CampHearties 2018 Week 4

Week 4-Lessons from the Schoolhouse
Judged by: Ben Rosenbaum
Guest Judge: Erin Krakow

The links for the charities chosen by the teams who completed #3 are at the end of the blog.

Ben's Brownie Points

Creativity- The WagonErs

Originality- Coal Valley Cuties

Presentation- Koala-ty Watermelon Cookies

Humor- Lumber Ladies

Erin's S'more Points

Creativity- The WagonErs

Originality- Coal Valley Cuties

Presentation- Hickam's Secret Service

Humor- Toasty Marshmallow Squad

As Camp comes to an end, I really wanted teams to tap into all we have learned from When Calls The Heart and our favorite teacher. So many lessons to choose from. But ultimately, Hope Valley is about hope, kindness, fun, and community...just to name a few. So enjoy seeing what they learned and shared this week. I will turn the comments over to our judge, Ben Rosenbaum and our special guest judge, Erin Krakow!

Wonderful job everyone! I want to say thank you for letting me enjoy the fruits of your labor all month long. You are all so creative and fun, and I had a great time seeing what you came up with each week. I hope you’ve had a lot of fun yourselves, and that you’ve made many Heartie friends. Have a great rest of your summer (or winter to my Aussies) and I’ll be seeing you all on Twitter!

You Give Love A Plaid Name

Ben: I’m loving the presentation here, even the typography is on point! And the crossover puns are very fun: “A New Hope Valley Zoo” is a real standout. Somebody on the team must have a nice photography setup for miniatures because your pics of the Star Wars figures and Glen are great!

Erin: Big fan of the way you depicted Gowen’s transformation! Interesting Star Wars/WCTH mashup theme!

Sergeant's Riders

Ben: I feel very well informed about your cause, thank you for bringing awareness to DS. What a lovely act of kindness! Coffee for the troops! What an excellent HV upgrade, I don’t know what I would do without indoor plumbing! You brought the old school volcano to the science fair—I love it!

Erin: I have to agree that our modern-day toilets are much nicer than the 1915 “toilet” you have pictured. That volcano science project looks familiar! We had such a “blast” filming that scene!

The WagonErs

Ben: Great details in your article detailing everything going on in your wonderful photos! And boy is there a lot going on! Great job! Nice way of tying your chosen cause into the reason for the petting zoo. And such a fun pictorial history lesson. Your campers may not have the proper instructions for survival in the woods, but they’ll know how to pass the time skipping rocks! Except I think your book is missing a step—“find a body of water and stand at its edge facing it.”

Erin: Very creative photoshop work for the fundraiser photos. I also appreciated the article in Hope Valley Times! Super clear instructions on how to skip rocks!

Lumber Ladies

Ben: Log is back and making me laugh again! Sounds like she may have gotten a little “waterlogged” on the job while shadowing at the winery! I love the use of Gowen’s signature bowler hat in your art. That’s a very useful book for camper’s, but I can see why it’s a nightmare for Log! I’m almost as scared checking out your science fair project . 

Erin:The section in the camping guide about how to light a fire took me right back to the Season 2 finale! Equal parts morbid and funny that your mascot the log watched the twigs in horror. Beautiful to read how the quotes about Gowen evolved. Nice wood pun! Very interesting reading about Frank the tarantula!
 

Team PhotoBaumers

Ben: Well, that is a very cuddly looking petting zoo; Hickam would be first in line! ShutterBaum is hard at work at your mercantile! I’m more of a peachy-o’s person myself, but we can agree that gummies in general are dangerously good. Great Gowen art! I’ve seen him as a bit of a Grinch story myself over the seasons. Thanks for bringing awareness to NAMI and #EndTheStigma

Erin: It’s amazing what googley eyes can do to an inanimate object! Such a cute camera! The Gowen/Grinch mashup = clever! I imagine that wood floor was a challenge to remove!!

Hope Valley Fans

Ben: Helping at the pet adoption! Cute and kind! Honey Bunny out doing God’s Business reminds me of the Disney Robin Hood for some reason, which is my favorite Robin Hood. Nice Gowen artwork, but do I detect a heart shape in the face of your devil?! Camping for Dummies would be exactly where I’d have to start my journey to the woods .

Erin:I love all of the sweet animal photos! I hope those sweet dogs were adopted! You did such a great job comparing the work it took to get the basics in 1910 vs 2018!
 

Toasty Marshmallow Squad

Ben: “Hope Valley Woman Strong” is my new favorite phrase! Nice pillowcases. Your Gowen artwork is awesome! I love all the different emojis for sale (representing how you’ll feel in a pair of plaids pants I assume?). LOL Hope Valley’s first pool boy. Miss Toasty ended up in a pastry?!?! Good thing it’s the final week.

Erin: I CAN’T BELIEVE MISS TOASTY MELTED!!!!! Love the idea of Pants taking Gowen shopping for a new attitude. Great drawings! Wonderful pillowcases!

Hickam's Secret Service

Ben: That visit to the nursing home looks like so much fun! I bet they were delighted! That convict kangaroo is just about the cutest, reminds me of some doves that got away one time. Secret agent Rip looks like he was a lot of help with his shadowing, nice job!

Erin: Love the knot pun. Those kids’ smiling faces = Heartmelting! Great then & now side-by-sides!

Coal Valley Cuties

Ben: I love formatting the whole thing as a school newspaper! Nice show reference with the circus bringing in the petting zoo, and I’m sure the CVC were very excited/surprised to see all their favorite animals in the pens. Thanks for keeping the streets and parks clean of litter! The customer at the barber holding Mountie Tyrol is too funny to me! Great Gowen art! You really got to the heart of the matter! Erin: Such a creative idea to make a 100th anniversary edition of the newsletter! Nice reference to great, great, grandparents Jack & Elizabeth!Love the Gowen artwork!
 

Koala-ty Watermelon Cookies

Ben: Wow, such a cool camping lesson! And for Dummies no less! Thanks for bringing awareness to Pink Ribbon Day, and especially for doing it in such a sweet way! The cake baker on your team is putting in some good work over the past two weeks. Great job! Makes me wish I was judging more than photos. Erin: Big fan of the Grinch to Carebear transformation for Gowen. I had no idea about that star trick! Very clever! Thanks for the reminder to be grateful for washing machines! A big thank you to Erin for being our guest judge this last week, and to Ben for judging every week and putting the time into wrangling the guest judges! It is always a fun surprise to see who it is going to be! I love the tradition of Erin judging the last week, a fantastic way to end Camp! But it is always sad when it ends too. CONGRATULATIONS TO COAL VALLEY CUTIES!! You are the winners of the 3rd annual Camp Hearties!

Thank you to all the Hearties who came out to camp this year! I hope you have a wonderful rest of your summer!

Lee's Plaid Pants

Camp Director

Links to Charities- please give them a click! 

You Give Love A Plaid Name:

 https://forceforchange.starwars.com/

Sergeant's Riders: 

https://www.greenbeanscoffee.com/products/cup-of-joe-for-a-joe

The WagonErs: 

The American Cancer Society's web address is: https://www.cancer.org

The Canadian Cancer Society's web address is: http://www.cancer.ca/en/region-selector-page/?url=%2fen%2f#

The Australian Cancer Society's web address is: https://www.cancer.org.au

Team Photo-Baumers:
https://ifundraise.nami.org

Koala-ty Watermelon Cookies:

https://www.pinkribbon.com.au/