#CoreValuesinAction

09/30/2016

While reflecting on the past summer, nothing jumped out to me more than the kindness, silliness, creativity, and adventure each of our Wawayanda campers shared. At the end of each session, the friendships that you made, the new things you tried, and the values that you learned blew me away. image1-4

I have an idea I’d like to share with you. Let’s start a movement together. We can call it: Core Values In Action.

Frost Valley’s 8 Core Values were shining in full force this summer. We celebrated them during Wawafest! You showed respect, caring, responsibility, honesty, inclusiveness, diversity, stewardship, and community. It made me curious to know how you were displaying the core values throughout the school year!

I’m inviting and encouraging every Wawayanda camper to embrace these 8 core values and put them into practice in your daily lives. It’s a movement to make the world a better place!

Throughout the school year, we are going to celebrate a different core value every month. From October to May we will focus on one Core Value at a time, with camper stories, staff quotes, and maybe a Core Values in Action Event! Be on the look out for more blogs and posts on social media!

In the month of October, we are going to be celebrating the core value of Caring! I’m excited to hear about and share with you all of the ways our campers put caring into action!

How does it work? Email a video, photo or note to LHutchinson@FrostValley.org explaining how you’ve put the core values to action. Have you shown respect to others? Have you taken on more responsibilities at home? Do you celebrate diversity at school? Let us know! We’ll share these moments so everyone can see how Wawayanda campers impact the world in a positive way. (Plus, after you email your story of how you demonstrated one of the 8 corevalues, I will send you an awesome orange Core Values t-shirt as modeled by two of our campers Ben and Helena!)

I heard a story about a Wawa camper who built so much confidence at summer camp, that when he went back to school his grades turned from 70s to 90s within the first week. That’s how powerful the core values can be; you, his cabin mates and friends, helped him get to this point. When you exhibit the core values, you help make every camper here feel appreciated, valued, and respected.

I hope you’re having a great school year so far, and I cannot wait to hear from you to learn about all of the ways

that you are using the core values to make a positive difference!

Peace, Love, Bibbley,
Lindsay

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Lindsay Hutchinson
Director of Camp Wawayanda
845-985-2291 x271

PS, Send your story soon to be among the first to have your free Core Values t-shirt!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nick Lomauro

Nick Lomauro is a lifetime lover of camp (overnight and day), outdoor recreation, and value-based programs. Nick grew up in the YMCA and discovered his passion for working in youth development as a summer camp counselor. Full of curiosity, Nick graduated from Montclair State University with a degree in General Humanities. Immediately following graduation Nick set off to Spain to hike the 500 mile ancient pilgrimage trail, El Camino de Santiago. Nick then returned to his childhood YMCA in NJ, of over 20 thousand members, as the Director of Youth Development. In this role he designed, developed, and implemented day camp and teen programs. In 2015, Nick returned to Frost Valley and he is now the Director of Camp Wawayanda. This is Nick's 16th summer at Frost Valley.