Share Kudos, Spread Gratitude!
Welcome to the Farm Camp Blog – a place where the magic of summer never ends! Farm Camp is a vibrant and dynamic summer experience rooted in history, tradition and a deep sense of community. It’s a place where friendship blossoms, creativity thrives and fun is always at the heart of every activity. Through this blog we aim to capture and share the magic of camp life.
From exciting activities and beloved recipes to arts and crafts instructions, favorite morning singing songs and thoughtful reflection questions. We’ll also share the unique traditions and stories that have shaped our camp for decades. Whether you’re reminiscing about past summers or discovering the camp spirit for the first time, we hope this space brings a little bit of Farm Camp joy into your world! Once you’re part of camp, you become part of its history and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome you in!
To start us off, in the season of gratitude, we would love to invite you to share ‘kudos’ with your loved ones. Every Saturday evening we run reflections, we all gather as a camp either on the lawn, around our campfire or in the barn. Our teen campers in leadership training (CILTs) often run this programming for younger campers. We invite campers and staff to write a kudo to someone else. This can be gratitude for anything as long as it’s written with kindness! We will then share some of them out loud and distribute the kudos out to whom they are written about the next day. These are written anonymously and always help spread a little love, cheer and sense of appreciation around camp. Here are some examples below!
Kudos to Joey for making me laugh during the whole hike on unit day.
Kudos to Alexi for their really good skit during the all camp campfire.
Kudos to my counselor for making me feel better when I was feeling homesick
Kudos to June for being my best friend.
Kudos to the kitchen staff for always making us really good food.
Some ideas for implementing this on your own would be writing one and leaving it in a loved one’s shoe or jacket pocket so that they find it later. Or you could write a sweet message with a dry erase marker on the bathroom mirror (make sure it’s dry erase before using it!). Or, you could tell this person exactly why you’re grateful for them right this second!
However you choose to express your gratitude is just right because it comes from you. We truly appreciate you taking the time to stop by and read this, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
-Farm Camp
