At the end of June, seven wonderful siblings, two staff and two volunteers piled into the Ronald McDonald House van and headed northeast to Faith's Lodge. We were off to enjoy Sibling Camp and enjoy we did!! What an awesome group of kids!! After we settled into our beautiful rooms at Faith's Lodge, Evie showed us around. We love Evie! She welcomes us so kindly and takes such good care of us. Then we were off and running.... over the next 3 days we were busy!!
We....
We....
- played mini golf
- ate such yummy meals- including making our own pizza
- enjoyed a bonfire
- made yummy s'mores and licked our fingers
- played on the new playground at Faith's Lodge
- watched great movies and ate popcorn, rice krispie bars and brownies
- made our own tie blankets- filled with a secret message to ourselves
- played on the beach at Devil Lake
- played in the water for a long time!!
- wrote in our sibling camp journals about our adventures
- stamped out special word beads celebrating our time together
- received camp Beads of Courage marking a unique gift about each of us and our adventures at camp
- soaked in the beauty of the north woods
- reminded ourselves that we are so special and sometimes change is tough
- relaxed a little
- rolled down the hill
- found a few ticks and some mosquitoes
- missed our families for a couple of minutes
- and had lots of fun together!!
Thank you Jeremiah, Brooke, Bailey, Lauren, Emily, Alyssa and Destiny! You are awesome kids and we all had such a fabulous time with you! You are kind, gentle, giving, fun and good friends! We are lucky to know you!
Twin Cities commercial photographer, Mike Krivit, has volunteered his time and talent to shoot much needed headshots of RMHC-UM staff. They will be displayed in the House, as well as on our website. Mike is tremendously talented and we are thrilled he is a friend of RMHC-UM.