Calvin has been working all summer at a paid internship on base. The program places students in a variety of jobs: food service, maintenance, the gym, movie theater, marketing department, child care, etc. Calvin has been working with the school age care program and it has been a perfect match for his gifts. This summer the base brought in a group of college age students with the Camp Adventure program from the US to run summer camps for the kids. Calvin has loved working alongside of them, singing songs, getting whipped cream pies in the face every Thursday, playing with the kids, and assisting with field trips.
The other part of his internship was a long-term project where all of the teen employees were responsible for collaborating on a Day for Kids. They had to plan the event, book the location and gear required, figure out food, promote the event to the base community, etc. Calvin was nervous it wasn’t going to all come together at the end (What if the people in charge of the food made a mistake in the ordering? Did the right date and time get printed on the flyers?), but we had a great day.
The gym was set up with carnival games, a gaga ball ring (a game similar to dodge ball, but played on the fly with the palm of the hand and the added strategy of using the curved wall to direct the ball), bouncy structures, face painting, prizes and food.
