I recently got back from a leadership camp in Chicago, Illinois entitled LifeRide. The week was filled with many learning experiences, team building activities, and the heat of Chicago. The camp took place in the outskirts of Chicago at Camp Algonquin. I had a wonderful experience meeting a ton of leaders from Chicago, North Dakota, and Oklahoma. I was presented with the opportunity to attend with the Nothern Lights Advisory Board of Northern Lights SADD that I am a part of. I couldn't wait to attend the camp!
The week started off in quite a unique way. After the nine hour bus drive we had a wonderful evening full of meeting new people and getting to know each other activities. I was excited to head off to bed that night to get rest built up for the week. However, my sleep was broken along with the rest of the young ladies as we were awakened by the fire alarm. I was so surprised when I found myself standing outside the building. I had never experience anything like it before. After watching the fire men inspect the building for an hour we were able to head off to bed again in a different location. I slept very well! With the week starting off like it did I knew I was in for a ton of wonderful surprises!
Each day was packed with activities, and we were on a tight schedule. We really wanted to get in as much as we could in the five days that we were there. On Wednesday we had the famous LifeRide Olympics filled with the bean bag toss, media trivia, basketball, soccer, and softball. This was a great activity to bond with our individual teams and get to know one another better. Thursday was filled with the team course at Camp Algonquin. A great day of team building. That night I was reminded of all the amazing people in my life as our speaker shared how important relationships are. It was quite a tear jerker, but a great night for all of the campers. Friday I attended six different workshops were I was able to reconnect with memories, write a mission statement for my life, and set goals for myself. That night I performed with my group a role play that dealt with gangs. Each and every group was able to perform their role play for the entire group. We had a night full of sharing and encouraging!
Before I could believe it I had to leave on Saturday. The week went quite fast considering the 100 degree weather we all endured with no air conditioning! That was what made the experience so unique.
I am so thankful for all of the people that I met at LifeRide. LifeRide has a unique mission to stay in contact with their campers after the week is over. I know that I have a great LifeRide family to turn to. I have met incredible people this past week who want to do incredible things! I can't wait to see what we do!
"This is your day, make of it what you will." -Eddie Slowkowski
Always,
Paige
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