So, last week started the end of my volunteer service... or at least, the last big chunk of it. At the end of June, we began hosting a series of English language camps, baseball camps, women's camp, VBS camps and Roma camps in a handful of towns around the area. We started in Cinobana with an English camp and had a ton of fun. A small group of 5 young volunteers came to teach English during the last week of school and lead a program full of song, sport, story and craft in the afternoons. We had a blast doing it and great weather for the week. It was a fun and relaxing way to start off and get into the mood for camp!
This week, a much larger, more diversely-aged group has arrived for the English women's and baseball camps in Lucenec. These three camps are happening simultaneously and on a bigger scale than in Cinobana. Since the school year is officially done, this camp is truly a summer camp, rather than required schooling. There are a little over 100 children signed up for camp and we are almost halfway through the two-week camp.
On Saturday I will be leaving for a Roma camp in nearby Jelsava and then following that camp with one more English camp in Velky Krtis and finally we will top the year off with an overnight English/VBS camp in Rackova Dolina, the beautiful retreat center that we visited in February.
More info on the rest of camps when they come!
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Hey Liz, I just came across your blog! Nice one, too! You know, money's a bit tight this month, so I was looking and looking if I could find a pic with you and some Coke & flipflops to earn those 50 bucks...but alas, I failed. I'm contemplating photoshop... ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, wherever you are right now, I hope you're doing well and reminiscing on some great Slovakia memories.
And yeah, don't lose your smile, because that is definitely something people could do more here! :-)