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PHOTO ESSAY by James Baca: Students take home memories of summer camp
On Sept. 1-2 and Sept. 8-9, some 130 participants from the Denver Archdiocese Special Religious Education and Pastoral Care programs attended one of two weekend adventure camps near the scenic mountain town of Empire in Clear Creek County.
The fully accessible Rocky Mountain Village is regarded as one of the top Easter Seals camps in the country. There campers enjoyed activities including hiking, horse-back riding, arts and crafts, basketball and other sports, a zip line, a Saturday night dance with a DJ, Sunday Mass, and the pastime that continues to be the most popular each year: fishing. Each participant is allowed to take one fish home, that is cleaned and prepared for them, before continuing to catch and release. New this year, campers also enjoyed a hayride.
The annual “Overnighter,” as it’s been called since it started in 1979, was originally held at St. Malo near Allenspark, relocated to Camp Santa Maria near Grant, and has been held at Rocky Mountain Village the last five years according to Loretto Sister Mary Catherine Widger, associate director of the program. She and Father Roland Freeman, the program director, oversaw the weekends. The majority of counselors are teachers from the parish-based religious education programs.
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