June, 26, 2005

Saturday

Muscular Dystrophy

Association

through the week in

one piece.

Happy hunting!

3pm—4:30pm

Swimming

5pm

Dinner is served

6:45pm

Krazy Hat

Karaoke

11pm

Lights Out

Today’s Activities

Weather Forecast

Welcome to MDA

Summer Camp

2005 at Camp Sey-

mour! We are

thrilled to have eve-

ryone here. We’re

looking forward to a

great week.

Leslie & Terra

Thanks to all of the

staff and volunteers

that have been slav-

ing away for the last

two days to get

camp ready.

Here is what we

have planned for

later this week:

Harleys are back

Halo Tourney

Movie Night

Basketball Tourney

Talent Show

Magic Show

Casino Night

Awards Dinner

Hollywood Dance

Finding foster

:

Foster is officially on

the loose! If you have

him, hold on to him. If

you don’t have him,

find him by Thursday

morning.

Whoever has Foster

by breakfast time on

Thursday morning

needs to get him to

Terra to win their

cabin a special surprise.

Take care of foster,

keep him safe and in

good shape. Dress him

up all you want, just be

sure he makes it

high of

Morning clouds with

sun in the afternoon

and evening

Cabin 7 would like

to thank Mike B.

For making it back

to camp before

camper arrival.

Today’s Menu

Tomorrows Break-

fast:

Scrambled eggs

hashbrowns

Bacon

Fruit station

Lunch:

homemade pizza

salad bar

Dinner:

fried chicken

mashed potatoes

coleslaw

biscuits

salad bar

The Seymour

Highlights of Events

In History

Research courtesy of former camper Jennifer Gerber

For those of you

who didn’t make it

to the campfire last

night, you missed a

great show.

It’s hard to decide

which trick was the

highlight of the

show; the disappea r-

ance of the ketchup

bottle, or the ap-

pea rance of the ra c-

coon… ?

Thanks for the great

show, Andrew!

“Five little muffins in the muffin shop!”

Thanks, Leif, for the very catchy tunes and a performance that

was very enthusiastic.

What do first time counselors think about camp so far?

Ashley, cabin 2, 17 years old, from Puyallup, is a little nervous and ex-

pects a lot of hard work, but thinks camp will be fun and overall a great

experience. She’s meeting people that she wouldn’t ordinarily get a

chance to.

Kate, cabin 2, 16 years old, from Bellingham, isn’t nervous since she’s

heard so much from Scott. She says everyone is so nice and outgoing

and thinks it will be hard to leave.

Mike , cabin 6, 17 years old, from Gig Harbor, is nervous, but is looking

forward to a lot of fun. He’s sure he’ll miss all of his new friends.

We’ll see what Ashley, Kate, and Mike think at the end of the week.

facilities and service.

The Tacoma YMCA officially

named the property "Camp

Seymour" in 1926, to reco g-

nize W.W. Seymour for his

generous gift. In 1929 WW

Seymour passed on, "but not

before his part in the dream

had become a reality; the camp

was emerging as one of the

finest on the West Coast."

Tacoma Review, 7/25/73

In the summer of 1903 WW

Seymour graciously allowed a

group of youth from the Ta-

coma YMCA to camp on his

farm property on Balch's Cove

(now known as Glen Cove).

The relationship between the

Tacoma YMCA and W .W.

Seymour grew, and two sum-

mers later, in 1905, YMCA

camping for local Tacoma boys

officially began with one tent

on the same part of Seymour's

property where Camp Sey-

mour now stands. The follow-

ing summer, 16 boys enjoyed a

two-week camping experience,

learning outdoor skills, cook-

ing, swimming and sleeping

under the stars. The first crude

cookhouse/dining pavilion was

constructed in 1908 with over

60 boys in ten tents attending

camp that summer. In our first

100 years YMCA Camp Sey-

mour has grown significantly in

Classifieds

without your name, and

leave it in the classifieds

box near the entrance to

the dining hall. We’ll

publish as many appro-

priate notes as we can.

Starting with the Sun-

day edition of the Sey-

mour Scoop we’ll be

printing your notes

right here.

Did you misplace some-

thing somewhere in

camp?

Would you like to leave

an anonymous ‘thank

you’ for someone?

Do you have some ideas

for articles or camp ac-

tivities?

Write your note, with or

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The Seymour Scoop

During 2003 over

12,500 youth,

teens and families

were served

through outdoor

and environmental

education,

summer camping,

family camps, and

contracted user

groups.