Woodchuck July 21, 2024

We are so fortunate here at Camp RobinHood. Today was another beautiful day. Blue skies, perfect temperature, and a nice breeze throughout The Realm. This morning, we said our goodbyes to the four-weekers. While it was sad to see them off, as one of the great counselors once said, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” We channeled that thought throughout the rest of the day here. For those that left, we will make sure we have the BEST final couple of weeks in your honor. We will miss you and we hope to see you next year.

At dinner, Woody announced the first few excursions that will leave tomorrow. The Bards will be going white water rafting, among other things. Meanwhile, the Saxons and Scribes are set to leave early tomorrow morning to surf and explore the northeast. That is, of course, as long as Green and White doesn’t break tonight…

For those that are new, the Green and White “break” is the event, or sequence of events, that signifies the beginning of Color War. At the Boys Camp campfire tonight, Chuck talked about some of the most memorable ones of the past 59 summers. One of his favorites was a break in the 1970s. The whole camp was at Fenway Park for a Red Sox game. All of a sudden, in the middle of the game, a plane flew through the sky with a “RobinHood Green and White” banner. The CRH section erupted in pandemonium. Within a minute or two, the sections nearby were also chanting “Green and White” with the kids. We’ll see what happens this summer…

Sweet dreams from The Realm!

Woodchuck July 20, 2024

What an AMAZING day. We as an administration, our staff, and our campers were so excited to show you our home and the day did NOT disappoint.

From the waterfront to the ballfields to everywhere in between, it was an INCREDIBLE day. It was so special to see so many of our families reunite after four weeks apart. Thank you, thank you, thank you. To those that weren’t able to come: your kids were in great hands with our staff.

Thank you to everyone for making this day possible. To the families who made the trip to our beautiful home, thank you. Thank you to our campers for being such welcoming hosts to our visitors. To all of our incredible staff, especially our kitchen and maintenance staff, who worked extremely hard to make this day possible, thank you.

We are so lucky to be here and we are so happy we were able to show everyone today why we all feel that way.

To those that are leaving this weekend, we will miss you. Have a great offseason, study hard, and we cannot wait to see you again next year.

To those that are staying, get ready for the best two and a half weeks of the year. We have some STACKED excursions right around the corner. Speaking of right around the corner, when will Green and White Break? The rumors are starting…

Sweet dreams from The Realm.

Woodchuck July 19, 2024

How lucky are we?! Throughout our beautiful campus today, everything was in full swing. The past four weeks have flown by. As the old saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” Boy, have we had a TON of fun this past month.

Whether it was someone’s first summer or their 59th, or anything in between, we have all come together as one family, the RobinHood family. We are so excited to see so many of our campers’ families tomorrow on the biggest day of the year, Parents Visiting Day. We have a lot of awesome activities planned for the morning. Yensi and his amazing team in the kitchen have been working so hard to prepare lunch tomorrow.

While we are going to be sad to see our four-weekers leave this weekend, we know that this is not a goodbye, but more of a “see you later.” We hope that each and every one of you has had a spectacular four weeks, made new friends, and learned something.

For those that will be staying here the rest of the summer, the best is yet to come. This time next week, we may be in the midst of Green and White, the best five days of the summer. We also have some super fun excursions planned for each group.

We hope everyone gets a lot of sleep tonight to rest up for tomorrow. Sweet dreams from the Realm!

Are you excited yet? We are! We are gearing up for your arrival in a few short days. The weather could
not be more perfect. We have been blessed so far this summer. It is once again sunny and 85°. We just
concluded our annual 13U boys’ flag football tournament. This year it was attended by 3 other camps
(Wigwam, West End, and Wildwood). It was a great day of competition out on the far, far field.
Congratulations to Camp Wildwood for coming out victorious. CRH had a very fine showing as we
featured probably the youngest team in the tournament as our Yeoman were the predominant age
group out there. What a bunch of athletes!
The lower camp play was today at rest hour and all of camp was there to see their special performance.
The senior camp play is tonight…we cannot wait. I hear there is an ABBA theme. Stay tuned. We have
groups out climbing Chocura today. A group went to putt-putt. Foresters, Shires, Saxons, and Scribes
are going bowling tonight. Excursions start Sunday. It just never ends, the fun never stops here. But
what else does one expect? There is magic in these trees…it is not just a saying. We cannot wait to see
you this Saturday! We will have a couple cookies waiting for you….

Good night from the Realm!

Scott

It is a beautiful day in the Realm after a brief thunderstorm last night about 8.30pm. It didnt interfere with our daily activities at all and the fields all got the water they needed.

Talked with Yensi our Chef this morning, Today is the day he starts baking over 2000 cookies for Saturday! Imagine That!! Oatmeal raisin, sugar, double choc chip, all for your enjoyment with your lunch on Saturday.

Every day is a BIG day in the Realm – and this morning at breakfast Woody had a couple of announcements that included a lot of groups;

Tumblers through Quills and Jugglers through Yeomen will be boarding most of our vans and bus to head to the Sanford Maine about an hour from here. They will leave about 3.30pm to take in a Sanford Mainers Baseball game. This is a regular summer event, they are a collage age semi pro team and we make these arrangements through our alumni who works with them. Pete Lieberman will get our campers out on the field and have an autograph signing with the players. Pete was a GL here for many years. They will get snacks and f course popcorn and hotdogs – because what is a baseball game without those!

A mountain trip went right out after breakfast. Girls group for those interested. They will be doing the boulder loop trail, which is a new climb for us – it is a moderate climb with good views.

The rest of us will be doing a regular day in the Realm which will include all activities and of course some water time! Temps in 80’s

By the way it is a bit cooler this weekend for our visiting day and next week is promising days in the 70’s – finally a break from the heat.

I want to tell you a little bit about our optional program -Riding. This program is ran by Diane who lives here at camp year round. Diane has ran our program for many years and has over 30 years at Robin Hood. This year we have 10 horses at the barn; Bruce, Melody, Cinnamon, Tango, Oreo, Nibble, Enya, Archie, Flicka and Arlo. Diane says it is a great group of horses for riding. There are six workers at the barn that tend to their needs. We have a total of 63 riders this summer that love horses. They ride at least three times a week and learn the ropes of the barn including grooming and helping out. They will have one horse show this year where the best riders will get to show off. All in all a great program and while you are here you might want to stop by and say hi to the horses!

This will be about it for the day, although Woody has promised something special tonight for the Scouts &  TP’s that didn’t go to the baseball….