Camp Beech Cliff - Summer Day Camp

2010 Thunder Camp (kids entering grades 2-3)

To Campers: “Try it all at Thunder Camp! - paddle canoes (and flip them!), do cannonballs and swim, run around and play, climb on the rock wall and in the Challenge Course. Make arts & crafts projects (and messes), hit the balloons on the archery targets - and collect camper bucks! Come have fun, play with old friends and make new ones, and try your very first camp OVERNIGHT!” – Alyie, your Thunder Camp Coordinator

To Parents: Designed specifically for younger campers, this program provides a nurturing setting to introduce young campers to activities in each of our program areas with ample support from staff. The day will begin and end with a Thunder Camp meeting for songs, announcements and attendance. Campers will travel as a group to each of their activity areas, along with a traveling counselor. This counselor will be with the campers most of the week, to support, supervise and bond socially with the group. At each activity, campers will be joining specialized program area staff. Activity blocks will be approximately an hour long, to ensure a dynamic schedule with opportunities to try the various program areas camp has to offer.

Allison “Alyie” Dorko, Thunder Camp Coordinator
Alyie is returning for her fourth summer at CBC and her second summer as Thunder Camp Coordinator. Involved for 16 years in camp programs, she is above all interested in making camp fun and exciting for everyone. She is dedicated to cool traditions like camper bucks and s’mores and looks forward to finding new ways to make the “Camp Beech Cliff Experience” special for each camper. Alyie’s bachelor’s degree is in Kinesiology, and she is currently in grad school at U Maine at Orono, pursuing a masters’ degree in mathematics. In her “spare” time, Alyie is an endurance athlete in triathlon and road racing; she also enjoys creative writing.

Daily Schedule

Upon arriving at camp, campers are placed into Attendance Groups, which are smaller groups within the three levels of camp.

Camp runs from 9:00 - 4:00. There are four 60-minute activity periods and one longer camper choice block.

counselor, Mike Duffy, with an enthusiastic crowd of campers

	A typical Thunder schedule might look like this: Period 1: Nature Period 2: Canoeing Lunch Period 3: Sports & Games Period 4: Performing Arts Period 5: Camper Choice: Arts & Crafts
All campers will be at the waterfront each day for either swimming or boating. They will also have the opportunity to swim every day during the camper choice period.

Updated publications and forms will be coming soon. In the meantime, for a sample click for a copy of our:

PO Box 381, Mount Desert ME 04660, 207-244-0365

Questions, concerns, or suggestions about the website? Please contact the Webmaster.

Need Adobe Reader? You can download it for free here at Adobe.com!

PO Box 381, Mount Desert ME 04660 | Phone 207-244-0365 | Fax 207-244-3355