We had so much fun yesterday at our 3 stops on our Canadensis Canteen trip to Long Island and North Jersey. Here are a few pictures from the event. Will post more throughout the day. Thanks to everyone who came out!
Canadensis Today West Coast Edition
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Camp Is Coming To You!
Hello Canadensis…
As I sit here on a Thursday afternoon, I am really looking forward to our first ever Canteen on the Fly, which will take place this weekend. If you haven’t heard, we will be hitting the follow locations this Sunday, February 21!
Our First Ever Canteen on the Fly is this weekend on Sunday February 21! See below for locations and times.
TIMES and LOCATIONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21
SOUTH SHORE, LONG ISLAND from 12:00 – 1:00 pm
TCBY at 2203 Merrick Road, Merrick, NY
(next to La Piazza)
Store Phone #: 516.868-8471
NORTH SHORE, LONG ISLAND from 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Carvel Ice Cream at 403 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY
(next to Patsy’s Pizza)
Store Phone #: 516.921.9895
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY from 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Colaco’s Creamery at 273 S. Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ
(in King’s Shopping Center)
Store Phone #: 973.758.0152
The Canteen on the Fly is one of several new events that have taken place over the past year since we left camp in August. As we like to say, Canadensis is a camp that exists all year round. In fact, one other event we had such a good time at took place last week, when we had over 50 campers and their parents join us for the New York Knicks games vs. the Sacramento Kings. As part of the festivities, early arriving campers got a chance to go on the court at Madison Square Garden and participate in the fan tunnel, which welcomes the players out of the locker room and onto the court. This was an amazing opportunity for the kids. Even though the Knicks ended up losing in overtime, we had a blast. Here are some pictures from the event.
Brent, Zach, Oliver and Sam; Inside the hallowed halls of MSG, waiting to go on the court.
On the court at MSG in our Fan Tunnel!
Waiting for the players to come out of the locker room.
Jake and Max with the Knicks City Dancers.
The campers even got on TV!
Camp Alumni Brigitte Toledano and Adam Scharfberg joined the festivities, too!
A picture from our seats. The Knicks blew a 15-point fourth quarter lead and ending up losing in overtime.
Last week, it was also great to see some amazing camp spirit from some of our campers and staff as they built Canadensis snowmen during the snowstorm on Wednesday. The pictures were posted on our twitter site at www.twitter.com/canadensis, but I figure I’d post them here as well.
2010 JC Greg Ricken and his Vegas Gold Snowman!
2010 CIT Morgan Hirschorn and her Canadensis Snowman!
As always, we continue to hit the road and visit our camp families whenever we can. Last night, Eric and I got a chance to see the Podell Family and campers Brett and Katie in Newtown Square, PA. Brett is returning to Canadensis for his second summer and will be an Upper Inter while sister Katie is joining us for her first summer and will be in the Junior Girls division. Brett, now in 5th grade, is busy with basketball and his team will be going to the playoffs after his last regular season game this week. He has also been active with baseball, skiing, soccer and lacrosse. This summer, he can’t wait to get back on the lake and do the triple dare again. Of course, he is excited for Color War, too. Katie, in the 3rd grade, is having fun at gymnastics and basketball, as her team is also playoff bound. She is also involved with her school’s Service Club, which performs community service in the local neighborhood. Katie told us that she recently read to children at a day care center. She is also busy with skiing, soccer and field hockey. This summer, she can’t wait to meet new friends and anxiously awaits Color War, too. Here is a picture…
Me and Eric with Katie and Brett Podell.
Finally, I forgot to mention this a few weeks ago, and I know it has been mentioned on the other blogs, but special thanks goes out the Rebecca “Becky J” Jacobson who created a page on Wikipedia for us a few weeks ago. Please check it out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Canadensis. Thanks, Becky J! The page is awesome!
Camp Canadensis is now on Wikipedia!
Well, that’s all for now. I hope we’ll see as many Canadensis families as possible on Sunday!
Until then…Have a great day…Brian
In honor of the 2010 Olympic Games!
Editors Note: There are been alot of updates over the last few days including information about this weekends CANADENSIS CANTEENS. Please scroll down to check them out.
Clearly Jcal has way too much free time on his hands…here is what he came up with. I apologize in advance for subjecting you all to this and one final thought- Why does he always make me the female?
Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!
Where in the World is Eric Forti Standings!
Here are the latest standings for WHERE IN THE WORLD IS ERIC FORTI 2010! Thanks again to everyone that has been participating.
1st Place: Alex Ehrenthal- 15 points
2nd Place: Rorry and Jordan Miller- 14 points
3rd Place: Greg Ricken & Noah and Ben Rubin- 9 points
Round 3 Begins on Monday! Be sure to participate and it’s not too late to join in the fun!
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Canadensis Canteen Details!
Everyone loves canteen at camp! And, with camp still a few months away, we thought it would be a great idea to bring a little bit of camp to you! Introducing…CANTEEN ON THE FLY!
This weekend our winter staff will be making their way to a number of locations (details below) to see you (and eat ice cream)! We are encouraging our camp families to bring along one friend that might be interested in camp for this summer or a future summer. All campers and friends that attend will get FREE ICE CREAM!
If you are a family that is interested in Canadensis for a future summer, we encourage you to stop by as well and meet our directors and staff and meet other Canadensis families.
We will also be raffling off LIMITED EDITION CANTEEN ON THE FLY T-SHIRTS.
We hope to see you there!
DATES, TIMES and LOCATIONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21
SOUTH SHORE, LONG ISLAND from 12:00 – 1:00 pm
TCBY at 2203 Merrick Road, Merrick, NY
(next to La Piazza)
Store Phone #: 516.868-8471
NORTH SHORE, LONG ISLAND from 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Carvel Ice Cream at 403 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY
(next to Patsy’s Pizza)
Store Phone #: 516.921.9895
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY from 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Colaco’s Creamery at 273 S. Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ
(in King’s Shopping Center)
Store Phone #: 973.758.0152
Canadensis on the West Coast!
Hello Canadensis!
Now, I know most of you are used to seeing Eric Forti post on the blog, but today I (JCal) figured I’d take some time to share about my exciting trip to the West Coast I took over the weekend. On Thursday night I left snowy Washington DC, which has been basically shut down since last Friday. I hadn’t had school since last Friday. I flew from Washington to Seattle, Washington where group leader, MARSHALL WEINSTEIN, met me. Marshall than took me to his house where we spend the night before our long road trip to Eugene, Oregon the next day. On our car ride down to Eugene we spoke camp. What else would we talk about? Even Matt Unger wanted in on our road trip and called us to talk camp for a portion of the ride. Finally after about 5 hours in the car we pulled in to Eugene and the University of Oregon where several of our Canadensis Staff, past and present attend. We went over to group leader, MIKE LINDQUISTS house where we were spending the weekend. Mike was so excited to see us, we hadn’t seen him since the last day of camp. Mike was wearing his Big Apple Blue shirt so I knew he was excited for our reunion. Me, Mike and Marshall sat around talking about camp for a little while before the next batch of Canadensis staff members arrived. 2009 Lower Inter Boys Counselor ROB MCRAE And 2008 Staff member, JUSTIN BOWDEN. It was really exciting to see all theses Canadensis staff members who just wanted to talk camp! A few minutes later, group leader KENZIE GAUTHIER showed up, Kenzie happens to live directly across the street from Mike. We were all again, really excited to see Kenzie. I hadn’t seen Kenzie since a few days after camp when she visited Long Island before going home to Oregon. After Kenzie showed up, group leader and Mike’s fiancé ALYSSA THIBODEAU came running inside. Alyssa and me have been good friends for the past few years ever since our Color War Win in 2007, SHOUT OUT TO MYSTICAL GOLD! Kenzie and Alyssa than gave Marshall and I a tour of the University of Oregon. It was really cool to see a school that has a campus, as GW is in the middle of a city and doesn’t have much of a campus. Kenzie brought us to see a group of singers who were singing at the schools amphitheater. They were really talented and it was really cool to see them sing their takes on some of the latest hits. After walking around the university and talking CAMP we returned to Mike’s house where we got ready for dinner with MORE CANADENSIS STAFF! At dinner we met up with 2009 Counselors KELLY PRICE and NORA DRUTZ. Again, Marshall and I were excited to see them since we haven’t seen them since camp.
The next day, Mike took us to his favorite restaurant, Hawaiian Time. Now, for those of you that know me well, you know I’m a really picky eater so I wasn’t sure what I’d eat, but Mike and Alyssa kept telling me about how good their chicken was! We’ll, the chicken was really good, and all weekend, all I wanted was chicken. That afternoon the girls went to go see Valentines Day, which they said wasn’t very good while the guys sat around watching the Olympics. I really enjoy watching the Olympics because it reminds me of Color War which happens at CAMP! That night, we went our to dinner to Red Robin. I have never been to red robin and has no idea that the French Fries were free! Kenzie had to explain to meet that they just keep bringing them to you if you ask, and again if you know me well, you’d know I love french fries.
Now we get to Sunday and our final full day in Eugene, we all slept in late and enjoyed a late breakfast at The Original Pancake House! Again, it was really good and I love pancakes. In the afternoon we sat around talking camp and there was just so much camp to talk about. We were telling funny stories and even got a call from Eric Forti who was jealous of our little reunion. After talking to Forti we went to TCBY. Now, for those of you that don’t know, TCBY is very special to Mike, Alyssa and Kenzie. They try and go once a week together and hang out and just talk about CAMP! So we went to TCBY and we all got the Sunday Special, SUNDAYS. We sat around and spoke about schools, just kidding, MORE CAMP TALK! When we got back to Mike’s we sat around watching the Olympics and ordered in pizzas. We filmed a special West Coast Edition of Canadensis Today and just were reminiscing about the summer. Kenzie then decided she wanted to bake some cookies so she made special Valentines Day cookies for us! They were very delicious, thanks Kenzie! We then headed to bed so we could get up early for our long drive back to Seattle in the morning.
We woke up supper early, said our goodbyes and Marshall and I, headed to Seattle where he dropped me off at the airport and now I’m aboard my flight back to snowy Washington DC. We were all texting this afternoon saying how much we missed each other and can’t wait to see it all over again next year!
CONGRATULATIONS- BREAKING NEWS!!
NBC News (oops, Eric’s blog) just received confirmation that Sara Sommers from Sewing (Summer 2009) who is celebrating her birthday and….
She also got ENGAGED!!
Congratulations Sara from one fiance to another and from your entire camp family!
Canadensis on the West Coast!
Hey Canadensis,
It’s JCal coming to you from the WEST COAST where i’m visiting Marshall Weinstein, Mike Lindquist, Alyssa Thibodeau, Kenzie Gauthier and several other Canadensis counselors. We will be posting updates all weekend long including a special WEST COAST EDITION OF CANADENSIS TODAY! Check back on the blog for updates. Also a quick Eric Forti update, he is en-route back to the states right now after spending the past week over seas. Remember to check his twitter at www.twitter.com/whereisforti for updates.
-JCal
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