Camp Redwood prides itself on its various programs. This blog post we wanted to take time to acknowledge our court based activities. Here we’re talking about Basketball, Volleyball, Wallball, and Hockey!

Every season our dedicated staff members take time to create and research variations for these events. In Basketball, not only are kids running drills and playing full court games, but we work other skills with round the world basketball and knock out. By teaching techniques and drills, then playing variations on games, kids are learning on both an individual level and as a team member. We of course continue this with volleyball,  playing actual sets with our eldest groups and teaching the fundamentals in a game called Newcomb with our youngest. Again, working with these children day after day,  week after week, and for some month after month; we are given the opportunity to see our campers grow and improve their skills. Wallball is very much a hand eye coordination game and really encourages campers to work together for a common goal, teams are much smaller, if not individual, so campers are able to work at a faster pace to obtain the results they want. Hockey is a great time for all! Campers learn stick handling, puck control, teamwork, how to communicate with their team effectively, and the basic principles and fundamentals of the game. While working on passing and shooting on net, campers are working their own skill as well as learning to work with others.

Our court based activities are a ton of fun and our staff does everything in their power to make it as much of a learning experience as it is a blast for the kids!

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Camp Redwood prides itself on providing an educational experience for it’s campers. Uncle Buddy, one of the camp owners, takes the lead for instruction in Tennis and Archery. Buddy, who provided years of instruction as a Physical Education teacher in the community, continues to take time to explain proper techniques to campers.

Uncle Buddy prides himself on his ability to teach tennis techniques! Camp has several tennis courts both indoor and outdoor. These courts are used almost everyday to instruct the different age groups on how to play tennis. Buddy demonstrates proper technique before he has campers take a hands on approach and perform the movements themselves. He uses repetition to help campers learn these skills so they can later recall them in a match. Uncle Buddy reviews proper technique at the beginning of every session. By the end of the summer you may have the start of a Tennis Pro in your household!!

Buddy also conducts Archery. He uses storytelling to explain the importance and history of the sport. He explains and shows campers the different parts of a bow, as well as explaining where the names of these parts came from. He also explains how to put yourself in a proper stance to fire an arrow from a bow.  Uncle Buddy’s enthusiasm in these areas is prevalent on a daily basis! He uses that to his advantage and shares his passion for sports education with his campers!

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For those who don’t know, Camp Redwood is owned and run by the spectacular Estis Family. Well this past year, they have obtained a little bit of help. Jon, continuing on as the camps Director, has acquired three dedicated individuals who are working closely with he and his family to help Camp Redwood provide the best experience possible to it’s campers and their families.

This group of three has been declared the Administrative Staff.   Rory Muslin has taken the title and role of Program Director. He is responsible for various tasks at camp including, but not limited to, our daily scheduling and operation as well as coordinating our overnights, day trips, and ropes/challenge course. Rory is assisted by his Head Counselors, Tom Kopaskie and Katie Scherhaufer.  Tom and Katie  also assist  in supervising the daily activities and staff operation at camp, as well as completing other duties asked of them as Head Counselors.  Again, this team is constantly working with Jon to make sure things are running as smoothly as possible .

Each of these individuals bring their own unique experiences and knowledge to the table (to read more about them please see the Administrative Staff page). As a team, the Administrative Staffs goal is to help make camp a safe, fun, enjoyable, and truly unique experience! This group is working around the clock to make sure camp goes off without a hitch and that the 2012 summer season is full of new and exciting times for campers and their families!

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]]> http://campredwood.net/spotlight-on-the-administrative-staff/feed/ 0 http://campredwood.net/uncle-buddys-blog-january-2012/ http://campredwood.net/uncle-buddys-blog-january-2012/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:36:50 +0000 Rory Mushlin http://campredwood.net/?p=1372 Dear Parents and Families

In the morning when we leave our homes, we all go off to our jobs or school. As we go about our business we end up doing a lot of walking. Where do we walk? We walk in parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, ball fields, streets, roads, etc. After the day is over we all go home and walk into our homes, some people wipe their shoes off on a door mat and many others do not.

If you knew how many germs cling to the bottom of your shoes, you’d never believe it! The number is in the billions. These germs get into the rugs on the floors and your furniture. Families then live and play in their home and are exposed to all of these germs. Most children also have a tendency to put their fingers in their mouths, ears, eyes, etc. and then end up sick or saying “Mom, I don’t feel good.” Of course most of the germs are killed by our immune system, but some are not and that means a visit to the Doctor’s office.

A young woman with two young children visited a Doctor’s Office many times suffering from illnesses. After the constant visits for her and her children to the Doctor, she decided to do something about it. As you may know “necessity is the mother of invention”. To make a long story short, after several years of research, experiments and a large capital investment, she developed the first antimicrobial treated doormat called “Dr. DOORMAT”. When you swipe your feet two times on the doormat it destroys approximately 99% of the microorganisms that were on your shoes. Just swiping your feet on the mat will help keep your home healthy. Think of it as the first step toward a healthy home.

The Dr. Doormats are available at www.drdoormat.com. If you want to find this item in a store and it’s currently not available, you should ask a store manager to stock it! Check it out at www.drdoormat.com. Just this week Good Morning America posted it on their web site and included it in their steals and deals section and it was included in an article in the Chicago Tribune.

Uncle Buddy…stay healthy

P.S. Please forgive my shameless promotion. The women and her children mentioned above happen to be my daughter and grand children. They hardly ever have to visit the doctor anymore, so the door mat has been working great!

For those of you unaware, Camp Redwood will be entering its 51st season this  summer! Being a family business, that is a remarkable milestone! The owners, Buddy and Irma Estis, have worked long and hard to provide a fun, safe,  and educational environment for their campers. This passion for providing a positive experience to campers and their families has been passed down to their son Jon, the current Director of Camp Redwood. The success of camp is not only thanks to the dedication of the Estis family and their team, but to the community; to the families and friends whose children come to Camp Redwood year after year!

As the 2011 year comes to a close, the Camp Redwood team would like to take time to wish everyone a very healthy, safe, and happy holiday season! Our master of video editing and Program Director, Rory,  has spent several hours working on a new project just for the holidays.  As a thank you and way to reminisce about all the great times you and your children had over this past summer; you should be receiving a copy of our latest video, a summer 2011 holiday yearbook DVD! Please keep an eye on your mailbox as it will be arriving soon, just in time to share with your guests over the holidays!

Thank you again to our families and friends for your care and support over the past year. It has been a blast and we’ve enjoyed working with you and your campers! We hope you choose to continue to grow with us here at Camp Redwood in the years to come!

Happy Holidays from all of us here at Camp Redwood!

As I have gotten older, I have begun to realize that the most important thing that god gave me was good health. When we are young we think that being in good health is the way it will always be. Most of us never stop to think that our health has the potential to be in poor condition. Thus, we proceed to do things and eat things that are not conducive to good health. When I previously said good-bye to someone who visited me I’d say, “so long and good luck”. I have since changed my good-byes to, “so long and good HEALTH!”

Having taught physical education for many years, I would receive many notes from parents explaining that their children couldn’t participate in gym that day because their children weren’t feeling well. This bothered me because I felt everyone, parents included, should have a chance to do something physical everyday for good health.

It got to the point that I picked up the phone one day and called my eldest daughters husband, Jeff. He is an MD, but he is also a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. When I got him on the phone, I asked Jeff “what is the best way to prevent kids from getting sick and how much would it cost? Please answer in layman’s English, not 15 syllable words.” His reply was instant and short, “have children and their parents wash their hands with hot soapy water on a regular basis and as often as they can.” My reply was “that’s it!” Jeff responded with “that’s it, and by the way it won’t cost a dime.” It almost floored me! My next question was “how come?”

His reply was, if you or any parent stops to think about how many objects you touch when you wake up in the morning and throughout the day, you touch doors, door handles, door knobs, banisters, telephones, computer keys, toilet seats, stuff stuck in your shoes, and other equipment that’s been on the floors, outside in the ball fields, etc., the list goes on and on. While you do this, your hands are coming into contact with millions and millions of germs and people don’t even know about it, or realize its happening. This contact amplifies the potential for problems in children who are run down and not getting enough sleep or eating proper food. This weakens their immune system and allows the germs to get into their bodies and make them ill.
There are several ways that “bugs” get into your bodies. If you cut yourself and are careless and don’t sanitize the cut and then don’t band aid it for example, this is how germs enter into your blood stream. The primary ways they also enter your body are through your nose, mouth, ears, and eyes. To prevent from getting sick, simply keep from putting your fingers in your mouth and remember to wash your hands often!

Stay tuned for my next blog post with more information on your health!

GOOD HEALTH,

Uncle Buddy

Hello Redwood Families, Friends, and Guests!

Though we’re technically in the camp off season, those here at Camp Redwood are already busy planning for an incredibly fun 2012 summer! The team is working hard on developing new themed weeks, special events, and other opportunities for you and your children to have a great time at camp.

Please make sure to check back on the website often. We’re adding to the site on a regular basis; we now have an upcoming events section, new YouTube videos, an updated slideshow of 2011 pictures, and there is plenty more to come! Also, be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to remain up-to-date on this coming summers activities.

We’ll be doing a special release of our planned themed weeks on January 1st,2012. Check out our Facebook event for more information.

Today is the start of an incredibly intense, competitive and memorable week at camp. It’s Color War time! This year we have the White Avengers vs. the Maroon Matadors. Every camper is on one of the two teams and will be duking it out through the course of the week to see which team comes out on top! The final competition will be a morning swim meet, followed by an afternoon track meet a the end of the week.

Check out this video taken this morning showing Jon dropping off Color War flyers to the kids from his plane soaring high above!

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Check out more videos on our youtube channel & be sure to look at our photo albums on facebook, we update them several times a week!