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Farm Camp - Cancelled
Aug. 18th, 2011 11:02 amSo. After ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
betsycontent, lyonesse, and aine_willows send various items lotusdragon needs for Farm Camp. After wrangling with the organizers to figure out what was truly needful. After many sticker shocks and late night article writing to save up enough to pay for it. After jodawi took us shopping for everything else she needed (and it wasn't cheap), I come in the house from painting furniture on the porch to find a message awaiting me from one of the counselors.
He's left a message saying that they didn't get enough people to sign up for Farm Camp in part because Seattle Public School District changed their schedule so that this year school starts before Labor Day instead of after, and they didn't know about it. He then went on to say that while Farm Camp isn't available, Fish Camp is, and they also managed to find some scholarship money and are offering me a $150 discount if we'd like to send her to Fish Camp instead.
The muscles in my arms sang with anger and the need to hit something. The itemsjodawi purchased alone were as much as the camp cost in total. But I remained calm and called the man who left the message. He answered after a few rings, and in my most diplomatic move, I didn't reach through the phone and punch him in the face repeatedly.
After a cordial chat, with dear daughter present through it all, we established what Fish Camp entailed. He rattled off some things but said that it would still entail almost everything Farm Camp did, but with more fishing and crabbing. The camp in question was originally Hunting & Fishing Camp, but no one wants to hunt, which is good, because whenlotusdragon saw the web site for the camp before I called him, she was in tears at the thought of having to trap and kill rabbits, grouse, and other small critters. When she realized she'd only be murdering fish, and the counselor assured her that there would be "no stabbing" (that was one of her questions), she calmed down.
They're still holding the camp at the same location. They'll still spend time at two different farms, one near us, and one down in Puyallup. And as daughter put it, "I wanted to learn how to fish." So she's going to Fish Camp instead. No extra gear (beyond what was already purchased) required; they'll provide the tackle, rods, reels, and safety vests to the campers, and I get to keep a little bit of the money I worked so hard to earn.
So thanks again tobetsycontent, lyonesse, aine_willows, and jodawi. The journey may be somewhat altered, but it will still be an experience for which you helped manifest in my daughter's life.
betsycontent, lyonesse, and aine_willows send various items lotusdragon needs for Farm Camp. After wrangling with the organizers to figure out what was truly needful. After many sticker shocks and late night article writing to save up enough to pay for it. After jodawi took us shopping for everything else she needed (and it wasn't cheap), I come in the house from painting furniture on the porch to find a message awaiting me from one of the counselors.He's left a message saying that they didn't get enough people to sign up for Farm Camp in part because Seattle Public School District changed their schedule so that this year school starts before Labor Day instead of after, and they didn't know about it. He then went on to say that while Farm Camp isn't available, Fish Camp is, and they also managed to find some scholarship money and are offering me a $150 discount if we'd like to send her to Fish Camp instead.
The muscles in my arms sang with anger and the need to hit something. The items
jodawi purchased alone were as much as the camp cost in total. But I remained calm and called the man who left the message. He answered after a few rings, and in my most diplomatic move, I didn't reach through the phone and punch him in the face repeatedly.After a cordial chat, with dear daughter present through it all, we established what Fish Camp entailed. He rattled off some things but said that it would still entail almost everything Farm Camp did, but with more fishing and crabbing. The camp in question was originally Hunting & Fishing Camp, but no one wants to hunt, which is good, because when
lotusdragon saw the web site for the camp before I called him, she was in tears at the thought of having to trap and kill rabbits, grouse, and other small critters. When she realized she'd only be murdering fish, and the counselor assured her that there would be "no stabbing" (that was one of her questions), she calmed down.They're still holding the camp at the same location. They'll still spend time at two different farms, one near us, and one down in Puyallup. And as daughter put it, "I wanted to learn how to fish." So she's going to Fish Camp instead. No extra gear (beyond what was already purchased) required; they'll provide the tackle, rods, reels, and safety vests to the campers, and I get to keep a little bit of the money I worked so hard to earn.
So thanks again to
betsycontent, lyonesse, aine_willows, and jodawi. The journey may be somewhat altered, but it will still be an experience for which you helped manifest in my daughter's life.
