Campers go on 'trip back in time'
By ROB NOVIT
Senior writer
Campers at the Aiken County Historical Museum this week enjoyed a scavenger hunt inside the museum, a different kind of relay race, a music appreciation program, an orienteering session and a trip back in time.
Museum assistant director Mary White presented her popular trunk show for the children - a wide range of artifacts, toys, utensils and other items from the early 19th century.
"It's been really exciting and fun," said Elise Jones, a rising sixth-grader at Kennedy Middle School. "I really liked learning about life in the 1800s and how they preserved food."
One of the counselors was Danielle Searl, a student at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky. An intern with the Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, Searl also is working with programs through the Sheriff's Office and the Bishop Gravatt Center this summer.
"It's been great, with different kids every week," she said. "We have some traditional camps with some nature-based activities, such as leaf identification and animal print-finding."
Parent Miriam Burton homeschools her three children, all of them campers at the museum this week. She was pleased that they got to tour the facility in a fun way and did farm chores as a part of the relay races.
Her son Mason, 12, also liked the trunk show, including the 19th-century games that kids played.
He wouldn't mind living back in that time, he said. Then Mason thought about that some more.
"Well, maybe for a day or two," he said.
Lynn Schodowski, a museum docent, spent Monday with the campers and returned Friday for the orienteering activity.
"It's always fun to help out with the camp," Schodowski said. "For a couple of minutes, I can be a kid again."
Contact Rob Novit at rnovit@aikenstandard.com.
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Brian Sanders On:
7/20/2008
Comment Title: It was the Aiken COUNTY Parks Dept.
I wish that would have been correct.
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