Jr. Week Is Getting Ready!!!!

Camp Shakamak is getting ready for all the MSC Jr. Week campers to arrive.  The directors are finalizing last minute details, the team captains have hung their posters, the kitchen staff is already cooking away, the sports staff has already designed all the sports fields, and the craft hall is being prepped.  We have officially reached our limit of…

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Camp T-shirts are Being Printed

With MSC Sr. Week just 9 days away and Jr. Week a mere 15 days away, fellow brethren Tim and Mary Beth Maudlin, owners of BeThere4.com in Pekin, Indiana, are busy printing camp T-shirts today as you can see a sample shirt on the press. We can’t wait to see a sea of color around the campground on Sr….

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Laura Tackett Preparing for Jr. Week Crafts

There are still 49 days until MSC Jr. Week, but Laura Tackett, Jr. Week’s official “craft lady,” is getting quite excited as she has been busy making craft plans for all the Jr. Week campers.  She has exciting crafts planned, including painting wooden birdhouses. Ms. Laura tells us, “I have been waiting, and waiting, and checking in with Michael’s [craft…

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Closing ceremonies

I apologize for such a short post earlier, my time and internet service was limited and so was my blogging ability. The closing ceremony deserves so much more than what I mentioned in that short post earlier in the day, hence I would like to devote more time to this post so that I can include all of the…

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And the first place winners are…

So as to not leave anyone in the dark, I’m going to post just a quick update of the winners of 2012 MSC Jr. Week, then I’ll post a more in-depth blog later. Congratulations to team Royal Blue, led by David and Sonja McPherson, for winning first place this year!

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Last day

Sadly, today is the day in which we go home. We woke up this morning, showered, then ate our last meal here at MSC Jr. Week. After that, all of our teams divided up and began cleaning up the campground, and as that’s brought to a close, we’re preparing for the closing ceremony.  Which team do you think is…

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Pillow fight championship of the world!

Tonight has been, by far, the most exciting night of camp, the night of the pillow fight championship of the world. We had 36 rounds of pure adrenaline leading up the to final match between Cooper Barr and Caleb Cirksena. But before we discuss the final match we must talk about the belching contest. On stage we had a…

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