Today we brought 3B and the 2025 summer to an end at Merri-Mac. We started our day with a 7:12 am wake up time which was earned by 60 seconds of silence in the dining hall the night prior. After some quick chores, everyone headed to breakfast where we ate delicious breakfast sandwiches, hashbrowns, and sausage links. Then, we headed to Lake Doris for one of our favorite camp traditions – Sunnyside Chapel. Our oldest campers led chapel by playing songs like “How He Loves Us” and sharing their favorite bible verses. They concluded by jumping in the lake singing their cabin song and sharing bittersweet hugs. 

Afterwards, campers headed to their 1st period for the last time this summer. The girls spent their activity periods having a blast to close out the summer! In fencing, campers took on the instructors. Campers in pickleball had a tournament. Pottery finished final paint touches on their pieces. 

Then, we all went to the Tucker Inn for lunch. We ate stromboli and caesar salad, sang our tribe songs, and then waited excitedly for the cabin cake to be announced! Cabin cake is awarded to one cabin from each division that had the best average cabin score of the week. This week’s winners were: Jiggity Jog, Sunspot, and Comet! After the celebrations and practicing closing songs, rest time began and everyone went back to their cabins to begin packing. 

After packing, the fun continued in activities with a mock gymnastics meet, new games in basketball, and creating new dances in dance. Then, everyone ran back to their cabins to get ready for final campfire, white feather ceremony, and lakeside. 

For dinner, we had yummy soft tacos and cake squares for dessert. We then walked to the teepee to start the last white feather ceremony of the summer and final campfire. At White Feather, we celebrated all the girls who worked hard for promotions and earned commendations this week. At final campfire, the sunnyside campers shared their nicknames with shabooga role call and handed out suns to other campers and staff. Then, each cabin shared a fun memory from the session like smores and cabin trips, and sang a small part of their cabin song. Following final campfire, campers split up by tribe to light candles and head down to lakeside ceremony. At lakeside, campers and staff sat together and sang parting songs like “From this Haven” to commemorate their time together. It is a bittersweet tradition, but a beautiful way to spend our last night together.

After all the hugs and goodbyes, everyone returned to their cabins for a fun last night together at camp! It has been a great summer and an amazing last day at Merri-Mac!

Signing off, 

Maclaren M., Cheerleading and Gymnastics, Black Bear



PROMOTIONS

GROUNDHOG

ZOE B.

EMELYN C.

CAROLINE R.

HAYNES W.

BADGER

CATHERINE G.

ARROW

ELEANOR A.

SLOANE B.

BELLE F.

CHARLOTTE G.

ALISA G.

GRACE H.

ANNA R.

CRAZY CREEK

LOULIE G.

LONG BOW

LUCYF.

RUNNING DEER

PRESLEY D.

HARPER F.

LUCY G.

HARPER H.

KATHERINE P.

RED TAIL

SYLVIE L.

EMILY M.

SHEA M.

WHITE FEATHER

REBECCA S.

ELECTIVES

THREE TRIPS IN A WEEK

ALINA J.

LUCY G.

GRACIE S.

ELISE S.

SYLVIE L.

HIKE SLATEY, PINEY GREYBEARD

SYLVIE L.

MORGAN H.

ORGANIZE A TOURNAMENT

LEAH C.

MACY S.

SOLO 13

PARKER S.

CAMPER COMMENDATIONS

TWEEDLE DEE

VIVIANA B.

HAYES W.

TWEEDLE DOE

AVERY B.

EMMY C.

TWEEDLE DOT

CAROLINE B.

TWEEDLE DUM

LOUISE K.

COOPER S.

LAVENDER’S BLUE

CLAIRE J.

JIGGITY JIG

CAROLINE R.

KATIE J.

JIGGITY JOG

ZOE L.

VIRGINIA M.

HAPPY HOLLOW

STAV O.

IZZY S.

CROSS PATCH

LIBBY K.

CHARLIE G.

UP YONDER

SLOANE B.

MARABELLA H.

THE ROBIN

SIERRA C.

ALISA G.

LITTLE DIPPER

ANNA R.

MILKY WAY

LYLA M.

JORDAN T.

STARDUST

MAGGIE KATE S.

MORGAN H.

ABIGAIL C.

RAINBOW

CLAIRE N.

HALEY H.

COMET

TESS T.

LUCY F.

BLUE HEAVEN

ANNA KATE B.

GINNY H.

KATHERYN S.

MOONMIST

HARPER D.

CAROLINE S.

SUN DROP

EMMA K.

DREAMS BEGIN

HASTINGS P.

ANNA G.

DREAMS END

HARPER H.

MILA VAN S.

SUN SPOT

GWYN W.

CLOUD NINE

LAWSON K.

BAILEY M.

BIG DIPPER

PRESLEY D.

SUNNYSIDE

LYDIA A.

AG S.

REBECCA S.


COUNSELOR COMMENDATIONS

TWEEDLE DEE

PRUDENCE C.

DAKOTA M.

TWEEDLE DOE

SCOTTIE G.

ESME S.

TWEEDLE DOT

MAE G.

TWEEDLE DUM

VAN L.

CAROLINE C.

LAVENDER’S BLUE

SAMANTHA J.

JIGGITY JIG

CAROLINE R.

MARY F.

JIGGITY JOG

ZOE B.

WELDEN J.

HAPPY HOLLOW

BELLA F.

ADDIE H.

CROSS PATCH

ANNA B.

MADISON K.

UP YONDER

TAYLOR C.

PERRY G.

THE ROBIN

AVERY G.

JOIE L.

LITTLE DIPPER

LOULIE G.

MILKY WAY

ELEANOR A.

GRACE H.

STARDUST

SOPHIE S.

ROSE C.

MACEY B.

RAINBOW

CAT D.

SAVANNAH B.

COMET

CAMPBELL O.

ELISE A.

BLUE HEAVEN

VRIGINIA M.

MARY ELLEN H.

JACQUELYN N.

MOONMIST

SUZY L.

MARGARET R.

SUN DROP

GRACE R.

DREAMS BEGIN

HASTINGS P.

SHEA M.

DREAMS END

EMMA M.

SUN SPOT

GABBY G.

CLOUD NINE

EMERSON R.

PAYTON C.

BIG DIPPER

LAUREL GREY Y.

SUNNYSIDE

MARY MAC N.

PARISH B.

CORA A.

SILVER BARS

BACKPACKING

SYLVIE L.

BASKETBALL

LEAH C.

ANNABELLE M.

ELEANOR A.

CANOEING

HASTINGS P.

ALINA J.

PARKER S.

CHEER

HARPER N.

HARPER D.

DANCE

REAGAN G.

LOULIE G.

ALICE M.

DIVING

TINSLEY D.

FENCING

SYLVIE L.

JANE J.

JUNIOR LIFEGUARDING

MACY S.

MARGARET R.

RIFLERY

CAROLINE B.

FITNESS

MORGAN H.

SWIMMING

GINNY H.

PICKLEBALL

LEAH C.

EMILY M.

ANNABELLE M.

GINNY H.

SHEA M.

REAGAN M.

TAYLOR W.

ALINA J.

LIZZY S.

CLAIRE N.

VOLLEYBALL

EMILY M.

TATUM R.

CAMPBELL O.

EMMA T.

GEORGIA B.

SHEA M.

LEAH ROSE G.

TINSLEY D.

PENELOPE B.

CASSIDY P.

GOLD BARS

BASKETBALL

HARPER F.

CLIMBING

EMILY M.

DANCE

MACY S.

DRAMA

LUCY S.

EDYTHE L.

PICKLEBALL

FRANCES P.

KATHERINE P.

MARY ELLEN H.

STUDIO FITNESS

REGAN M.