Buckeye Leadership Workshop

A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS   (E L T)
Whether you eat to live or live to eat, the need for fuel is something we all share.  Food is an integral part of our heritage and culture.  The goal of this session is to make people more comfortable in the kitchen.  Basic kitchen skills will help you to eat healthy, save money, and impress your friends.  With facilitators Christy Leeds and David Kalkbrenner, you will cook one dessert, side dish, and entree recipe over the course of the class.  We will also sample the final dishes made each day!  The session will include some food safety info, food preparation techniques, and recipes galore.    Estimated cost of $25.

BASIC TEAM CHALLENGE   (E L G T Y)
This session is designed to provide the first steps from participant to facilitator in the Adventure Education arena. You should consider this session if you want to learn basic framing and conducting skills. Safety – physical and emotional – will be stressed. The emphasis will be put on learning the activities. If you’ve participated in or observed a Team Building session and want to learn a little more or just want to learn new activities, then come play with Steve Arnold & John Fark. This class may be held outside.  Please dress appropriately for early Spring Mid-Ohio weather.

FABULOUS FIBER ARTS   (E L T Y)
This class will inspire participants to expand their creative boundaries!  Enjoy making mixed media artist trading cards, fabric postcards you can send in the mail and experiment with wool needle felting.  Many surprises are in store for your creative soul.  Join Quilt crazy gal Jenna Louise Morlock for lots of artsy fun!

ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING   (E L T Y)
In this class we will teach you how to enhance your digital camera pictures while in a camp setting. We will be focusing on how to edit pictures on a computer and manipulate them using many software programs. This class is for people that already know how to use their camera. We will also go over how to put a slide show together. Everyone will work on at least one slideshow at camp. Facilitated by Dave and Ted Zech; Dave has been a State Fair Photography Judge for 18 years, and Ted has a Graphics Arts background, and was his Schools newspaper Photographer.

OUTDOOR SKILLS   (E L T Y)
In Outdoor Skills we will be playing outside and in the woods, and get to do all the fun things that our kids and campers do in the summer.  We'll build shelters, light fires, play games, cook outside and much more.  Come and learn a handy set of skills that you can share with your campers and children! Ben Radley

MUSIC FOR ALL AGES (L M T Y)
Music programming through use of singing (with or without motions) can add to many types of events.  Learn how to use simple songs and movement to engage groups while having fun.  The ability to sing well is not a prerequisite.  Learn how to utilize instruments to enhance music.  Join Larry Hall, Bill Henderson and Jalisa Johnson as we present music for all ages.

MINI SESSIONS (E L G T Y)
We are offering something new to BLW this year: "Four Mini-Sessions" in a single class period.  A "mini Session" is: An interesting class that just does not need 8 hours of instruction, but fits 4 hours very nicely!  You can choose from two of the four 'Mini Sessions" during the four days of class.

Thursday/Friday Mini-Session

Table Top Games and Puzzles: Great games for Family, Camp Settings, Rainy Day Activities, "Need-a-game-in-an-instant" situations.
Cost: $-0-      Maximum # Class Participants:  16        Facilitators:  Bill Henderson & Erin Haney

Pinhole Camera: Forget digital cameras!  Take a magical look into the earliest days of photography.  You have to do it to believe it: A piece of film, a box, a pin hole, and a piece of tape for a shutter.  The result?  An amazing photograph!!) 
Cost:  $5.       Maximum # Class Participants:  12        Facilitator: Sarah Wensink

Saturday/Sunday Mini Sessions

Hose Play
Make items such as fluffy balls, geo-balls, jump ropes, finger weaving, hose rockets, flying disks and MUCH MORE… all out of NYLON STOCKINGS.  This is also a recycling project because we use all waste hose.  You will receive information on where to get the hose, how to dye the hose and an opportunity to make several items from hose during our session.  Come learn and play with Barry Jolliff. 
Cost:$3-$6.  Maxiumum # Class Participants: 15               Facilitator: Barry Jolliff

Trunk Full of Possibilities: What is possible?  Anything…this session covers the planning that is needed for having a successful summer at camp as a camp counselor.  What do you bring?  How do you prepare?  What should you put in your trunk to make it the most magical summer ever? We will cover various steps in helping our staff be prepared and helping them bring the right tools and attitudes to camp to make it the best summer yet. The discussion will revolve around my Trunk Full of Possibility (built around 20 years on staff at camp). We will discover that with simple tools we all can have a trunk full of possibility that will make every campers stay the best it can be. 
Cost: $-0-     Maximum # Class Participants: 15          Facilitator: Joe Richards