Staff Intros Part 2

Staff began arriving yesterday for the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) Clinic and Lifeguarding class.  After weeks of beautiful weather, it is also raining and thunder-storming (of course)!  I love the irony that is summer camp :)!

Here are some more bios for you:

Kate Hagan:

   My name is Kate Hagan. I am a Junior at Oregon State University, studying English. I grew up in northern California and moved up Washington state at age 13. My family and I grew up attending Coppercreek's family camp, horsemanship and traditional camp. I have ridden horses all my life and competed in 3 day evening and hunter/jumper shows since age 12. I have also grown up swimming and currently just finished up my third competitive season swimming distance freestyle for Oregon State's women's swim team. 

   I am so excited to meet everyone and look forward to a GREAT summer! 

Emily Westphal:

I'm from Gaylord, Michigan. I just finished all of my courses at Northern Michigan University majoring in Art and Design Education. My concentration within that major is Photography. I will be stepping out of the college classroom and into the elementary classroom as I prepare to student teach this fall in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I am set to graduate this December. 

At NMU, I worked with Housing and Residence Life as a community adviser (similar to an RA) and was avid in a program called the Superior Edge. My free time was taken up by rock climbing, hiking, snowshoeing, and photography. California will be a completely new experience for me. I am new to CopperCreek, and the area. 

I am anxious to meet all of you, and explore CopperCreek!!

~Em 

Signe Larson:

This will be my first summer at  Coppercreek. I'll be lifeguarding mostly. I grew up in Portland,  Oregon and I'm a junior at Oregon State University. My major is New  Media Communications, focusing on sports broadcasting and marketing.

I'm currently the captain or the OSU women's swim team. That takes up most of my time but when  I do get some free time I love camping,  hiking, surfing, skiing, riding 4x4s anything outdoors!

I'm way excited for this summer and can't wait to meet you all!

-Signe

Staff Intros Part 1

Hello Everyone!  

It's been a while since I posted.  Makenna turned one, and camp has been very busy in the time I was away!  As part of our welcome to our new and returning staff, we send around an e-mail and ask the staff to introduce themselves to one another.  I thought you all might like to meet them as well.  

I will post a few intros each day for the next week or so.

Ryan McDowell

My name is Ryan McDowell and I was born and raised in the beautiful Indian valley where Coppercreek is set.  In high school I had the pleasure of watching over the infamous Ryleigh Hogland for a summer at coppercreek, but this will be my first year as a counselor.

Right now I live in San Luis Obispo Ca where I attend Cal Poly as a communication studies major and psychology minor.  After graduating I plan to go to law school potentially to be an attorney. 

I am on the Cal Poly water ski team and enjoy spending time out on the lake skiing and wake boarding, I got the opportunity this year to travel around the western united states competing in inter-collegiate tournaments.  

Other sports I spend much of my time playing are basketball and football with some downhill skateboarding dashed in. I am a big music enthusiast and love to sing, play guitar and saxophone.  I look forward to working with all of you this summer.

Amy Lewis

My name is Amy Lewis, an I am a senior Biology major at UC Davis. I am hoping to go to physical therapy school when I graduate.

I grew up in Newport Beach and enjoy sailing, surfing and most other beach activities. Outside of the beach I spend a lot of my time at the barn. I am captain of the UC Davis Equestrian team and my horse Lucky lives up at school with me (and occupies most of my time). I am also a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, play IM soccer, and enjoy running.

I am super excited to spend my first summer at camp and look forward to meeting everyone!

Adelaide Baber

Hey Everyone,

 My name is Adelaide Baber and I will be a sophomore in the Fall at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Ca where I am majoring in Sports Management with double minor in Business Administration and Communications. At school I am very involved in several clubs on campus, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, and also enjoy running half-marathons with my mom throughout the year.

 I grew up in the Sacramento valley in a small town called Colusa . Growing up I spent the majority of my time with 4-H, riding horses, showing dogs, wakeboarding, and playing sports. I attended Coppercreek for 8 summers and took part in Traditional Camp, Horsemastership, Trek, CIT and JC programs. During my summer off from Coppercreek, I was a summer camp counselor for a non-profit leadership organization called the California Association of Student Councils (CASC).

I am extremely excited for my first summer on staff! See everyone in a few weeks!

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I hope you are all as excited about camp as we are!

Becky

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Because of Camp.... Boy, there are so many things I could say to answer this question. Camp has made me a better Mom, friend, teacher, sister. Camp has enhanced my life and my children's lives in so many ways.

How would you finish the sentence? I'd love to hear from you!

Willow takes her first walk in the big world!

Jada's Baby Arrives!

Welcome to Coppercreek's Newest Addition! She doesn't have a name yet, and we are taking suggestions! This beautiful little girl arrived yesterday afternoon about 2 pm. Lornie checked on Jada yesterday around noon, saw no signs of impending labor, so came down to do a couple of hours in the camp office. When she went back through the barn, this little baby was born and already trying to stand up. Jada had done it all on her own, without any help, despite the fact that Lornie had spent many sleepless nights watching the monitor and waiting for her. Oh, well, the most important thing is that baby and Mommy are both healthy and happy! We can't wait for you all to meet her!

Still No Baby....

We are still waiting for Jada. The poor thing is as big as a house and as uncomfortable as all get out! We feel terrible for her. She quite literally waddles around her pen. Ryleigh has been taking her for a walk every evening in the hopes a little exercise will make the baby come faster. It hasn't worked yet! It is a cold, rainy, yucky spring day, but the good news is that it means Craig can burn pine needles and get some outside work done while it's cool. The warm Spring and Summer weather will be here soon. Becky is just about finished with her Northstar job. The resort is only open for one more week, then it will really be time to get serious in the camp office and get all of the spring mailings together. OH, Amy is coming to visit next week. We are all very excited to see her.
Hope you are having a lovely day! Send good thoughts Jada's way...
Becky

Home Visits!

Hello All,
We just completed the last of our home slideshow visits/reunions and we couldn't have enjoyed them more. It was so much fun for us to be able to see some of our campers in their home environments and visit with them and their parents. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to the Cohen-Levinson family, the Milligan family and the Hill family who graciously opened their homes to us. We are so grateful!

PS No foal yet. We are still watching and waiting........