This week I went back down to Rutledge!

Camp Twin Lakes hosted a mini two-day

conference this past Wednesday and Thursday. If you’ll recall, Camp Twin Lakes is the physical

camp location that hosts Camp Kudzu as well as a whole host of other camps from across

Georgia. They specifically host camps that specialize in disabilities and allow children with them

to get a normal camp experience. Anna and Caroline went down on Wednesday and stayed

overnight, but I didn’t head down until early Thursday morning.

Getting down was an “adventure”, as my mom would say. It’s about an hour’s drive from

my house, but it was raining that day, and my GPS was acting up on me, so I had to be really

carful on the way over. Needless to say, I nearly got there a little bit late. I don’t know what they

did on Wednesday, but on Thursday there was a guest speaker called Dr. G who was there to

help the different camps with volunteer orientation procedures.

One of the biggest difficulties camps like Camp Kudzu have is with showing new

volunteers the ropes. The biggest problem is time; volunteers are already taking time out of their

(sometimes very busy) schedules to volunteer at weeklong summer camps and aren’t always

willing (or able) to take several more days off to learn the procedures that come with being a

medically specialized camp. Even so when Dr. G asked the shortest orientation was 6 hours.

Since I’m an intern and haven’t been to one of Camp Kudzu’s summer camp sessions, I wasn’t

able to contribute very much while Anna and Caroline were using what we learned from the

panel to revamp the orientation procedures. However, I paid attention and contributed where I

could, doing my best to utilize everything I’d learned so far from interning, the DECA

conference, Dr. G, and class. I still wasn’t able to do much other than observe and learn, but the

times I did contribute to the conversation my ideas were taken seriously.

Logbook Hours:

Day Time In Time Out Time On Break Hours Worked

Monday 8:30AM 4:00PM Lunch: N/A 7hr 30min
February 27th (Working
Lunch)
Tuesday 9:00AM 3:00PM Lunch: 6hr 45min
February 28th 6:00PM (Head 7:15PM (Head 12:15PM-
Staff Meeting) Staff Meeting) 12:45PM
Wednesday 8:30AM 4:30PM Lunch: N/A 8
March 1st (Working
Lunch)
Thursday March 8:00AM 4:00PM Lunch: N/A 8
2nd (Working
Lunch)
Friday March 3rd 8:00AM 4:00PM Lunch: N/A 8
(Working
Lunch)
Total Weekly 38hr 15min
Hours
Total Hours to 235hr 50min
Date