<h1><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">D<span style="color: #0000ff;">r</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span> <span style="color: #800080;">S</span>e<span style="color: #0000ff;">u</span><span style="color: #008000;">s</span><span style="color: #800080;">s</span> W<span style="color: #0000ff;">e</span><span style="color: #008000;">e</span><span style="color: #800080;">k</span>! </span></strong></h1>
<span style="color: #000000;">This week at camp, the Gopher Group had fun learning about Dr. Suess and his stories.  In<strong> Hollywood </strong>we made a skit about the Dr. Seuss book <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Lorax</span>.<strong> Aidan </strong>was a great Lorax in our play, and <strong>Forrest </strong>was an awesome brown barbaloot. We also played freeze dance in<strong> Hollywood</strong>, and <strong>Bridget </strong>was excellent. In<strong> Art</strong>, <strong>Grace </strong>drew an awesome Lorax, and <strong>Hannah </strong>drew a great penguin. <strong>Carly </strong>also made a colorful rainbow hat. On <strong>Tuesday</strong>, we made an awesome cheer and performed for the camp at closing. <strong>Shamus </strong>and <strong>Autumn </strong>really helped us make our cheer. On <strong>Wednesday</strong>, the whole camp participated in crazy hair day, and <strong>Ryan </strong>had the craziest hair in our group. On <strong>Thursday,</strong>  we came up with our own addition to the banana dance. During sport and game time, <strong>Halle </strong>was great at capture the flag. <strong>Sidne </strong>was a super soccer star, and <strong>Michael </strong>was his team's secret weapon in dodgeball. At the pool, <strong>Brendan </strong>and <strong>Jaden </strong>had a fantastic time swimming. <strong>Jackson </strong>did a really great job playing Marco Polo in the pool. In <strong>Science</strong>, <strong>Tyler </strong>made great predictions about what would happen in our UV bead experiments. This week, <strong>Tia </strong>was the Gopher Camper of the Week. She participated in every activity and was nice to everyone. We hope to have more fun in the weeks to come.</span>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #000000;">Your Counselors,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #000000;">Alyson and Steve</span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #339966;">GREEN EARTH WEEK! </span></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;">6/27-7/1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This week at camp, the Gophers learned about taking care of the Earth! In Hollywood we made a news report. <strong>Sophie </strong>reported about art class and <strong>Madison </strong>interviewed our counselor Hannah. <strong>Forrest, Aidan, </strong>and <strong>Jackson</strong> helped create our winning cheer on Tuesday using Justin Bieber's song "Baby". In art, <strong>Shamus</strong> made a really cool collage out of leaf tracings. <strong>Tyler </strong>and <strong>Hannah </strong>also made really neat fish in art, and <strong>Grace</strong> and <strong>Sidne</strong><a></a><a></a><a></a> colored and made awesome octopus mobiles. In the pool this week, <strong>Jake </strong>was  super fast swimmer during the steal the bacon game. When we played freeze tag in the pool, <strong>Brendan </strong>showed off his great swimming skills by avoiding tags all over. In science, <strong>Ryan </strong>showed off his big brains with his knowledge of water purification. The Gophers played a lot of different games and sports this week. <strong>Halle</strong> kicked a home run in kickball, and <strong>Carly </strong>survived EVERY round in dodgeball! <strong>Michael</strong> and <strong>Jaden</strong> dominated in four square, and <strong>Autumn </strong>won a round world cup soccer! On Friday during luau, <strong>Corinne </strong>and <strong>Bridget</strong> showed off their limbo skills as they wiggled under the bar each time. Last but not least, <strong>Paige </strong>is our CAMPER OF THE WEEK! She participated in everything and had a great attitude all week. She was a real star! We hope to have many more great weeks like this one.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Your Counselors,</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Hannah, Steve, and Laurel</p>