Hallows Church PlayDayz Sports Camp- Guest Post by Wes
Last week The Hallows sponsored its 4th Play Dayz Sports & Rec Camp and this year, because Leighton just turned 5, she got to participate. She has been excited all year since she watched some kids dump water on my head at the end of camp last year. The campers are from ages 5-12. We break the teams down by ages and assign each team a color and 2 team leaders. The team leaders will come up with a team name and chant that the kids will learn and scream all 3 days of camp. It brings the kids together who don't know each other or their team leaders. These teams go through 4 activities each day such as; football, frisbee, soccer, basketball, tug of war, water balloon toss, diamond pickle, freeze tag, etc. We provide a parent's lounge area for parents to watch camp and connect with one another.
There were 2 mission teams that came to Seattle to support this effort, South Tulsa Baptist Church (have come all 4 years) and Living Hope Baptist Church from College Station, TX (1st year helping.) Each team did great and where a huge help! Several parents, not part of any church, mentioned how awesome it was for people to give up several days and come to Seattle just to help with this camp. I love getting to hang out with these kids for 3 days and also getting to meet new parents as well as reconnect with returning parents.
After the 3rd day of camp we have a pizza party for everyone to hang out and share a meal together. Always a good time making new friends. Here is a link to the video : CLICK HERE
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| Each team at their team color flag. |
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| Leighton hanging with her team at the end of the day. |
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| Each day there was a "Spirit Award" and the 4 most spirited teams got to play a water game with their team leaders. This one is called "Hit the Porcupine" |
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| Couldn't have pulled this off with out Mary Ann! She handles the registration side of the camp and does an amazing job. |
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