Specific Activities
When the CITs first got to the camp we played names games and role-playing games to help them feel comfortable around each other. Our hope was that the CITs had an out of the ordinary common experience with one another so they start to build shared common experiences.
Most of the next few weeks are meetings and we practice with the “learning groups” or lesson plans. This gives the CITs an opportunity to learn the material more and more and they have an opportunity to develop their own teaching style.
Throughout the summer we talk about and do service projects for the camp and how important it is to give back to those who have given so much to you.
End of Summer Reflections
One of the Calumet alumni told me once about his CIT summer, “Coming to Calumet that summer was the best thing in my life. I know that if it was not for that summer I would of eventually ended up in jail.” One of the trainees of the summer of 2000 said to me “thanks for the best summer of my life. I don’t know where I would be without that summer. I learned so much about my faith in God and myself. I will always use what you taught me that summer.”
The CIT program is a great program and it will continue to serve thousands of youth. One of the best aspects of the program and one of the most important parts of the program is building relationships with the kids.
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