A Huge THANK YOU from Camp Paw Paw Staff

All of us consolers wanted to thank you and your campers again for an amazing summer at Camp Paw Paw! We hope that each and every camper had a fantastic time and learned a lot about the humane treatment of animals. Hopefully we will see you all again next year!

We would love to hear about you and your camper's experience at camp! Please follow this link to our Google Forum to answer a quick survey. By doing so we can make camp better for years to come!

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As we are closing the tent today on our last day of camp our blog has exploded with page views! To date we have had 1,266 page views. Thank you so much for following along this summer.

Below are all of our camp sessions! Look at all of those red Camp Paw Paw shirts!

Week 1

Week 2AM

Week 2PM

Week 3AM

Week 3PM

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

LOST AND FOUND: Is this yours?

The following pictured are lost and found items from camp this summer. If any of these items belong to your camp they can be found at the front desk of the Humane Society.

Week 1 NECN News Update

Extra! Extra! Watch all about it! Camp Paw Paw was on TV!

That's right! This morning NECN aired our segment on camp (sorry we didn't find out until after this happened). Even though we missed the live airing, here is the link for you to watch it whenever you'd like. Feel free to share this with friends, family, etc.

The link is: http://goo.gl/qYZLCA

You are welcome to share this link on social media or any platform you choose. We are very happy with the way this turned out and hope you are too!

Camp Paw Paw Staff

Day Five: Wildlife Day

For the last day of camp, we went on an adventure! Today we went to Red Rocks Park. To prepare for our walk we designed and made binoculars to use to scope out animals. Then we were off! Once at Red Rocks Park we sat by the beach and played lots of games. Some campers searched for sea glass and we found a lot! After our walk, we wrote down our favorite part of camp on a piece of paper. That piece of paper was used to make a long paper chain with all the campers favorite parts on it. This will be hanging in the lobby, so feel free to come and check it out and watch it grow from week to week. To end camp for the week, we celebrated with popsicles!

The counselors had an amazing week with your campers and we hope that they had a fantastic time as well! We hope to see their smiling faces again next summer. Until then, have a happy summer and a great school year. Remember: Adopt, Don't Shop!

Day Four: Humane Society of Chittenden County Day

Today we started the morning by sharing pictures of our pets with the group. Everyone was really excited and engaged to hear about each others' pets. During this conversation we also discussed which animals we would dream of having, such as lions, tigers, and bears (Oh My!). We had a snack and played some games with the parachute before making popsicles for the guinea pigs at HSCC. We made these by using Gerber 1sts baby food. This is used because it is solely made out of the one ingredient (fruit) rather than adding sugar or other flavors/preservatives. Some flavors we used that are safe for guinea pigs were apple, banana, sweet potato, mango, and pear. Give it a try for those hot summer days for your small animals at home!
Erin, the Volunteer & Community Outreach Manager for HSCC, came out to tell us more about what the humane society does. We all had lots of great stories to share and questions to ask about the animals in the shelter. Then, Erin let us meet her personal dog Shelby, who was a rescue from the humane society! She was very sweet and gave us lots of kisses.
A reminder: please remember to have your child wear their red shirt tomorrow for our walking trip to Red Rocks Park. It is under a mile away but please make sure your child has a water bottle with them for the heat.

Day Three: Enrichment Day

Today was a very exciting day! A news crew came in from NECN to interview some of the campers about their experience and what they have learned. This will air next Tuesday at 5 o'clock. We will send you the specific information about channels when we have it. After it airs we will also send you a link to watch it online.
Linden Higgins came in today to teach us about bugs! We learned all about the differences between bugs, insects, spiders, and crustaceans. Then we got to search the HSCC campus for our own bugs. Some of the bugs that the campers found included daddy long legs, roly-polies, ants and beetles. Be sure to ask your camper all about the cool bugs that they found! To extend on our guest speaker, we made our own bug fossils and bug prints. Check out the pictures below to see an example.
As a side note, tomorrow we will be sharing pictures of our pets as a group. If you and your camper have any pets at home, please bring in a photo to share. Also, we will be going on a walk to Red Rocks Park on Friday. Please have your camper wear their red shirt to ease the group trip process. Even though we will be on a walking trip, pick up and drop off will still be at the tent.

Day Two: Cat Day

At check-in we started with drawing pages and a fun game. Today while some of the campers played games and made cat toy crafts, others were brought inside to hangout with some cats. The cats were Lila and Forrest. Both of whom are up for adoption-- if your family is interested in meeting these animals feel free to start coming in July 18! While we were eating a snack we worked on our collages!

Our guest speakers today were the Burlington K-9 Unit. Officer Wade Labrecque was our community partner and helped us organize for this event.  Corporal Martin and his dog Capone and Officer Boudreau and his dog Mo also came to show off their tricks and talents. This included simple tasks like sit, lay down, heel, and stay. This then ranged to more complicated tasks such as searching and tracking and protecting his or her officer. Everyone, campers, staff, and parents, enjoyed seeing the show.

Scroll down to see photos from Day Two!