Gary Olsen, one of the co-founders of NAD YLC along with Frank Turk, gave “Making CHOICES” workshop. In this presentation, Olsen first asked the campers, “What is life?” then “Life is a Game” appeared onto the next PowerPoint slide and Olsen proceed to say that life is about choices and it is about you. You cannot change life. The campers were enthralled as Olsen used an analogy between life and a set of cards that you are dealt. Once you play a card game, you cannot change the cards you are dealt, but to be successful, it is just how you play your cards.
Olsen also taught the campers of a new word, Kaizen. Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices and personal efficiency. When you do little things well, you become more productive. It’s also important that you dare to be different. You should dream big, think big, and act big! Alongside to that, you should always explore for creativity and be bold! Towards the end of the presentation, Olsen states, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
Tonight’s Evening Program is one of YLC’s favorites, Camp Bowl! The Debate Time area secluded into the woods was full of blazing spirit as campers and Phosync staff members tried to compete for the win! Throughout the Camp Bowl, there were many exciting moments where campers jumped up high into the air and cheered for getting their answers correct on a question. Here’s a question for you blog readers, “Where was the first YLC campsite located?” The answer to the question will be posted in tomorrow’s blog! Tonight’s Camp Bowl will be their last Camp Bowl so it was a Camp Bowl to remember!
Good Night NAD YLC ’08!
Gary Olsen presenting “Making CHOICES” to the future leaders of deaf America!
It is amazing how Frank Turk and Gary Olsen decided to establish YLC in 1969 and it is still standing up to this day.
Staff Skowzgird and Erasmus exclaim to each other about their day!
And Camp Bowl begins! What a spiffy scoreboard YLC has!
Do the campers look like they are ready to begin the Camp Bowl competition? Wait until you see the last picture showing the scoreboard.
Phosync staff members are in their huddle discussing how to accomplish a comeback over the campers!
“Put your hands up into the air, Jeffrey McGregor and Richard Spiecker!”, the camera says.
Teresa Pichardo, Colin Analco, Jamey Vedros, and Cassandra Jones watch the Camp Bowl Leaders, Staff Wildman and Barrett, carefully for their next question to answer!
Look at the scoreboard at the end of Camp Bowl, Phosync sure did have a come back!
