Pfeifer Camp Intro

Here are some pictures from around Pfeifer Camp for those that want to see them!

The wonderful POOL. It goes to 12 ft deep and is one of the only remaining pools with diving boards at a camp in Arkansas! It sure was a great place to relax and get to know each other on the weekends during training. It was consistently in the high 90s for the first couple of weeks here, with the humidity being at about 90% as well.

Below is Cabin # 6. I am currently living in it with my co-counselor Jennifer (from CA) and the campers during the week. Each cabin has a fireplace, a ceiling fan, and during the ACE sessions they hold 2 counselors and 10 campers.

These cabins have been at the camp pretty much since it started. They are very cozy and are starting to definitely feel like home to me.

To the left is the bathhouse and AmeriCorps shed. There are no bathrooms in the cabins, so we always have to walk down to the bathhouse. To help you picture the camp, the cabins are all to the right of this picture up a little hill. When I took this picture I was standing where cabin 4 is, which was where us lady counselors stayed during staff training. On the right of the bathhouses is the equipment shed for game and camping supplies. This includes tents, tarps, sleeping bags, balls, cones, etc. We camp out with the kids every Wednesday night to help them learn outdoor living skills. We use OBIS activities (Outdoor Biological Instructional Strategies) to help them become closer with nature. I'll have to fill you in on some of my favorite OBIS activities later :)
Above is the Stanford Tollette Pavillion. It is an open building that is mostly used for Arts & Crafts. It also has a fireplace in it. We haven't used it much for ACE, but I hear we use it more for Summer Camp. I really love all of the stone they use in the buildings.


This is the Classroom for the kids. During the week they go to school from about 8:30am to 3:15pm, with a bathroom break and a lunch break. I will take a picture of the inside later and post it. It is very unique inside and I love that it is a one-room school house. You just don't see those much anymore. There are 2 teachers and 40 kids max with numerous helpers throughout the day. The curriculum includes Math groups, Reading groups, Social Issues, Handwriting, English, and Spelling, and much more.



Alright, I think that is enough for now :) I am glad to be sharing this experience with you, and look forward to updating my blog whenever I get a chance. Oh wait! I'll give ya one more picture...the wonderful ladies that I work with. We call ourselves WOMP. Maybe I'll tell ya what it means later. We pretty much just created a group because the guys were always having "Man Meetings". We have a code, a mascot, and a mission statement :D

In this pic we are at Community Bakery in downtown Little Rock. It was sunday afternoon and we were planning for the next week with our campers.

It has great sandwiches and desserts!

(From left to right: Jennifer, Melody, Tracy, Heather, me)