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The Last Week of Summer Day Camp
Today was the last day of the CND Summer Day Camp and I don’t know how to feel about it right now. On one hand, I am exhausted from working with the kids every day, constantly on my toes and … Continue reading
The Voice of Reason
Over the course of this summer, we have had many discussions on what it means to be a leader. I have worked with and under many different types of leaders and I have learned that where every leader has different … Continue reading
“Workin’ 9 to 5”
One reason I wanted to participate in this fellowship was to begin adjusting myself to a regular full-time 9-5 work schedule after graduation and before I begin work professionally in Autumn. As a student, I would always schedule my classes … Continue reading
Lessons I needed to be reminded of
For this post, I would like to reflect on a couple of things that happened at camp this week. I’ll first start with my experience playing substitute teacher on Tuesday. One of the 8-10yo classes needed a teacher for the … Continue reading
Paperwork, Paperwork, and more Paperwork…
This week, I spent a lot of my time logging data for different ADAMH-funded summer day camps in Columbus. Each camp that is funded by the ADAMH board must have their campers complete AOD-V baseline and follow-up surveys. All of … Continue reading
Summer Day Camp Week 1 DONE
This week was the first week of Summer Day Camp at Community for New Direction. This week has been so amazing, stressful, chaotic, fulfilling, challenging, and, most importantly, successful. On Monday, we had around 175 kids show up for camp … Continue reading
Communication is key!
It is now the end of week 3 of my fellowship at Community for New Direction. This week was spent getting everything ready for camp on Monday. All of the counselors came in for training 9-3 every day. My jobs … Continue reading
T-10 days until camp!
My time at CND these past two weeks has been spent helping the staff prepare for Summer Day Camp to start on the 24th. I have been assigned the task of making sure all of the binders for the counselors … Continue reading
Week one at CND
Hello! My name is Soncerrae Davis and I am a recent graduate of The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Arts Management. I will be spending my summer this year working for Community for New Direction in their Youth … Continue reading