Camp Hope
This spike is my teams first experience with communal living. I don't mind it so much, personally i enjoy being around other people, instead of my team 24/7. The camp is in an old elementary school building. There are 4 wings (A-D), and in each of the old classrooms are bunk beds or single twin beds. About 15 in each room, so there isn't a lot of extra space. I have put sheets and towels up around my bottom bunk so i have a nice little cozy cave, it's nice. The walls don't go all the way up to the ceiling, so you can hear what is going on in the next room. You can even look over into the next room from the top bunk! haha.
There are bathrooms in the middle of A and B wing, and then another in the middle of C and D wing. These only have 2 sinks and 4 toilets. Well, i can't speak for the guys toilets, but i can see their sinks from our sinks. The showers are in another building outside. . . maybe a 50 yrd walk from the front doors of the building. There are probably 20 showers in them, all separated by continuous curtains. Shower shoes are a definite must! Since there is no aircondition in this building you sweat once you get out of the shower, and are trying to put your clothes on! Overall though, the shower area is clean so it's not bad. I've definitly been in worse over the last 5 years!
Meals are served in the cafeteria. They havn't exactly been the best meals for me, but i make do, even eating huge salads for dinner. . .yum!!(if you know me, you know how much i love salads. . .) I am sure for normal people the meals are great. We make sandwiches for lunch, and they have fruit for us to take too. I found a Whole Foods the other day so i was able to stock up on my bread, which my lungs appreciate since I am running almost everyday again now.
So that's kinda how my life is going. Oh yeah, we work from about 7:30-4 or 5ish. I think there are 350 volunteers staying here this week, but it can hold up to 1000. They are also building a new Camp Hope down the road in another old middle school. I'll write more about that later, because the project I will start next week will have more to do with that and Habitat for Humanity!
Gotta give up the computer. There are only 2 here. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
There are bathrooms in the middle of A and B wing, and then another in the middle of C and D wing. These only have 2 sinks and 4 toilets. Well, i can't speak for the guys toilets, but i can see their sinks from our sinks. The showers are in another building outside. . . maybe a 50 yrd walk from the front doors of the building. There are probably 20 showers in them, all separated by continuous curtains. Shower shoes are a definite must! Since there is no aircondition in this building you sweat once you get out of the shower, and are trying to put your clothes on! Overall though, the shower area is clean so it's not bad. I've definitly been in worse over the last 5 years!
Meals are served in the cafeteria. They havn't exactly been the best meals for me, but i make do, even eating huge salads for dinner. . .yum!!(if you know me, you know how much i love salads. . .) I am sure for normal people the meals are great. We make sandwiches for lunch, and they have fruit for us to take too. I found a Whole Foods the other day so i was able to stock up on my bread, which my lungs appreciate since I am running almost everyday again now.
So that's kinda how my life is going. Oh yeah, we work from about 7:30-4 or 5ish. I think there are 350 volunteers staying here this week, but it can hold up to 1000. They are also building a new Camp Hope down the road in another old middle school. I'll write more about that later, because the project I will start next week will have more to do with that and Habitat for Humanity!
Gotta give up the computer. There are only 2 here. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
posted by Sarah @ 4:28 PM
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At 6:07 PM ,
Unknown said...
i just thought i'd leave you a comment since no one else has yet...
just to update you on me, i'm lifeguarding my first day on friday (yipee!!) AND i get my license in 22 DAYS!!!(that's just 3 weeks!!)
our play "Jesus of Nazareth" was this past weekend and it went really well. it was an incredible experience and i hope that we get the opportunity to do it again, then maybe you can see it. i was Joseph of Arimathea and evidently i did a bang-up job, because Aunt Brenda thought i was someone else the enitre show. (i guess the beard glued to my face helped a little) :-)
i guess that's all for now. i love you and i miss you and i can't wait to talk to you again. i really had fun last saturday!! :-)
holdin' down the fort,
:-) erin
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