A Typical Day At Camp White Pine
A regular day at camp would generally follow this pattern:
| 8:00 a.m. | Wake-up | (Unless it’s raining, when we have a half-hour sleep-in) |
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Everybody eats together Eggs, muffins, croissants, cereal, fruit, etc. |
| 9:00 a.m. | Cabin Clean-up | Make beds, sweep, tidy shelves & other fun stuff |
| 9:45 a.m. | Round Up | Campers, counsellors and section heads meet to go over the day’s activities, evening program and individual free choice periods |
| 10:00 a.m. | 1st Morning Activity | Cabin activity; instructional swim for some groups. |
| 11:20 a.m. | 2nd Morning Activity | Free-choice period. Activity areas run special events, clinics and themes. Campers' favourite period. Counsellors accompany campers. |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch | Pizza bagels, chicken burgers, salad bars, etc. |
| 1:15 p.m. | Rest Hour | Rest, read, write letters (we hope!), listen to music, etc. |
| 2:30 p.m. | 1st Afternoon Activity | Cabin activity |
| 3:45 p.m. | Nosh | Mid-afternoon snack (cookies, fruit, occasional chocolate bars, etc.) |
| 4:00 p.m. | 2nd Afternoon Activity | Cabin activity |
| 5:15 p.m. | General Swim | Free choice period for activity areas. |
| 6:15 p.m. | Supper | Chicken, pasta, barbecue, etc. |
| 8:00 p.m. | Evening Program | Section program—capture the flag, so you think you can dance, camp-wide social, theatre night, etc. |
| 9:00 p.m. | Snack & Bedtime | Varies depending on age group and end of Evening Program |
We also have special programs at various times during the summer, which include...
- Singsongs, bonfires.
- Quarter day, half day and all day programs.
- Midnight Specials
- Plays
- Campwide games
- Inter-Camp games (we play host to other camps for fun and sport in tennis, baseball, basketball and other sports)
- Carnivals
- Trips: canoe, sail, waterski, climbing etc.
- Shabbat evening programs
- Demonstrations and shows (waterski, dance, etc.)
- And other surprises . . . (if we told, it wouldn't be a surprise!)
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