Camp Influence

As I sit up in my room awake in the dorm at Hanover Basketball Camp, I am reminded of the influence of camp. I think back to my experiences as a camper at Camp Olivet, Basketball Camps at Purdue, Butler, and Vincennes, and Blue Chip Camp in Kentucky. At all of these camps there were people that had a great influence on me in a positive way. This week I am working camp with Hanover College players and coaches that are having the same influence on the development of young campers from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Massachusetts. For the youngest campers it is their first time away from home overnight. Camp allows those kids their first opportunity at overcoming homesickness and MOM sickness. For all of the campers it is an opportunity to make some new friends, spend time with their best buddies, eat three solid meals, and improve their skill and knowledge of the activity they are there for. The biggest influence that camp has had on me as a camper and a counselor is the development of lifelong friends. I am excited about this new week of camp and the opportunity to meet new coaches, and campers. I am confident that each of the campers will meet a new friend, improve on a skill, gain some new knowledge about basketball, have fun, and create some lifelong memories and friends!