“You have been chosen because we trust your abilities to change lives, history and the world. This institution prides itself on molding the future generation to be the best it can be for fifty years straight, and to work here is a prestigious honor only given to those who have earned it. Congratulations to you fine young adults for being handpicked out of the hundreds of applicants from across the country to be apart of this summer’s program.” “We are talking about summer camp here, right?” One of the camp counselors asked Mrs. Johnston, the camp director of Camp Matlyn, the longest running and cleanest summer camps in Lakeview County. Ignoring the question, Mrs. Johnston continued to address her group of 28 twenty-somethings. “As I was saying. We trust you with the lives of 112 children, but that doesn’t mean we won’t have a set of guidelines for you to follow. Each of you will receive a folder containing the information you will need to run your cabins: from emergency numbers to camper information. Remember, Camp Matlyn is a drug, alcohol, and peanut …show more content…
Johnston. “I hope you all had fun getting to know your co-cabin counselor. And hopefully you get along because you’re stuck with them until the end of the summer.” Certain counselors groaned, but Zoe and Laura were fine with each other. “Like I said earlier, we are family at Camp Matlyn, so I decided that we should have a little ‘get to know you’ activity right now so that everyone’s familiar with who’s who and who’s with what cabin.” She gestured towards a jar situated on the table beside her. “So I have all your names in this jar, I will pick one name, and then whoever I call has to come up, and answer the following questions: What is your name? What is your cabin? And what camp activity are you looking forward to? After all that is said and done, you’re going to pick another name out of the jar. So… I’ll