While camp lasts only 51 days, the bonds we make at Trail’s End extend well beyond the day the buses depart. Throughout the off-season, we love seeing and hearing about all your TEC get-togethers.
As 2018 comes to an end, we feel very grateful for all of the wonderful Trail’s End memories and friendships that we made this year. This past weekend, campers came together to reunite with old friends and to start to form bonds with those new campers that will be experiencing TEC for the first time next summer.
On Saturday, our 2019 Debs, Kadets and Lowers reunited at Bounce Trampoline Sports. From the moment they arrived, it was as if we were back in 18405 with lots of smiles and laughter all around us.
The youngest TEC campers met up on Sunday for bowling, pizza, and group games – the boys started off the day and the girls followed in the afternoon. The bowling party is one of our transition events which allow new campers to get comfortable and start to develop friendships that will help them to succeed next summer. For our returning campers, we are amazed how welcoming they are as they help the first-time campers become a part of the TEC family. We also want to thank our staff who play such a large role in facilitating the ice breakers and helping to make the connections of new and returning campers.
Of course, there’s no better way to end a Trail’s End reunion than with a few raffles! Some lucky campers went home with brand new TEC swag, while others won great prizes for their bunk. Winning bunks will be enjoying pizza and ice cream parties, counselor clean-ups, and late wake-ups with breakfast in bed.
Please mark your calendar for the next get-together in Florida on Sunday, February 17th. We will also have the Varsity Reunion for our oldest campers in NYC on Saturday, February 3rd. Invites for both events will be sent by email next week.
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year.
Only 27 Saturdays until Opening Campfire!
