Camp Hero: Day 4

The 4th day of Camp Hero was a blast! Today, campers had the opportunity to climb a rock wall that looked short from afar, but very tall from up close...

Campers participated in different kinds of relays (skipping, jumping, chasing medicine balls - oh, my!) and other physical stations such as sandbag slams, step-ups, and ladder-running. Each group went one at a time to the rock wall, and almost all the campers were able to reach the top! As the rock wall fun continued, the groups off the wall made paracord bracelets, participated in the "fall back" exercise, and played charades.

After lunch, the Garrison Commander of Camp Mabry, Major Les Davis, came to talk with the campers about the challenges of reintegration, how they can help their parents, how they can help themselves, and answered some questions. We learned lots of things about what Major Davis experienced during deployment in Afghanistan, including harsh winters, enjoying care packages with handwritten letters, and missing Whataburger.

Campers then had a chance to free journal in their military youth journals created and provided by The Comfort Crew, and then made "vision boards" expressing a goal they had and creating a motivational collage around it.

Tomorrow is the last day of Camp Hero, and we'll be so sad to not see everyone each day! At least we have lots of pictures with which we can remember this great week!

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See everybody tomorrow!
- CCMK