<h1><span style="color: #339966;">Green Earth Week!</span></h1>
This week at Future Stars Camp, we focused on how we can help our planet. We talked about recycling and other ways to protect the environment. We even had a fun snack based on Dr. Seuss's <em>The Lorax</em>. In addition to talking about the environment, the All Sports also supported team USA during the World Cup. We even had our very own World Cup! The entire group was divided into four teams for the entire week: Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, and the USA. <strong>Andrew</strong> was an amazing striker all week, playing great offense all week. <strong>Roman</strong> was a stone wall in net, as he denied shot after shot! <strong>Matt P. </strong>helped his team out both as a goalie and as an offensive player. <strong>Morgan</strong> had some strong kicks this week as she helped her team out on both offense and defense; show scored and stopped the opponent from scoring! When we played basketball this week, <strong>Tommy </strong>and <strong>Quinn</strong> showed that size doesn't matter. Despite being two of the smaller campers in our group, they each won a round of knock-out! <strong>Ryan </strong>did a great job playing goalie during hockey. He helped keep his team in the game by protecting the net! <strong>Patrick </strong>on the other hand, helped his team out by scoring a few goals. When we played lacrosse on Friday, <strong>George </strong>showed of his skills as he scored multiple goals! <strong>Owen </strong>did a great job playing defense and helping out his goalie. During mat-ball, brothers <strong>Matt</strong><strong> Y. </strong>and <strong>Ethan </strong>got on base with huge kicks, and then did a great job running the bases, which led to both of them scoring runs for their teams! When we played ultimate football this week, <strong>Josh </strong>did a great job working with his teammates and scored many points! <strong>Dylan </strong>was a great wide receiver during flag football as he got separation from his defender in order to make some awesome receptions. <strong>Brady </strong>showed off his scootering skills during scooter handball as he weaved through traffic to get to the net! <strong>Nick </strong>hit some bombs during wiffle ball to help his team score runs! <strong>Ryan </strong>played some great defense during wiffle ball to keep the game a low scoring affair. <strong>Autumn </strong>had some great dodging moves during Final Four, a type of dodgeball, and won a round! <strong>Grace</strong> was a sniper during dodgeball, getting opponents out left and right. This week our Camper of the Week was <strong>Tyler</strong>! He did a great job playing every sport all week and was the biggest competitor even though he is not the biggest camper! We hope to see everyone next week and for the rest of the summer for many more great weeks!

Your Counselors, Drew, Sarah &amp; Steve
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">4th of July Week</span></span></h1>
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<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;">Big Dogs </span></span></h3>
While our second week at camp was a shortened week due to the holiday weekend, the Big Dogs packed a ton of fun into our four days together.  During basketball, <strong>Harris L. </strong>and <strong>Jacob G.</strong> scored over and over again for their team.  <strong>Patrick S. </strong>and<strong> Bennett L. </strong>made a tough pair of cops to escape from in Cops and Robbers. <strong>Ryan G. </strong> showed his soccer skills in the field while <strong>Matt Y. </strong>did his best Tim Howard impression playing great as goalkeeper.  <strong>Josh P.</strong> impressed the entire group with his blazing speed in scooter soccer.  <strong>Autumn L. </strong>enjoyed all of the sports, especially knockout basketball.  <strong>Owen J.</strong> really enjoyed the game of full court basketball we played this week. <strong>Noah S. </strong>joined our group from the Gators and had a great time in computers.   <strong>Ethan Y. </strong>had an awesome time during free swim in the pool this week.  <strong>Patrick C. </strong>did an amazing job this week of continuously displaying good sportsmanship and teamwork.  We hope to see everyone next week and for the rest of the summer for many more great weeks!

Your Counselors, Chris, Drew, Joe and Sarah

<span style="color: #33cccc;">Sharks</span>

The Sharks continued to have fun playing a whole plethora of sports for this shortened week. <strong>Owen G</strong>. impressed everyone while playing knockout while <strong>Ryan G</strong>. scored the winning basket during our five on five basketball game. But it was <strong>Tommy R</strong>. who started the scoring with a nice break away layup. During three games of Final Four (a dodge ball type game) <strong>Tyler H</strong>. made the final four all games. Nobody out hustled <strong>Sage M</strong>. during floor hockey and <strong>Dylan V</strong>. stopped a lot of shots on goal playing both hockey and soccer. Because of the World Cup, the Sharks played a lot of soccer. We have some awesome ballers including <strong>Andrew W.</strong> and<strong> Kate F</strong>. who both scored a lot of goals for their team. During the baseball games,<strong> Roman K.</strong> impressed a lot of onlookers with a long homerun and a great catch. <strong>Matthew E.</strong> was fish-like in the pool while rallying his team back from a relay race.<strong> Quinn M</strong>. won at handball in a pressure filled game. <strong>Brady L.</strong> and<strong> Parker W.</strong> not only showed great athleticism, but also showed great character by cheering on their teammates and saying good game to everyone after every sporting event. <strong>Cole F. </strong>displayed awesome consistent athleticism in all events throughout the week. Finally, Future Stars Camp would like to honor <strong>Kate F</strong>. as the camper of the week. Congratulations<strong> Kate F</strong>.

We had a great week!

Camp Counselors, Steve, Matt, Grace
<h1><span style="color: #3366ff;">Blue Vs.</span> <span style="color: #f0c70e;">Gold Week!</span></h1>
<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;">Big Dogs</span></span></h3>
This week at Future Stars was Blue Versus Gold Week! The entire camp was split into a blue team and a gold team and competed in order to win points for their teams! When we played run the bases this week, <strong>Morgan</strong> did a great job sprinting and dodging in order to win a round for the blue team! <strong>Owen </strong>locked down the King spot for the gold team during 9-Square! The Big Dogs played basketball many times this week. <strong>Grace </strong>showed off her great free throw shooting as she won a game of knock-out and earned some points for the blue team. When we scrimmaged, <strong>Harris </strong>and <strong>Ryan </strong>led their team to an undefeated record! <strong>Bennett</strong> displayed great batting when he won the home run derby for the gold team! In the spirit of the World Cup, we had a soccer penalty shoot-out this week. <strong>Autumn</strong> helped out the blue team by scoring a goal! <strong>Noah </strong>did a great job fencing, even though he was just starting to learn! <strong>George </strong>showed off his strong arm  during dodgeball when he got many members of the blue team out. During the game cops and robbers, <strong>Ethan </strong>did a great job eluding the cops reach! <strong>Josh</strong> showed off his excellent speed as he freed his fellow robbers from jail many times. <strong>Matt</strong> kicked some bombs deep into center field during kickball to help the blue team score some runs. <strong>Pat</strong> demonstrated his hockey skills as he helped his team score some goals. This week, the Camper of the Week for the Big Dogs was <strong>Addison</strong>! She did a great job following directions and having fun with every sport all week long! We had a great week full of competition between the blue and gold teams! We look forward to an awesome rest of summer at Future Stars!

Your Counselors,

Chris, Helen &amp; Steve

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<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>Sharks:</strong> </span>

The competition intensified during blue gold week. The kids had a great time while also competing in a lot of different sport activities. In soccer, <strong>Roman K</strong>. was a stud at goalie. <strong>Charlotte A.</strong> impressed everyone with her swimming ability while playing steal the bacon. Perhaps the most fun sport this week was capture the flag. <strong>Sage M</strong>. swerved all over the place while <strong>Tommy R</strong>. used his ninja like athleticism to successfully steal the flag on the last play of the game. During the week, we had an awesome visit from a fencing company that took the time to teach the children about the sport of fencing. <strong>Anjay B.</strong> won the tournament while <strong>Dylan V</strong>. used his new moves to receive a lot of compliments from the teachers. Also during the week, we had a field day event. <strong>Tyler H.</strong> was an amazing Olympian, especially playing top/bottom. <strong>Quinn M</strong>. impressed the counselors a lot this week. He really focused on complimenting the other team during competition.  He also has awesome cannonball skills. <strong>Chris H</strong>. was also an amazing sport this week. He scored a very important goal during our soccer event along with his teammates <strong>Brady L</strong>. and <strong>Connor C</strong>.  <strong>Ryan M</strong>. showed off his talents in baseball this week as well. He made some awesome catches while also showing off his batting skills. He dominated the wiffle ball game. This week was dominated by awesome catches during such games as kickball, baseball, flag football, and pool volleyball. Nobody made such great catches as<strong> Matt E</strong>. in football and <strong>Brady A</strong>. in both kickball and football. When the pressure rose however, it was <strong>Parker W.</strong> who made a crucial layup during our pass and shoot game.

Our camper of the week belongs to Anjay B. who not only listened well and hustled all week; he was also the most kind camper this week to all the campers. Great job Anjay!!

We are looking forward to another great week!!

Your counselors,  Sarah, Shane, Matt
<h1><span style="color: #ff9900;">Safari Week!</span></h1>
<span style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Big Dogs:</strong></span>

This week at Future Stars we spent time talking about all sorts of different animals! Campers wore their favorite animal clothing on Wednesday, and worked animals into their Banana Dances on Thursday. <strong>David</strong> showed off his lacrosse skills that he has been practicing by scoring some goals! <strong>Owen P. </strong>hit a few bombs when we played tennis baseball this week. <strong>Owen J.</strong>, on the other hand, did a great job playing second base as he got many batters out! <strong>George</strong> looked like a pro playing water polo in the pool, and he scored a few goals for his team. <strong>Matt</strong> did a great job finishing under the net when we played basketball this week! Also while we played basketball, <strong>Pat</strong> was awesome running the point and getting everyone involved in the game! <strong>Ethan</strong> displayed his big leg when he kicked the ball into the outfield during mat-ball. <strong>Nick </strong>and <strong>Josh</strong> made some amazing plays in order to catch some touchdowns in ultimate Frisbee! <strong>Harris </strong>played some fantastic defense during our hockey game this week. <strong>Justin</strong> did an awesome job during knock-out as he frequently made it late into the game. <strong>Bennett</strong> did a fabulous job during World Cup soccer, as he competed even when he was outnumbered. <strong>Autumn </strong>displayed her awesome speed during sharks and minnows as she dodged and ran her way to safety. <strong>Grace</strong> dipped and ducked and dodged her way through a game of dodgeball to help her team win. This week the Big Dogs' Camper of the Week is <strong>Ryan</strong>! He had fun all week playing every sport and listened to directions, so that everyone had a great time! The first half of the summer was great here at Future Stars. We look forward to having an even more amazing second half of the summer.

Your Counselors,

Chris, Helen &amp; Steve

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<span style="color: #0000ff;">SHARKS:</span>

This week we had our annual safari week. On Wednesday kids got to dress up as their favorite safari animal. There were all sorts of animals kids chose. Thursday we did a scavenger hunt taking picture all around Del Val's campus.  In the sharks group we played every possible game or sport you can think of.  BRADY did so well in the pool with instructor Lauren.  ANDREW was a knock out champion and even got out Counselor Drew.  MATT E. was an amazing ultimate Frisbee catcher.  CONNER G. had some ridiculous shots in 3 on 3 basketball.  TYLER scored the winning touchdown in flag football.  TOMMY R. was the ultimate hustler when we played capture the flag.  ROMAN was a good sport in every game and always shared good sportsmanship with the other campers. GAVIN and HUNTER had a master homerun in tennis baseball. COLLIN C. was the loudest at cheer day mesmerized the whole cheer.  CONNOR C. was an awesome captain in homerun derby and has a wicked wrist shot in hockey.  SAGE was a dead eye in shoot out.  COLLIN J. had so much fun playing ultimate football. NOLAN came in the sharks a little late but had a great time playing run the bases. He really showed off his speed.  Last but not least is our camper of the week who was... DYLAN V. DYLAN showed great sportsmanship throughout the week, and really showed every camper his skills in every sport.  What a great week we had and we hope to see everyone next week!

Counselors,

Drew, Matt, Joe, and Matt

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<h1><span style="color: #ff00ff;">~Carnival Week~</span></h1>
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BIG DOGS

This week here at Future Stars is Carnival Week! As always, the Big Dogs were kept busy with different sports each day. To start off the week, we played basketball and <strong>Nolan </strong>and <strong>Owen</strong> both thoroughly enjoyed scoring points for their team to get them to championships. On Tuesday, it was our typical cheer day for the camp. <strong>Seth</strong> pulled through on the cheer and lead the team with much enthusiasm and Big Dog pride. In addition to basketball, during floor hockey on Wednesday, <strong>Grace</strong> swept the floor with her hockey skills and showed the boys who was boss. The kids were also able to play World Cup where <strong>Patrick</strong>, <strong>Ryan</strong>, and <strong>Franny</strong>, won both rounds as Germany with their impressive foot work. Typically Big Dogs aren't participants of Art throughout the week but being as it is carnival week, they had to go to Art so they could make "Prize Bags" to hold the goodies that they win during the Carnival. <strong>Morgan</strong> and <strong>Matt P.</strong> made the best of it and made pretty sweet prize bags. Another thing that the team enjoyed a lot was cooling down in the AC during computer time. <strong>Matthew</strong> and <strong>Nick</strong> had lots of fun playing several different games throughout the allotted time frame. <strong>George</strong>, <strong>Zach</strong>, and <strong>Josh</strong> said that they exclusively appreciated pool time after being all hot and sweaty from all the sports that we did throughout the day. Finally we have our Camper of the Week. This camper not only had fun while participating in all the activities, but he also always had a smile on his face and tried his absolute hardest. Congratulations, <strong>Ethan</strong>!! We hope the kids had a great week and hope to see them again sometime this summer!

Your Counselors,

Maria, James, and Chris

<span style="color: #0000ff;">SHARKS</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">What a fun week at camp! To start off the week we a solo circus performer who was an amazing juggler.  Tuesday we went on a hayride around Del Val's campus. Friday we are ending our week with our annual camp carnival!  This week the Sharks played any sport you can possibly think of.  <strong>Anjay</strong> had fabulous catches while playing ultimate football to give his team the lead. <strong>Tyler</strong> had not one but two jail breaks in dodge ball.  <strong>Chris</strong> showed off his soccer skills in world cup. <strong>Jack and Roman</strong> had a lot of fun in the pool with our instructor Lauren.  <strong>Brady</strong> knocked down almost every pin in our game pin ball.  <strong>Dylan</strong> showed off his baseball skills during tennis baseball, smashing a couple home runs.  <strong>Andrew</strong> didn't give up in world cup winning three separate times for his team. <strong>Sage and Connor </strong>did an awesome job in floor hockey and had a lot of fun.  Our camper of the week goes to <strong>Hunter</strong>. Hunter never gave up in any sport and gave it his all. He never complained and was a great sport the whole week. Congrats Hunter! We hope everyone has a good weekend and that we see everyone at camp for next week!</span>

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Counselors,

Drew, Alison, Cory, and Joe

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<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;">Artic Adventure Week </span></h1>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Big Dogs:</span>

The Big Dogs had an awesome Artic Adventure Week with a Scavenger Hunt to find the North Pole and a visit from the Lehigh Valley Zoo.  <strong>Matt and Owen P </strong>led the way to help the group find clues to get closer to the North Pole.  <strong>Ethan</strong> had a bunch of great hits during Tennis Racket Baseball.  <strong> Justin and Tanner</strong> helped their team come from behind to win in Ultimate Frisbee.  <strong>Franny R. </strong>enjoyed playing basketball all week.  <strong>Seth W</strong> was a standout in Bowling Pin Dodge ball.  <strong>Zach W and Owen J </strong>played an intense game of full court Basketball.  <strong>Ryan G </strong>showed his skills in World Cup Soccer.  <strong>George and Noah</strong> enjoyed their time playing Run the Bases.  Our Camper of the Week Award goes to <strong>Patrick Sullivan. Patrick </strong> was a great teammate to all of the campers in every sport we played.  We hope to see everyone back for the last two weeks of Camp here at Del Val.

Your Counselors,

Chris, Jordan and Harris