Hey everyone,We are really excited that Roger Hanafin will be coming to camp as our new Assistant Director in February! He and his wife Emily will be making the move to Florida from Colorado in the middle of February. Right now they are spending time in Central America visiting Guatemala and other countries in that area.
When he was a kid, Roger attended Camp Stevens near San Diego. He eventually became a counselor and then an administrator. He and Emily met at camp and they even got married there.
Before we hired Roger we wanted to get to know him a little better. So we flew him out to Orlando for a weekend in October. When I picked him up from the airport, I learned that this was actually the first time he'd ever been in Florida. After he got settled at his hotel, I took him to dinner with Gil and Paisley so that he could meet some counselors. The next day we went to the ranch to facilitate a group of dads and their daughters. That weekend ended up being our biggest weekend of the year with 364 people there. There were tents set up all over camp!
Roger got to meet a ton more people when he got to the ranch, including the rock wall staff. That's us in the above picture. From left to right, that's Roger, me, Lisa and Beau right behind Bo the dog. You'll recognize Matt B., Arthur, Joe, Brian and Diana in the back. We had a great time on our break hanging out on the front porch of the office getting to know Roger and enjoying some Pizzano's.
Roger is looking forward to meeting all of you this summer. And I know you guys will look forward to meeting him, especially if you are coming to 2nd session because Roger's birthday is during that session. IN THE LAKE! IN THE LAKE!
I am going to miss you guys like crazy next summer. The good news is that I plan on being there for banquets, rodeos and other days throughout the summer. And camp mom to all, Diana, will be there all summer along with Roger. Diana and I agree that Roger will be a great guy to have at camp and we are lucky to have him as a part of the Circle F family.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Jay
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I MISS ALL OF YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH! I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I COME IN JANUARY!!!! I'M HAVING MAJOR CAMP WITHDRAWALS!!! I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!!
-AFTON : )
hello Circle F!
this letter is mainly for Jay, but hello everyone. so i know there is no point in talking you out of leaving, so im not gona spend this comment trying that, but i wanted you to know that i am going to miss you so incredably much. it will be so walking up to camp and not seeing you there. you never forgot my name, even when i was little and blended into all the other little kids. and i just wanted to inform yu that my birthdya is on aprl 2nd, and im probly gona do a family wekkend on the 1st, or the 6th so the reason im telling u this is because i wanted to make sure you there if i sign up. anyways hope all is going well up there, and i hope this new guy can live up to... i tiny atom of your legacy. also, i gt the brochure, i even saved the envelope eith the little message for me to look at the 1st two pages.
Love
Rachael Shpak
Wow I have to say that pic of Jamie and Brian looks terribly familiar..... I think that scenario was staged:) I miss ya'll..... Oh my goodness I saw Alex Keys in one of the pics.
Peace, Rebecca Paul
Becky or to many of ya'll "Turtle"
rachael,
thank you so much for your kind words! you are definitely one of the campers that makes camp worthwhile. we are lucky to have you there. if you decide to celebrate your birthday at the ranch i will try to be there for it.
take care,
jay
i look forward to meeting roger and hope he lives up to litle jj(jason varges) ill always rember meeting jay my first day. and now hes leaving. ill miss him. knowin i wont see him makes me cry. and i dont usaly cry.
jj's #1 fan
jake weil
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