Being part of a community

I love being part of my community!  When my wife and I were looking for houses a couple of years ago we looked in established neighborhoods.  We wanted to feel part of something bigger than ourselves.  We wanted to wave at our neighbors when we got home in the afternoon, we wanted to sit on our back deck and talk to people as they walked their pets at night, we wanted sidewalks with kids playing on them and we wanted to know that we belonged somewhere.  

Every day at camp we teach our staff and campers how to live in a healthy community.  We teach them to be responsible for the world around them and to be respectful of others.  We teach them to deal honestly with everyone they come in contact with and to have a caring attitude toward others.  We believe if we can live the right way at camp there is no reason we cannot live that way when we leave camp.

People look for community in a number of places.  It might be your church, the place you work, your neighborhood pool in the summer or a restaurant you frequent.  For whatever reason people usually like being connected to something outside of themselves.  Camp Kanata is no different.  We are part of a community also, the town of Wake Forest.  We are active in the Chamber of Commerce, we have a float in the Christmas Parade, we support community events and we invite business leaders from Wake Forest to camp every summer to take part in an evening at Kanata.  We like being connected to something bigger than us.  This year the town of Wake Forest is celebrating its 100th anniversary and we are proud that we have been a part of this community for 55 of those 100 years.  

Congratulations Wake Forest on your first 100 years.  Kanata is honored to be part of your community.

See you this summer!

Your Camp Director,

Dave