The Camp America experience, in 50 GIFS

By Camp America on 01/01/2024

Ever wondered what the full Camp America experience is like? Well look no further than the journey shown in 50 GIFS.

1. Hearing about Camp America for the first time
   
2. Waiting for applications to open
   
3. Starting your application
   
4. Thinking of 3 skills you have
   
5. Following the advice of 'don't be modest'
   
6. Submitting your application
   
7. Going to your interview
   
8. Leaving interview
   
9. Finding out you passed your interview
   
10. Waiting for your application to be fully processed 
    
11. Application is officially ready and visible to camp directors
    
12. Waiting for a camp to contact you
    
13. Getting an email notification 
    
14. A camp wants an interview with you
    
15. The interview
    
16. Checking your Camp America profile daily for news on your interview
    
17. Congratulations, your placed!
    
18. Telling everyone you know, that you're going to camp
    
19. Your mum realising you're going away for 3 months 
    
20. Countdown to camp
    
21. Shopping for everything you need
    
22. Trying to fit your life into your suitcase (or backpack)
    
23. Leaving party with family and friends
    
24. Getting to the airport and saying goodbye to family
    
25. Realising the airport is full of other Camp America applicants 
    
26. Sitting on the plane
    
27. Arriving in the USA
    
28. Seeing camp for the first time
    
29. First trip to Walmart and Target
    
30. Orientation begins
    
31. Feeling like you've known everyone a lifetime
    
32. Realising the kids arrive tomorrow 
    
33. Arrival day
    
34. First night at camp
    
35. First few weeks at camp
    
36. Enjoying your first s'more
    
37. Trying your first corn dog
    
38. Doing all the 'American' things
    
39. Being patriotic for America on the 4th July
    
40. When a kid makes you a friendship bracelet
    
41. Or asks you "will you be my counsellor next year" 
    
42. Realising camp is the best place ever
    
43. (Even through the exhaustion)
    
44. and that you never want to leave
    
45. But realising you have to
    
46. Last day arrives
    
47. But then you get to do some epic travelling with your new friends
    
48. Then you have to go home
    
49. And the camp blues hit hard
    
50. So you start the whole process again for another summer.
    
    
    Get your application in TODAY! www.campamerica.co.uk