our awards are given out at and after banquet on the last night of camp. at the beginning of banquet, each girl gets her final buzzer which is a huge book with each bunk's inside jokes in it. Then comes the tennis awards (who finished at the top of the tennis ladder in each age group and who is the most improved tennis player) are given out. Next comes the awards for number of years at camp (5 year sweatshirts, 6 year watches, 7 year jackets, 8 year "B" necklaces, 9 year silver ID bracelets, 10 year silver keychains, and 11 year item from the uniform catalog). the major awards are also given out at banquet. They are really serious awards given only to the lower seniors and PC (oldest) girls, most of whom have been at camp for at least 6 years. The awards are major honors, and they are
-SENIOR ATHLETE-lower senior or PC who is just great at sports
-SENIOR LEADERSHIP-lower senior or PC who leads positively in the senior group
-SENIOR CHARACTER-lower senior or PC who displays great character in the senior group
-SENIOR SPIRIT-lower senior or PC who is always cheering, singing and smiling
-ALL AROUND SENIOR-lower senior or PC who is just generally a great camper, does everything he or she is supposed to do and is nice to everyone
-CAMP ATHLETE-lower senior or PC (usually a PC) who is seen as the best all around athlete at camp, based on athletic ability and sportsmanship
-CAMP LEADERSHIP-PC whose leadership is positive throughout the entire camp
-CAMP SPIRIT-PC who shows great, positive spirit to the whole camp and gets the whole camp spirited as well
-CAMP CHARACTER(Anna Lehrer award, named for the founder of our camp's wife)- PC with the best character, generally nice and always doing what they are supposed to do all around camp
-ALL AROUND CAMPER(Chief Lehrer award, named for the founder of our camp)-the biggest honor you can get at our camp (in addition to color war chief). this is a PC that everyone knows and respects, someone who is an all around great camper and very special person. somewhat athletic, nice to EVERYONE, a good leader, basically embodies all of the other awards
after banquet is over, each grouphead meets with her age group to give kids awards in other areas of camp within the group, such as video awards. She also gives each girl her giant envelope, which has in it bunk, individual, and age group pictures, Red Cross swim card, certificate with areas of achievement in camp, and videos she made at video.
