Camp Hearties 2019- Week 4

 Camp Hearties Week 4- Sharing is Caring

Judged by: Ben Rosenbaum

Guest Judge: Chris McNally

Here we are at the end of camp. It was a great year! It was different only having 3 teams, but just as much fun! I have heard from the teams that they had a great year as well and friendships and new families have been made! That is why I do camp and why I will continue to do it! To bring Hearties together, to build friendships that may never have come to fruition without this crazy Camp run by a pair of pants! I wanted to focus a lot on kindness and community this year and I really enjoyed the result! Teams embraced this and it made these pants proud! Here are the tasks teams had to choose from this week!

Mandatory Tasks:

1)      Team Mascot Task- It’s GAME NIGHT at camp and your team mascot is the host and should be dressed to impress!  Each team must provide their snazzily dressed host with a poster announcing their game! Mashup WCTH with your team’s favorite game show!

2)      Kindness Task- I love that we have been spreading kindness every week at camp! We’ve cheered up children and shown love to hometown heroes. This last week of camp I would like to bring some joy to the elderly.  Have someone in your team bring joy to either a neighbor, a relative, or even to a nursing home.  But find someone who needs a smile!

Optional Tasks: Please pick 3 of the following tasks. These are all different attributes that are taught by our wonderful Hope Valley.

3) Helping Others- Bring awareness to a real charity that is dear to your team.  Please provide a link so that I may share it on the blog.

4) Laughter- Hickam is in the wrong place at the wrong time! A prank gone awry! What happened? Who is behind it?

5) Love- Carson is setting up a date for Faith. Without the Coulters help this time, but he will NEED YOURS!

6) Hope- Gowen, even though he has found oil, seems a bit down on hope for second chances.  What would your team like to see happen for Gowen in the next season!

7) Friendship- Hearties are an amazing group, the best fandom out there! Spotlight a Heartie friendship and show how it formed and grew! Faces can be shown if consent is given by individuals in photos.

This week we had a guest judge! The talented Chris McNally, whom we all know and love as Lucas Bouchard on WCtH.  All of Chris' comments will be in green. And our beloved judge, Ben Rosenbaum, has done a phenomenal job of judging this year. Always fair and kind! Ben's comments will be in blue.

First off, here are this week's Ben's Brownie Points, and S'more Points given by Chris.

Ben's Brownie Points

Originality- Elizabeth's Entourage

Humor- Hope Valley's Dips & Sprinkles

Layout- Women of Wonder

Quality- Elizabeth's Entourage

Chris' S'more Points

Originality- Women of Wonder

Humor- Hope Valley's Dips & Sprinkles

Layout- Elizabeth's Entourage

Quality- Elizabeth's Entourage 

And before we continue with the entries, here are some comments to all the teams from our judges. 

Ben: I want to start by saying thank you to Chris McNally for joining us in camp on the final week as a guest judge! And a big thank you to

@LeesPlaidPants

for organizing another great Hearties summer adventure at camp. Well done to all the groups! I was thoroughly entertained these past four weeks by your talent and creativity. I hope you had a lot of fun and made new friends at camp! Thank you for once again allowing me to participate and share in the summer camp fun. Chris: Well done everyone… I love that you all chose the same optional tasks! Great minds think alike ;).  I also want to give a big thank you for spreading kindness to those in need - whether it was with family, at a seniors home, or a children’s hospital - it’s a beautiful thing. The entries: Elizabeth's Entourage

Ben: Sharing is indeed caring—especially when you’re sharing a dog! More on that later though.
What a fun looking game night! And fabulous mashup title. Thank you for hosting a fancy game night at the saloon! I’m sure Lucas will appreciate the extra business. I’m going to need an N, an I, a G, an E, and a T on the board please Vanna! Honey (Hunny?) Bunny and Squidget for the win!
Look at that blissed out dog and all those happy people! That brings me a lot of joy myself! Thank you.
This friendship looks like the real deal! It has survived cold winters in the snow and A VISITATION FROM A GHOST?! Seriously, who is the mustachioed man behind you in the bottom left picture? I really needed something to calm me down after that definite ghost siting and the WCTH + Twitter = #Hearties math equation was just the thing to return me to a wonderful reality!
Looks like Carson managed to throw together a classic date. It looks very romantic! I’m not sure what the list is about, but I have to assume it’s a shopping list for Faith’s next trip to Cape Fullerton for medical supplies 😂. j/k I’m sure it’s just as romantic as the rest of the date.
The National MS Society is a wonderful organization and a great cause to support. Thank you for shining a light (and for sharing your personal connection which makes it all the more meaningful)! Chris:I think your team has created a fantastic layout and design.  Love your color scheme!  I also love the Wagon Wheel of Fortune… very fitting for Hope Valley.  I think Lucas needs to bring Wagon Wheel of Fortune into the saloon! Link to Elizabeth's Entourage's charity-https://www.nationalmssociety.org/ Hope Valley's Dips & Sprinkles

Ben:The community is what it’s all about for sure! And Carson is going to have to invite the community to join he and Faith if he hopes to eat all that food!😂 It looks like a fantastic date filled with tasty treats (and honestly probably not too much food now that I take another look at it tbh).
How wonderful! A visit to the grandparents! I bet they loved it! I mean based on their emoji faces they REALLY loved it, that’s so nice!
This Hearties friendship looks like so much fun! Did you really go to Disneyland together after only having met in person once before? That’s amazing! When you know you’ve found someone special you just know. Friend at first sight!
I love your “I love someone with Down Syndrome” t-shirts! Thank you for spreading that love and awareness!
Scoops Delight makes me smile every time! Back at it again with the stylish shades! And game night is a classic trivia challenge made new with HOPEARDY! Nice mashup! It looks like you’ve even adjusted for inflation by making the difficulty levels into cents? Nice attention to detail! I’ll take “The Many Pants of Lee Coulter” for 20¢ through 100¢ all at once please, Scoops—“What is plaid?” Chris: This poster made me laugh - I love the emoji and ice cream faces… well done.  I would like to participate in a Hopeardy hosted by the one and only Scoops Delight!  Link to HV's Dips & Sprinkles charity-http://halifaxnsdss.ca/ Women of Wonder

Ben: I love this story of the smiling man in the grocery store—what a wonderful opportunity to spread joy! It was meant to be. Dogs are great!
It’s so fun to see the friendships and groups that find each other through their involvement with the Hearties, and it sounds like this is a very supportive group! I’m so glad you have these friendships, and I can tell how meaningful it is for you because you’ve put it right into your design: “We aren’t just friends, we are family.” That’s lovely!
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital looks like a wonderful and worthy organization! Thank you for bringing them to our attention.
My favorite Camp Hearties helpers are back in full super hero gear! I love this game day idea! I’m sorry to say the adults don’t stand a chance against these kids, they look like they came to win. I’d like to learn how to play the pencil/cup game, though I wouldn’t dream of challenging Wonder Woman and Spiderman. Burgers and watermelon just to round out a great summer day of fun!
It looks like Carson has pulled together a gardening date for he and Faith? How nice to get outside and enjoy the HV fresh air! Chris-I’m a fan of three-legged races and am therefore very onboard with this camping game!  Adults vs kids is always a great time.  Also - the story of being friends for ten years and finally meeting last January is amazing!  What a great end to a great camp! I want to thank Ben Rosenbaum again for the time and commitment he gives every year! I also want to thank all the teams for participating, having fun and sharing kindness! I hope you will return next year! Congratulations to Elizabeth's Entourage for coming First in the 4th Annual Camp Hearties! They put out a beautiful and creative entry every single week!

I hope to see many Hearties back again next year for camp! Camp Director, Lee's Plaid Pants