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NAD, Jr. NAD, and Miss Deaf America!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This morning we did something different with the campers. We had a wrap up session for the campers with the camp director. The campers were given the chance to give feedback on the program so we can improve for next year! We truly value the campers' input and opinions, there is always room for improvement! YLC is, after all, all about the experience of our campers! Today we had two very important guests visit us here at YLC. Melissa Draganac-Hawk, who is a member on the NAD Board, and Michelle Lapides, Miss Deaf America 2008-2010! Melissa gave a workshop to the campers about NAD, Jr. NAD, and state associations. The camper...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 22, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

The Importance of Culture and ASL Night!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vlog by FireflyCalisthenics? We are so up for it! At the beginning of YLC, most of us didn’t like morning exercises, but today it started to grow on us. The campers will return to home and continue their morning calisthenics, we hope! Morning exercises rock our socks off!We had a guest speaker today! From Rochester, New York, we welcomed Dr. Peter Hauser to YLC! Peter graduated from Central Connecticut State University in 1994. He then went to Gallaudet University, where he obtained his MA degree in 1998 and his PhD degree in 2000. He currently works as the Director of Deaf Studies Lab at NTID and as Director of Neurocon...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 21, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

A Puzzle of a Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Callus is back to write this blog once again! This morning’s exercise went fantastically! The best thing about having the calisthenics in the mornings is the energy we always retrieve from exercising! For some reasons, some campers start laughing as we exercise so our mood is lifted up instantly! After exercising, we went to Leadership Hall to gobble a healthy breakfast! After breakfast we had a Camp Council meeting. We discussed about few important topics, especially upcoming events and projects such as the Camp Project, ASL Night, Banquet, and the you-decide Evening Program. We brainstormed about what we should make fo...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 20, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

A Delicious Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today is our second laundry day! We were divided into two groups (Pixels and Firefly & Callus and Evermore) and went to two different laundry places in Salem. While we were washing our clothes we played card games, did some reading, watched television, talked with each other and made several stops to a Mexican restaurant to get some horchata (delicious drink!). When we all were done with washing our clothes, we went to the mall nearby! We all were thrilled to go to the mall because we like to go out! Many of us bought some stuff such as clothes, candies and several things. We didn’t just go to the mall; there was a T...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 19, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Special Note to YLC alumni!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
40 years of Youth Leadership Camp could not have been successful without our wonderful alumni, especially their support they have given us over the years!We are currently updating our database so we can keep in touch with you, our beloved alumni. If you would like to update your email to receive future emails about YLC, contact Jennifer Yost Ortiz, Director of Youth Leadership Programs at www.nad.org/contact.As usual, the walls of Leadership Hall are adorned with murals and signs contributed over the years by YLC campers.. Let's take a walk down memory lane, can you spot your year's contribution??YLC '03!YLC '88YLC staffer...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 17, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Mr. and Miss YLC Pageant!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today is a day that we have been preparing for for days and days! The Mr. and Miss YLC pageant!Our co-chairs, Dan Mabashov and Carolina Kohn, did an excellent job! We spent the day preparing for the event! All the contestants practiced their talents and platforms, and the committee members decorated Leadership Hall, and prepared the certificates for best talent, best dressed and best platform!Our Master and Mistress of Ceremonies were Ray McCall and Valerie Farr, they did an awesome job at keeping the audience entertained between performances and introducing each couple! Our judges were Blair Rasmus, Cesar Ayala, Joshua We...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 11, 2009 Category: Audiology Tags: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uir3W1nqM0I/SlvV7oS760I/AAAAAAAAAgE/KvL9-OfPKTk/s320/IMG_8956.JPG Source Type: blogs

Laundry Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At last! The day we all have been waiting for has finally arrived!The campers were thrilled to wake up this morning and head over to do their morning exercises for one very good reason: today is Laundry and Mall day!!!After breakfast, we all piled onto two buses with our gigantic laundry bags in tow! We were buzzing with excitement and gave a big cheer as we left Camp Taloali! When we arrived at the laundromat, we all rushed to claim a washing machine! We are sure the owners of the place were shocked to see so many deaf people in one place with so much laundry to do!For some of us, it was our very first time ever doing lau...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 11, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

College and Career Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hello everyone! Evermore here again to bring you another exciting blog entry!“What’s up today?” asked Travis Clevenger this morning as we all sat down on the bleachers by fireside. Some campers raised their hands and answered what they thought it would be. Nobody got it right. So Travis answered, “It’s College Day!” "College," sure it may sound like a very plain word, but the day sure did blow many of us away!YLC was honored to have three different representatives one from each: Gallaudet University, Rochester Institute of Technology/NTID, and California State University of Northridge (CSUN), who came here to C...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 11, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Leadership Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Greetings from the Evermore team! Introducing the Evermore family: Douglas Brock, Tandy Lewis, Ray McCall, Nha Kim, Johnny Bonilla, Patti Klinger, Joshua Ralstin, MaryAnn Peterson, Chad Willman, Lauren Ann Hostousky, Shu Han Guo, Yolynn Valdez and Hilary Stone! Today, we had two workshops about leadership, an Improv Night, and a great Fireside story! Today’s theme was “Leadership Day.” We started the day by listening to our guest speaker, Dan Brubaker’s wonderful presentation about the real meaning of being a leader. Guess what?! Dan is also an YLC alumni! This summer will be his 16th time visiting YLC! He grew u...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 11, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Leadership Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Greetings from the Evermore team! Introducing the Evermore family: Douglas Brock, Tandy Lewis, Ray McCall, Nha Kim, Johnny Bonilla, Patti Klinger, Joshua Ralstin, MaryAnn Peterson, Chad Willman, Lauren Ann Hostousky, Shu Han Guo, Yolynn Valdez and Hilary Stone! Today, we had two workshops about leadership, an Improv Night, and a great Fireside story! Today’s theme was “Leadership Day.” We started the day by listening to our guest speaker, Dan Brubaker’s wonderful presentation about the real meaning of being a leader. Guess what?! Dan is also an YLC alumni! This summer will be his 16th time visiting YLC! He grew up ...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 11, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

CRISIS DAY!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
C....R...I...S...I...SYou have to come to understand...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 9, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

The 2009 NAD YLC Olympics!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today was YLC 2009 Olympics Day! Each team was assigned a color. Pixels got red, Firefly got yellow, Evermore got blue, Callus got green, and Gizmo got black! Everyone got their face paint on, painted their flags, and created a chant for the opening ceremony. It was a very exciting start to the day! For the Opening Ceremony, we paraded around the fireside and the Daily Drum building. Travis Clevenger, our camp director, led the parade, he held a flamed torch (which is really a tin cup attached to a stick) and walked around the campgrounds. We showed our spirit by doing our chants and waving our flags proudly in the air...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 9, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Community Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's community day here at YLC! This morning we got up early to get on the bus to go to Silver Falls state park! We were all excited for a great morning of hiking and beautiful sights. However, we weren't going just for the view, we had plans for community service, too!Silver Falls is a beautiful place, we wanted to help make it even more beautiful, so along our way we picked up any and all trash we saw scattered along the trails! Community service is an important part of being a citizen, when we contribute to our community we are able to feel more involved and a part of it. Along the trail we saw several waterfalls, we ev...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 8, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Three Knots, Two Motions, and a Watermelon Sculpture!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hey there readers! Pixels are here again to blog about our day! We woke up early and we were very exhausted because we arrived Camp Taloali at about 11:00 p.m. the night before after our long day of celebration for the Fourth of July. We were busy shopping at Newport, playing at the beach and watching fireworks. We had fun, but now we had to return to our regular schedule. It was not easy! In the morning, we had Camp Council. We voted our YLC ‘09 Banquet chairpersons, Juan Dillard and Subrina Morales! Then, we were able to make our own motions. We made two motions, we sure learned a lot about how to properly state an...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 7, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Happy Independence Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hello everyone! Now it’s the Pixels’ turn to write this blog! Who are we? We’re a group of twelve motivated campers! Our motto is “as individuals, we go small, as a group, we go big.” We are very excited to work on the blog today! Who are the Pixels, formerly Group A? We are Hillary Frankowiak, Dan Mabashov, Asia Riedinger, Tiffany Hill, Carolina Kohn, Claira Oberrender, Martha Wolcott, Dana Hill, Anthony Finocchio, Dakota Johndrow, Mike Hesser, and Juan Dillard! It is the 4th of July and it has been two hundred and thirty-three years since we gained our independence from Britain! It is really important for us ...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 6, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Happy Independence Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vlog by EvermoreHello everyone! Now it’s the Pixels’ turn to write this blog! Who are we? We’re a group of twelve motivated campers! Our motto is “as individuals, we go small, as a group, we go big.” We are very excited to work on the blog today! Who are the Pixels, formerly Group A? We are Hillary Frankowiak, Dan Mabashov, Asia Riedinger, Tiffany Hill, Carolina Kohn, Claira Oberrender, Martha Wolcott, Dana Hill, Anthony Finocchio, Dakota Johndrow, Mike Hesser, and Juan Dillard! It is the 4th of July and it has been two hundred and thirty-three years since we gained our independence from Britain! It is really imp...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 6, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

YLC is Going Healthy and GREEN!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
These days there is an emphasis on the importance of preserving our environment and preserving the health of our children. YLC is proud to declare that we have joined the world's effort to reduce our carbon footprint! We have found several ways in which we can allow YLC to be a more green and healthy place for our campers! Here are some examples:We used to send our acceptance letters through snail mail to all of our campers. *This year, we have done ALL of our correspondence through e-mail!We used to print an average of 85 Daily Drum Newsletters per day, each composed of 8 pages! *Now we print only five copies and put th...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 5, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Deaf Studies Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We've survived a full week here at YLC! The first week has definitely been an enriching experience! We can't even begin to imagine what's in store for us for the next three weeks, every day has been a surprise! Today was deaf studies day! Ryan Commerson came to provide workshops for today, and he will be staying with us for the next couple of weeks! Before Ryan Commerson proceeded with his presentation he warned us, “What I am about to tell you will be overwhelming.” Upon hearing that, we were mystified; what could he possibly teach that was too much for us? We turned to each other and gulped “OVERWHELMING?” Ryan...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 3, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

It is all about Trust!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Amazingly, time always seems to find a way to go by too fast—today is already the sixth day of YLC! After breakfast and our cleaning assignments, we split into our teams and did an activity to enhance our bond with our teammates. We did a trust fall activity as a group, each member on our team stood on top of bleacher and the rest of the teammates surrounded that person from behind and catch the member when he/she falls backwards. It was very successful! Afterwards we did a blind trust fall activity; we formed a circle around each team member, and that person had to close their eyes and trust their teammates not to let h...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 2, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

It is all about Trust!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vlog by PixelsAmazingly, time always seems to find a way to go by too fast—today is already the sixth day of YLC! After breakfast and our cleaning assignments, we split into our teams and did an activity to enhance our bond with our teammates. We did a trust fall activity as a group, each member on our team stood on top of bleacher and the rest of the teammates surrounded that person from behind and catch the member when he/she falls backwards. It was very successful! Afterwards we did a blind trust fall activity; we formed a circle around each team member, and that person had to close their eyes and trust their teammate...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 2, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Diversity Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At last! We are firefly now! We’re really comfortable with our group because we are working on improving ourselves as well as our team! We knew it wasn’t going to be easy to get the name “Firefly” because we have to get the right concept, and apply it to topics of leadership here at YLC. We discussed it for a pretty long time (four days!) and we finally decided on a name, motto, and play.“To be honest, I really like it because it belongs to us. Firefly is related to one light, everyone follows it and we are that light.” –Bianca Hamilton “I think firefly is good name for us. We are all on the same t...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 1, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Diversity Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vlog by PixelsAt last! We are firefly now! We’re really comfortable with our group because we are working on improving ourselves as well as our team! We knew it wasn’t going to be easy to get the name “Firefly” because we have to get the right concept, and apply it to topics of leadership here at YLC. We discussed it for a pretty long time (four days!) and we finally decided on a name, motto, and play.“To be honest, I really like it because it belongs to us. Firefly is related to one light, everyone follows it and we are that light.” –Bianca Hamilton “I think firefly is good name for us. We are all on the ...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - July 1, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Quite a Productive Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vlog made by Firefly GroupToday started with our daily routine of exercising and running. After breakfast, we had a parliamentary workshop, the campers sure learned a lot! We learned how to make a motion the right way. After the workshop, we opened nominations for our first Camp Council president! Camp Council is similar to student body government (SBG), except it is for YLC! Jonathan Kessel introduced us to a guest speaker for our Outdoor Living Skills (OLS), Jesse Woosley. He came to talk to us about "Leave No Trace" (LNT) and being prepared in the woods. LNT basically follows the motto "take only pictures, leave only fo...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 30, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Quite a Productive Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vlog by FireflyToday started with our daily routine of exercising and running.After breakfast, we had a parliamentary workshop, the campers sure learned a lot! We learned how to make a motion the right way. After the workshop, we opened nominations for our first Camp Council president! Camp Council is similar to student body government (SBG), except it is for YLC!Jonathan Kessel introduced us to a guest speaker for our Outdoor Living Skills (OLS), Jesse Woosley. He came to talk to us about "Leave No Trace" (LNT) and being prepared in the woods. LNT basically follows the motto "take only pictures, leave only footprints!" Ba...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 30, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Public Speaking and Debate Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As you begin to read this blog entry, you must learn that the written words in this entry came from the minds and hearts of YLC campers, more specifically, the campers of Group C! Yes, we are still known as Group C, but hopefully we will accomplish in earning an official group name. Now, you may ask, “Who is in Group C?” We are pleased to publicize who we are:Stephanie Johnston, Michelle Mansfield-Hom, Ashley Bergeron, Patrick McMullen, Megan Bernella, Joshua Canulla, Jillian Apfel, Jay Warner, Kayla LaBruno, Robb Ingram, Leo Curry, Dathan Brown, and Sophia Stone!Group C is currently rolling at a fantastic rate with ...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 29, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Campers' First Full Day at YLC!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The campers finally tasted a full day at YLC, full of icebreaker activities, workshops, presentations and FUN!We started our morning with our daily exercises and a hearty breakfast.This year we have started something relatively new for our campers, every other morning we will have 30 minutes of Group Processing in which the campers meet with their groups to process what they have learned and what challenges they have been faced with over the course of two days. This morning Group Process focused on answering three questions: 1. What do you hope to learn this month as a leader?, 2. What do you hope to gain personally?, and ...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 28, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Campers Arrived!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At last! The day we have been anticipating, planning for, and looking forward to has finally arrived!Five of our staff members got up bright and early to go to the airport to meet and greet our campers. Excitement was building as the campers arrived from all four corners of the US and Canada; thrilled to have our campers with us, we loaded up the buses and headed off to Camp Taloali. After a long day of traveling and waiting, the campers finally made it! What was once a quiet campground has now become YLC 2009!After the campers got settled into their new home for the next month we gathered at Leadership Hall for our kickof...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 27, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

Send a Letter!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mailing Address:Camp Taloalic/o NAD YLCCamper/Staff Name15934 N. Santiam HwyStayton, OR 97383
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 27, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: blogs

2009 NAD Youth Leadership CampEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Welcome to the NAD YLC 2009 Blog!This blog is to keep YOU (parents, family, and friends) informed about your camper's happenings at NAD Youth Leadership Camp (NAD YLC). This is also a favorite site for NAD YLC Alumni to visit and reminisce. We will post a blog on a daily basis. Sometimes the campers will do it and some other times, the staff members. This blog will include highlights of the day, plenty of pictures to enjoy, and an occasion vlog to view and see a chock-full activities we have planned for 2009 NAD YLC campers.The 2009 NAD YLC wouldn't have been possible without the dedicated and committed administration ...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - June 27, 2009 Category: Audiology Tags: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uir3W1nhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uir3W1nqM0I/Ska5OsZjyhI/AAAAAAAAAGU/_coo6qazC2E/s320/YLC Nurse.jpgqM0I/SkW5JL_HRYI/AAAAAAAAABE/POG6UfcPmus/s320/IMG_5403.JPG Source Type: blogs

YLC ‘08 Graduates!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
So, today was the last day of NAD YLC ’08! Throughout the day, the campers packed up all of their belongings and filled out surveys as their opinions and ideas are valued by NAD YLC for improvements in the years to come. The campers also cleaned up all of the facilities on the campground including their cabins, restrooms, Leadership Hall, and the Daily Drum building. Many campers were involved in various committees to finish up the Camp Project, a new wooden “workshop table” structure designed to hold equipment and materials for workshop presentations and the Banquet Night Committee members worked together to decor...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 18, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Campers’ Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today, the campers had the chance to finally take over NAD YLC! The campers and staff members swapped shoes with each other and the campers got a glimpse at what it was like to be in the shoes of the staff members. The staff members on the other hand, became the campers throughout the day. Our Campers’ Day Director and Assistant Director were Janna DiBiase and Johanna Arrigo, they both did a fabulous job as the entire day went by smoothly without any bumps. Campers’ Day is one of the most cherished traditions by the campers here at YLC as they have the opportunity to really take over and learn how to be organized a...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 17, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Preventing Bullying & Two More Days Left…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Maureen Behrens was our Guest Speaker today and her workshop topic was “Preventing Bullying”. Behrens shared numerous statistical information, which included the following statistics that 80% of children are bullies due to factors of their environment such as negative peer influence. Not only statistical information was shared, but also methods and victims of bullying were explored. She activated bystanders of bullying to speak up to bullies and reach out to isolated peers who experience bullying and become their friends. Today, cyber-bullying is a major issue within teenagers and Behrens quoted Nancy Willard, the Dire...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 16, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Laundry Day #2, Actionary, and Camp Project!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Two weeks ago, the campers and staff members all went out on their first trip to the Laundromat and the mall then thirteen days later today, the campers and staff members all went out on their second trip to the Laundromat and the mall! This is an indication that the time is flying by so fast, faster than the blink of our eyes. Campers and staff members have been cherishing every second with each other before Monday August 18th, 2008. The campers will be proud NAD YLC Alumni! Throughout the day at the Laundromat and the mall, laughter was contagious as campers and staff members made each other reflect upon great memori...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 15, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

NAD YLC Picture Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tonight’s blog is going to be short because you will be treated with many pictures of the fellow campers and staff members of NAD YLC 2008! During Recreation Time today, the campers and staff members huddled together and smiled big! Yes! We all smiled big for the NAD YLC ’08 group picture, team pictures, and cabin pictures! The sky was clear blue and it couldn’t have been a better day for pictures. The answer to yesterday’s question, “Where was the first YLC campsite located?”, is Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania! Good Night with a lot of smiles from NAD YLC ’08! The NAD YLC 2008 group picture! The NAD YLC 20...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 14, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Making CHOICES!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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. Ka...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 13, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Scholarship, Leadership, and Citizenship along with Canoeing and Whale Done!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some of the Phosync staff members were on panel for the campers to have the opportunity to ask staff members several questions regarding their experiences after high school and how they got to work at YLC. The significance of Scholarship, Leadership, and Citizenship was emphasized during the “dialogue” and the fact that being a staff member is basically a two-way street because it benefits both staff members and campers in the area of youth leadership. Also, often after YLC, campers look up to staff members as role models so the youth leadership cycle is never-ending even after YLC. Campers in Outdoor Living Skills wa...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 12, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Jr. NAD and Watermelon Carving!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Joshua Beckman, our Guest Coordinator, hosted a workshop entitled “Junior National Association of the Deaf (Jr. NAD)”. In his workshop, he facilitated a discussion with the campers on their opinions of the Jr. NAD Program and what the campers want to see out of the Jr. NAD Program. Many deaf and hard of hearing students all over the United States are involved in Jr. NAD chapters at schools. Through the Jr. NAD, the NAD puts forth an investment into the students for them to become future leaders of their respective community. The campers brainstormed a variety of ideas to develop the Jr. NAD Program into a stronger pro...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 11, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Getting Ready to Canoe and Conquering the High Wall!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This morning, the campers got to rest and sleep in after a late night after the NAD YLC Pageant. Since the campers got to sleep in longer, they were also dismissed from Calisthenics. After breakfast, the campers swarmed to their clean-up assignments either in the Cabins, the Showers, or the Leadership Hall. Today we did not have a Guest Speaker, but instead the campers in Outdoor Living Skills class worked together and carried four aluminum canoes and walked over to a nearby pond and helped set up everything for this week’s canoeing activity. While some campers were out getting the canoes and pond ready to be dominate...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 10, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

“Vision Board” and “Under the Sea”!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Miss Deaf America, Michelle Lapides, gave a workshop this morning entitled, “How Does Dreams Make an Impact in Our Lives?” In this workshop, the campers were engaged into a “vision board” activity where the campers designed their own mind or goal map. The vision board represented each person’s dream by drawing and pasting images cut out from magazines of what they want to accomplish in life onto a piece of paper. Lapides explained how the vision board has significance because she created a vision board for herself a few months ago and it included Miss Deaf America crown. She is now theMiss Deaf America 2008-2010....
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 9, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

NAD YLC Olympics Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today was NAD YLC Olympics Day! Campers were painted in their team colors and strived to represent their teams well throughout the Olympics. This morning, Camp Director Kononenko carried the Olympic torch to Fireside and that started off the day where campers competed against each other for the YLC gold! The NAD YLC Olympics activities were: 1. Steal the Egg 2. Capture the Dragon Tail 3. Fill the Bucket 4. Tug-O-War 5. Field Relays 6. Water Balloon Toss 7. Water Balloon Volleyball 8. Pool Relay 9. Synchronized Swimming 10. Grab the Bottle Race 11. Food Relays 12. Ultimate Egg Obstacle 13. Donut on the String Gary Olsen...
Source: NAD YLC Blog - August 8, 2008 Category: Audiology Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs