp to work on our website.  We are in the process of putting out the Summer 2010 Summer Brochure!  It is going to be awesome!  Look for it in the mail.  Mossi and Liger are looking at recruiting dates to find the staff for next summer!  So exciting!  Auger, MC, Mum, and Pickadilly are working hard to make sure Camp runs smoothly through the Fall!  Skipper, Optimus, and Bambi are working hard in the Kitchen for all of our weekend groups, and let me tell you, the food is incredible!

Lastly we are still working on this incredible new campaign.  It is called “Camp Hammer Love Stories,” and no it isn’t about people falling in love.  It is about why people love Camp Hammer.  Everyone, including YOU, will have a chance to send in their Camp Hammer Love Story.  You can write a paragraph or 5, it makes no difference to us.  We will  be censoring all entries, and every couple of days, or each week, depending on the number of entries, we will be featuring a new story on the front page of our Website!  So exciting.  so much great stuff going on.  Keep your eyes peeled for specific dates and more info on how you can send in your entries.  If you want to start writing one, feel free!  Here is a quick prompt: “What do you LOVE about Camp Hammer?”  Let the world know what Camp Hammer has done for you!  Have a great Wednesday!

Camp Hammer Staff

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Hey Friends and Family!

I hope this wonderful Friday morning finds you well!  The air is crisp here at Camp, so great!  Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks, and I know the blogs have been sparse, but do not fear, you should see weekly postings from here on out (for the most part!).  I wanted to tell you guys some of the great things that are going on at Camp.  Now that our busy season is officially over, we will shift gears a little bit and start working on things for the summer of 2010.  In the next few weeks we will be putting together a new brochure to give you guys all the great information for next summer.  Look for that in the mail in a few months!  Also, we recently added a new staff member (WIDGET!!!) who will be working on helping us keep our website updated with all sorts of great new features.  Keep your eyes out, and check our website regularly for those changes!  Lastly, we are in the beginning talks of launching a new campaign.  It will be called something like “Sharing the Love.”  We will be asking all of YOU to tell us your very own “Camp Hammer Love Story.”  We want to know what you love about Camp Hammer.  Whether you are a parent, a camper, an x-staff member, or a retreat camper, we want to know how Camp has affected you!  There will be plenty more info to come on this, so keep those eyes peeled!  Such an exciting time at Camp! Enjoy your weekend, and we hope to see you soon!

Camp Hammer Staff

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