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friday’s final thought: father’s day
each june, we celebrate skinned knees and fishing trips. we celebrate baseball games and soccer matches. we celebrate the kings of early morning day-care drop off and the stay-at-home laundry masters. we celebrate the day-shift, the night-shift,…
crsf camp 3: different states, same hopes and dreams
as we do every year, we cap off the summer with two weeks of back to back camp! today, we get ready to greet about 200 boys and girls for their last hurrah before they head back to school. this week, they come to us from 11 different states:…
crsf camp 3: day 1 on the field
the third week of camp is upon us! it’s truly shaping up to be another incredible week. just right now, as i sit here in the press box and write about this awesome week, i watched a girl come up to bat who looks as she has never picked up a bat…
crsf camp 3: blue moon and blue fingers at the ironbirds game
last night we had the awesome opportunity to take the kids to an aberdeen ironbirds game! not only was it a blue moon last night, but it was a perfect summer evening in maryland. the game was a great success! we entered through a private entrance…
crsf camp 3: powerful stories
as another eventful week of cal ripken, sr. foundation summer camp comes to a close, campers reflected on new friends and new experiences in their final night. although getting the chance to play baseball and learn new skills on the diamond was…
crsf camp 4: the last hurrah
in some parts of the country, including our home state of maryland, many kids are already back in the classrooms and on school buses. fortunately for us, some of our kids have one last week of summer vacation so that we get to squeeze in one last…
writing new stories at crsf camp
we’re often asked “just what happens at #crsfcamp? what do the kids do? what do the kids learn? who teaches the lessons? how can just one week impact someone’s life? well…here’s our answer. #crsfcamp is a story. during a one week period, the…
dream day: our dream for all kids
fifty years ago today, martin luther king, jr. stood in front of millions of people at the lincoln memorial in washington, dc, and spoke those famous words ( which he apparently ad libbed ): “i have a dream that my four little children will one day…
crsf camp 4: lots of jumping, dancing, learning
relay race fun: campers had to walk (not run) across the turf circle and pretend they were putting things into a shopping cart. when they got to their counselor at the other end, they had to do five jumping jacks, shouting "i'm a star!…
life back at the office: no more camp?!?
as i sit here at my desk writing this blog post, i am a little perplexed because i am not out at camp enjoying free time or the ropes course and getting ready for dinner with over 200 people. for the past two weeks, the crsf program team and i have…