Camp Update 2007

"Definately Dazzling Day Camp 07" lived up to it's name as we celebrated becoming all that God wants us to be. With a Paradise Island theme. 15 Big Buddy teens welcomed 12 Little Buddies to our camp at the Schulz ranch in Bend Oregon.

Our Big Buddy teens, under the direction of five adult facilitators, spent time during June and July in leadership training and planned a terrific camp. Small group sessions focused on activites addressing key skills for surviving change. These included tips and tricks for making new friends, learning to resist temptation by making good choices, exploring tools for better "comm-you-nication", and how to strive for strength to overcome fear and anxiety.

As we had hoped - Definately Dazzling Day Camp provided just the opportunity we needed to see God in action. Our hope was to share His love and empower all involved to know how much He cares about us! Thanks to all of you who helped with your time, your prayers, your donations, and your love. Char

Ladies at the Luau

Musicians helped us celebrate with song.

Lovely ladies blessed us with their Hawaiin dance.
Dancing the Bamboo Stick dance and the limbo tested our agility.
Everyone joined in the act with their own rendition of the Hula.

Happy Campers

From wooden boats to lovely flip flops - our campers loved the various crafts that made them feel like they were wisked away to a tropical island.

Maui Group

Our small groups were named using four of the Hawaiian Island names. Here is a glimpse of our lovely "wahinis" from Maui...

Camp 07 - "Be The Best You Can Be!"

Our dazzling campers say "Maholo" to all of those who helped make this camp possible!

What a Great Day!

Your Fearless Leaders!

See Our Lovely Helpers in their finest hour!

Day 1 of our Garage Sale was amazing.. amazing weather, amazing Buddy servants, amazing shoppers, amazing donations, amazing income. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

Camp Fundraiser - Garage & Bake Sale Apr 28-29

After School Buddies will be hosting a big indoor-outdoor garage/bake sale this weekend (April 28-29) at 416 NE Greenwood in Bend. We hope to raise $$ to support our summer day camp offered in August. Camp is offered at no cost to our students and we expect a lot of them! Just before the sale the middle school Buddies will be baking delicious goodies to sell. And we will have some amazing hand-made purses to sell from Cambodia too.

ASB will be giving 10% of our proceeds to the Tyler Eklund fund to help with his medical costs after his snowboarding accident. So there are all kinds of great reasons to come and see us - 8:00 am Saturday and 11:00 am on Sunday!

We have LOTS of amazing things to sell so we hope if you read this and live in Bend, that you will come and shop. Help us with this great opportunity to train our teens about the "retail" and "customer service" businesses too!