Senior Teen Week has come a long way since I attended as a camper 12 years ago.  Not that things were bad back then, they were just different.  One example would be that when I attended my senior year of high school there was no Young Teen or Senior Teen week, both weeks were combined.  Imagine if you can 8 graders through college freshman all the same camp!  Another example would be the schedule.  Built into the schedule were your generic afternoon sports games and a lot of free time.  Now I am all about free time, but sitting around camp for hours on end with little structure is only entertaining for so long.  So when Jordan and I took over as director we provided a little more structure in the form of Challenges.

Over the past few years we have tried to build team competition and keep camp flowing by setting up a weekly game with individual challenges.  Some of our games have been a week long treasure hunt and a FBI “who done it”.  The week long games are won by participating in challenges in order to receive game winning clues.  We have found that this keeps the week interesting, fun, and dare I say, challenging.

Our inspiration comes from TV Reality shows, new twists on old games, and from our warped minds.  In my opinion some of our best ideas have been: The Stretcher Challenge, Shelter building, Rice Bucket/Watermelon Relay, Video Scavenger Hunt, Puzzle in the Lake, Full Field Memory, and the Water Balloon Launch.

Some of you may thrive on team challenges.  Others of you may groan at the mere mention of the word.  Whichever group you fall into, keep in mind that the ultimate goal of our challenges is to exhaust you into a good night’s sleep.