Melissa leads the Camp Horizons’ team as we walked in Windham’s local Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society

The afternoon team of camp walkers for the Relay for Life

We took advantage of the beautiful fall weather to learn some baseball skills outside

Stacey chooses just the right apple on our trip to Crooke’s Orchard

Dean used the fabulous apple peeler-corer-slicer to prepare his apple for pie-making

Mariella worked on peeling the apples we picked for our awesome apple pie.

Nick carefully measured out ingredients to add to the apple mixture

David put the finishing touches on the topping for the apple pie-and it tasted great

Old friends Bobby and Lauren were glad to spend time together during the weekend

David practiced his weight lifting technique during a fitness lesson with Eddie

Despite the torrential rain on Saturday The Instruments of Peace garden got started at Camp Horizons. Founder of the idea and former staff, Donna Grabinski (RT) shows camper Stacey Reichenbach (LT) the correct way to plant a bulb. Donna’s dream is to sow hope in many places where people with a variety of special needs receive support. Gardens are planned for shelters, soup kitchens group homes and camps around the greater Hartford area. A bake sale to raise fund to purchase the bulbs was also held Saturday, which was Make a Difference Day, at the Willimantic COOP.

A moment of quality time is well-spent by Scott checking out a few websites in the media center

Jason and Jeff work together on a batch of Spanish Rice for our evening meal

Stretching out with Frisbees is the best way to start a lesson taught by ECSU interns

Rachel and Chloe spend time studying our International Booklet with fun facts about some of the countries represented

The whole group makes one simultaneous toss for some big points in the Frisbee Toss

Massimo practices the African Dance while wearing a traditional leg shaker

Jude displays some of the traditional African instruments, clothing and flags we learned about in his lesson

David learns the proper steps in an African Dance taught by Jude

Becca works with Olessya on a Russian plaque to take home

Our Russian crafts were beautifully created and will make a terrific decoration

Bryan puts the finishing touches on his Russian plaque

One of our Interns from Eastern Connecticut State University took on David in a heated air hockey match

Birthdays are always celebrated in style at Camp Horizons as Ariel and Joanne wear their crowns proudly

Melissa and Elizabeth choose the correct measuring spoon according to the recipe

Campers hurry to get their feet inside a hula hoop when the music stops during a musical hula hoops game

Melissa assists Shana with putting on a pair of food prep gloves before making cupcakes