All during the 2005 - 2006 year, I heard about GOLD RUSH at Camp Emerson. Shayna constantly told me how it was her favorite camp evening activity. She talked and talked about it you would think they were giving out REAL GOLD ! Most campers LOVE this activity for many reasons.
Camp Emerson always does this evening activity AFTER visiting day. The directors do this for many, many SMART reasons.
First, the kids run around A LOT !!!! Getting them tired is a good idea after an emotionally exhuasteing day of seeing their parents. Secondly, the kids are in teams and feel a connection again to camp. Thirdly, it is the ENTIRE camp ! There is a lot to say when kids are in numbers !
The concept of this activity is SIMPLE. Each team tried to collect as much "gold" as they can. The "gold" is thrown by bucketloads onto the huge soccer field. The teams try to collect as much "gold" as they can. There are bandits to watch out for as they can steal your "gold". And finally there are sherriff's who can arrest the "bandits". When a team collects "so much gold" they can dig for "rocks" in the road and the tie breaker might be the weight of the "golden rocks" that were dug up.
What fun it was !
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