Today was our last full day of our Village, so we had some special activities.
Activity 1: “Smugglers” with water balloons, which ended up in a water fight. That was so much fun.
Activity 2: We planted a tree. Everyone wrote a wish on a sheet of paper, which we put into a glass jar. Then we buried the jar together with the planted tree. We stood around the tree and sang the CISV song. Some of us already started crying.
Activity 3: Not a fun activity: cleaning and packing.
Activity 4: The sad part. We sat in a big circle in the court yard. Everyone lit a candle and said some words about what he liked at the Village. Then we made a good bye hug circle. Everyone started to cry.
We put all of the mattresses into the activity room and had looooooong lullabies. The kids were allowed to sleep all together on the mattresses in the activity room. We watched some pictures on the projector and then everyone fell asleep.
All of today’s pictures here.
We would like to thank staff, the cookies, leaders, JC’s and all others we forget to thank foor the fantastic time you gave our children in choco village. All the nieces and nephews of Marc told us that it would be fantastic but now we really know , especially because of all the wonderful foto’s,thank you very, very much Walter, cisv is fantastic! Have all a save trip home and we also will mis you on our PC!!
More thanks and a big cheer from Detroit to Walter and his team and everyone associated with CISV Graz!! You made this past month so special for our children. I’m sure they will be better people because of this experience. Also, I want to add my own extra thanks for the photos. Checking the weblong was a highlight of my day!
Everyone, please visit us in the U.S.! You are always welcome in our house — this year, 20 years from now, any time in between. I mean it. The door is open for any camper or staff person and his/her family as well as any other CISV person. We hope to meet you one day!