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Camp Birch Hill March 2012 Newsletter

MARCH 2012 Camp Birch Hill – Your Home Away From Home BH WEBSITE CAMP BIRCH HILL 333C BIRCH HILL ROAD NEW DURHAM, NH     03855 BH OFFICE: (603) 859-4525 BH E-MAIL: summer@campbirchhill.com BIRCH HILL 2012 SESSION DATES SESSION I: June 24 -July 7 SESSION II : July 8 -July 21 SESSION III : July 21 -Aug 4 YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR EACH NEW CAMPER YOUR FAMILY BRINGS TO CAMP BIRCH HILL WE WILL DEDUCT $200 FROM YOUR ENROLLMENT FEE’S! YAHOO! Friendships and Memories for a Lifetime! Hello Birch Hill Families! We wanted to send you all a friendly reminder that the Sessions at Camp Birch Hill are filling up fast. Please reserve your space for this summer today! Click here for the :  2012 ENROLLMENT FORM Send all registration materials to our winter address: CAMP BIRCH HILL – REGISTRAR 20 Versailles Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801 *Please remember when sending in your health forms to have a FRONT and BACK copy of your campers health insurance card! BH HEALTH FORM 1 BH HEALTH FORM 2 Don’t forget to fill out the transportation forms if your camper is taking a plane or bus to Camp Birch Hill this summer! TRAVEL BY AIR FORM TRAVEL BY BUS FORM It is never too early to begin thinking about your packing list for this summer! BH PACKING CHECK LIST For all of you first time campers- here is some information you may find helpful! FIRST TIME CAMPER INFORMATION Friend us on facebook and check out our new Shutterfly photo sharing website to see photo’s taken during summer 2011. BH FACEBOOK PAGE SHUTTERFLY PHOTO SHARING PAGE HOW TO MAKE A PAYMENT You may send payments via paypal or to us here at the office! -For payments to us at our winter address: Please address the envelope to: CAMP BIRCH HILL – REGISTRAR 20 Versailles Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801 -If you choose to pay via paypal it is quick and simple: Go online to www.paypal.com and create an account (if you do not already have one) Once your account is made click on the “send money” link at the top of the page. You can send your final payments to “summer@campbirchhill.com” We will send you a confirmation when we receive any of your enrollment materials! REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT THE BIRCH HILL BLOG BIRCH HILL BLOG Help us spread the word about Camp Birch Hill: Tell your neighbors, co-workers, classmates or friends about the wonderful experiences you have had at Camp Birch Hill! Birch Hill prides itself on fostering friendships, building confidence and independence, and teaching exciting new activities.  We look forward to seeing you up here soon. Thanks for reading the YAHOO Times, Birch Hill Camp Family

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From The Birch Hill Team

Happy Fall Birch Hill Family.
Here is the gorgeous view from the top of Mount Major!
We hope you are all embracing the fall!

While the younger cabins spent the day at Whale’s Tail Water Park, the older cabins split up into 8 teams, each representing the country or territory of their choice. Each team created a personalized flag to take with them to each event and wore matching team colors. The Opening Ceremonies featured a torch and an explanation of how the day would work, and then the teams were sent to test their skills!

With events ranging from archery to Birch Hill style curling, everybody found a strength to bring to their team.  After lunch we took the competition down to the waterfront to cool off, and the teams competed in activities like bellyflop and sandcastle competitions. At the Closing Ceremonies, the scoreboard revealed that France came in third, Narnia came in second, and Soviet Russia took the gold! Such a great S day!

To beat the heat, we moved our weekly dance outside to the dodgeball arena and danced the night away under the stars! To kick off the night, the dance classes impressed the rest of us with what they’d been working on all session.  Later on, the winners of the coveted Birch Hill Cup were announced. Drumroll please…. Cabin C for the girls and Cabin 7 for the boys!!!

The campfire was tons of fun! We sang all our Birch Hill favorites, like Baby Shark, Super Lizard, Wisconsin Milk, and of course Crazy Moose.  In a closely contested best two out of three screaming match, the girls narrowly beat out the boys. In the words of our counselor Matt, “the energy was as high as the flames!”

Birch Hill campers stepped out in style at the casino-themed dance!  Every Friday night our CITs transform the Rec Hall, decorating it with balloons and streamers and using our new lazer lights to their full potential to give the campers a fun-filled night to let loose and show off their moves.