Today we had to say good bye to our newest friends from Harold Oaks Summer Camp. After a fun filled 4 days with the kids, it was finally time to say our farewells. During the week we hepled the kids with crafts, spelling, and math; when we weren't teaching we thoroughly enjoyed just hanging out with them.
One of the kids who caught our attention from the beginning was a young vibrant energetic and lovable boy named Kevin. He is an 8 year old who is obssessed with WWE and never has a negetive thing to say about anyone. late on Wednesday Kevin enthusiastically said, "Are you coming swimming tomorrow with us?!" We were glad to hear that the kids, especially Kevin, were looking forward to swimming just as much as we were. We had been doing a lot of work this week so a nice dip in the cold pool would feel great!
Today we went to the public pool down the road from the camp. As we neared the pool Kevin exclaimed, "There it is" as he sprinted towards the pool; the others followed. Once we got to the pool, Mrs. Maddox, the camp counsulor, told us all to wait at the edge of the pool while the life guards got set on their chairs. As the life guard blew his whistle all the kids jumped in, while cheering for joy! We then spent the next hour playing and swimming with all the kids. Once we finished up we walked back to the camp.
Finally the moment we had been dreading was at hand. As we said good bye to the kids we gave them hugs and took as many pictures as possible to remember the great times we shared. As we pulled kids off of us one kid stood out once more... Kevin ran towards us with open arms and a massive smile. We hugged and told him we would never forget him.
As we pulled away from the camp in our bus we couldn't help but remember the good times we shared with Kevin and the rest of the campers at Harold Oaks Summer Camp.
Nick Strauss &
Reece Belmondo
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