I took Cimarron for granted. I didnt truly understand the levels of enrichment, exposure to college-educated role models, and the overall equivalent cost of ALL those activities (swimming, horseback riding, horse care, rappelling, drama, revelry, skeet shooting, outdoors self-sufficiency, canoeing, astronomy, tennis, hiking, games, diving, geology and more). But the sheer volume of all those enriching, confidence-building activities was only a third of the experience. We all lived there together while learning them. Day camp was merely an 8-hour experience, and then a return back to normalcy. At resident camp, we learned more, did more, socialized more. Friends are the family we give ourselves, and at Cimarron, those lifelong friendships happened naturally. Cimarron was where I came to understand, appreciate and love Gods creation. I want to pass on those same kind of experiences to my children and to all the other children who could grow from experiences like the ones... that I took for granted. So, I volunteer and give now, and I look forward to following Jennifer and Adriennes lead to taking the kids (and encouraging the others to go) to resident camp when they too are old enough.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:07:36 +0000
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