Good morning and welcome to Camp.

I'm Lori.

>>I'm Dan.

>>And we are coming to you from Camp Fowler, located in Orfield, Pennsylvania.

>>We have a lot of great activities scheduled for you, Campers.

We're going to be getting up and moving around and doing some kickboxing.

Then we're going to visit our friends at Art's Quest to do some crafts.

>>Let's go join our friends, Isaac and Jenn, and learn about committing to goals.

Hey, everybody, welcome back to Camp Fowler.

I'm Isaac.

>>And I'm Jenn.

>>And we're here with our friends Dan, Kyle, Liz and Kayla.

And, today, we are on the low ropes course.

We call it the Mulc.

The Multi-Use Low Ropes... And we... Course!

And we are going to do what's called pirates crossing.

So there are two ropes.

The cable is what you put your feet on and there are two ropes.

One has an anchor there and goes up to this pole and the other one has an anchor in the middle the other side and goes up to that pole.

So what we are going to do is we're going to have our climber, We obviously have some spotters and we are going to have them facing out.

You always want to be facing out.

They are going to be using the cable with their feet and their hands with the rope, and they're going to try to get to the other side.

So from this side to this side.

Right.

Who wants to volunteer to...?

Kyle!

All right, thank you, Kyle, for being so exuberant.

All right.

So if you want to walk around here, Kyle, and go to the back and then we can get our spotters.

OK.

So before we start, before anybody touches anything, what are our calls?

>>Ready to climb.

>>Ready to spot.

>> Climbing.

>> Spotting.

>>You can take as long as you need.

They're here to support you.

>>I have a question, do you have a goal?

>>I'd really like to get all the way across.

That would be pretty cool, but maybe the second rope would be a nice mini goal for me.

>>All right.

Sounds good.

>>Kyle wants to get to the other rope.

>> Yeah, we're going for the second rope at least.

Spotting.

Keeping it nice and safe.

I want to remind my spotters to spot the ropes as well.

OK, good job.

>>That's OK.

>> Doing great.

Good job, Kyle.

>> He's got it.

There you go.

>> Woo!

>>Nicely done.

Good job.

We made it to the mini goal, I believe.

>> Nicely done, nicely done.

>> Thank goodness I set a mini goal.

>> All right, awesome job.

>> Good.

>>OK.

>>So Kyle had a few different goals that he was OK making it to and you made it to the first one, right?

OK.

So we have like a mini world record for you.

>>Right.

How far you've made it so far, which is cool because all week we've been talking about committing to goals.

And Kyle, you are really committed.

Even all the way to... So you had to get off the element.

I saw the determination in your eyes, it was really cool to watch Kyle be committed there.

>>And even though Kyle's goal was to get to the end, but he made that smaller goal of getting to the middle, which was smart, because that means that he at least achieved part of his goal.

And he knows A) that he did achieve something today.

And then also B) that if he did that, then he probably maybe with a couple more tries, maybe with some help, maybe with some extra tips, he could have gotten to the end or just another try.

So it's also important to remember when you are making goals, it is totally OK and actually a good idea to make smaller goals, because especially if you have a more difficult goal, you don't want to go big or go home, right.

You always want to make littler goals, smaller goals that build up to your larger goal.

So today's journal prompt for the end of the week is what was a difficult goal that you had that you achieved?

So something difficult that you tried to achieve.

So thank you for joining us this week and committing to your goals.

We hope that you achieved your goals this week that you set out to do.

Hope you have a great week and a great weekend.

We'll see you next week.

>>See ya.

>>Let's go learn something new.

>>What animals come to mind when you think of nocturnal creatures?

I think of owls, fox, raccoons, possums and most definitely skunks.

I have an education skunk with me today.

His name is Cabbage.

And don't worry.

He is deskunked, or descented.

So he cannot spray us.

Cabbage is one of four species of skunk native to North America.

If you haven't guessed, he is the largest species of skunk native to the United States.

We also have the spotted skunk found in the southern part of Pennsylvania.

But they're significantly smaller.

While cabbage can weigh anywhere between six and eight pounds in the wild or closer to ten to 12 pounds in captivity.

Spotted skunks only tend to weigh about two pounds.

If you've ever heard of Skunk Spring in a handstand position spotted skunks are where you've heard that from, because those skunks are so small they will run and go into a handstand before spraying to make themselves look as big as possible.

If Cabbage tried that, you'd probably just do a somersault.

So he's going to let you know that he's thinking about spraying you with some other behaviors.

So what to look out for if you're getting too close to a skunk?

Well, if you get too close and you make an animal like cabbage feel threatened, he will show you by stamping his feet, he will stick his tail straight up.

Right now, you see that cabbage is just sniffing around.

His tail is down.

So he's not feeling threatened.

But he would most definitely stamp his feet, stick up his tail and then aim his bottom at me.

In fact, his body would almost bend into a U shape so he could point his bottom at me but still be looking at me.

That's because skunks aim using scent glands located on their back end, and they are really interested in only using as much skunk spray as they have to at any given time to hit their target.

Because the secret of skunks is that they only have a little bit of that skunk oil built up in their body at any one time.

So if they were to spray anything and everything, they would quickly run out of the one thing that gives them their main defense.

If we look at a skunk's body, he's got short legs, webbed feet.

So he's not very strong.

He's not very fast.

He really relies on that oil to deter animals from trying to eat him.

If he sprays an animal, he's not going to kill that animal or anything, but it will affect their eyes and their nose.

If it's a human, it may make us sick.

And then the animal relies on this bold striping pattern as a way for animals to remember him and to remember that they don't ever want to try to eat an animal like this again.

Now, how does a skunk spray?

Well, if he's being chased and he can't aim his spray at an attacker, he will spray and make a cloud so that the predator just runs through it.

If he can see the predator, he will line up and he can aim his spray it at about ten feet of distance.

And tomato baths will not work.

You need a solution of peroxide, baking soda and detergent in order to get that stinky spray off.

Sulfur is one of the components found in the oil, which is why it makes it smell so bad.

Now, Cabbage has been with us for about six years.

But in the wild, these skunks only tend to live a year to three.

They can fall victim to being hunted.

Great horned owls love to hunt animals like this.

They may have some trouble crossing the road and they can also get sick from diseases just like people.

That's one of the reasons we never want to handle an animal like a striped skunk with bare hands.

They have sharp teeth, as you can see, and they are a rabies vector species like fox, coyotes, groundhogs, bats.

So we always want to used gloved hands when handling an education animal or even when trying to help an animal that's been injured.

You might already be able to guess how he hunts and finds his food.

He uses his nose, so nose to the ground and he's going to be looking for grubs, for young larval insects that are buried in the ground.

Because those have a lot of protein and help keep this guy fueled up over summer.

He is an omnivore, though, so he will also eat some fruits and vegetables matter.

And if you look at these big claws on his hand, those are how he does his digging.

So that's how he gets to those grubs buried in the ground.

If you're wondering if you have a skunk visiting your yard at night, look for shallow holes in the ground.

That could be a sign that they were digging for grubs near you.

And just remember, you can enjoy skunks, but you want to do so at a safe distance.

One rule we teach our campers here is to put up your thumb and if the animal you're looking at is bigger than your thumb, then you know that you're too close and you need to step back until you can cover that animal completely with your thumb.

And then you're usually at a safe distance from there.

I hope you enjoyed meeting Cabbage the striped skunk.

You can find him probably in any woods or a neighborhood near you.

>>Thanks.

Now let's get our heart rate up and do some kickboxing with Priscila.

>>Hi, everybody.

Priscilla from Valley Youth House, Camp Fowler.

Day five, you did it.

Way to go.

Thanks for working out with me.

Had so much fun.

Let's do it one more time.

You can do it.

Remember the warm up?

You guys know it now.

Bob and weave adding those jabs.

Slight bend in the elbow.

Then your uppercuts, going for your opponent's chin, then your hooks, side of the head, one foot in front of the other.

We're going to start with those.

Jab.

Jab.

This time an uppercut.

We did jab, jab, cross earlier in the week.

Now we're doing jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Let's do four more.

Three, two and one.

Now we're going to step back.

Step back.

This is level one.

You don't want to jump.

You're going to step back.

So let's try that again.

So it's jab, jab upper.

Two of these and four steps back.

Two jab, jab uppers and then four steps back.

So I'm going to show you how to make this harder next time.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Four, three, two, one.

See how I jumped a little bit?

Jump.

Four, three, two, one.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Four, three, two, one.

Two more.

Remember to land soft, knees slightly bent.

Four, three, two, one.

Last one like this.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Four, three, two, one.

Boxer's shuffle.

March in place.

All we're doing is turning to the other side.

And we're going to learn it on this side.

Jab.

Jab.

Upper.

jab.

Jab.

Upper.

Keep going.

Jab.

Upper.

Jab.

Jab.

Upper.

Four more.

Three, two... Last one.

Step back, step back, a little touch back.

Level one, you don't have to jump.

If you don't want to, listen to your body.

Let's do four more.

Three.

Putting those together.

In two.

One.

Jab, jab upper.

Two of these.

Jab, jab, upper.

And then step back.

Four, three, two, one.

Jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Four, three.

Let's do two more like this.

Jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Four, three, two, one.

Last one like this.

Now remember how I made it harder.

We're gonna add those jumps.

Here we go.

Jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Four, three, two, one.

Jab, jab, upper.

Jab, jab, upper.

Four, three, two, one.

Two more.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Jab, jab.

Upper.

Four, three, two.

Last one.

Jab, upper.

You can do it.

Keep going.

Four, three, two, one.

Back to your bob and weave here.

So we're gonna finish nice and strong today.

Strong arms, strong legs.

Want you to do flurry arms as fast as you can go.

Punch, punch, punch, punch.

Punch, punch, punch, punch.

You can do it.

Keep going.

Four, three, two, one.

Fast feet.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Arms again.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

This is called a finisher.

Five.

Go as fast as you can.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Legs.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Last one.

Let's go.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Legs.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

March in place.

Inhale and exhale.

Roll those shoulders back.

You guys did a great job this week.

Thanks so much for working out with me.

I hope you have a great summer.

Big inhale up and exhale.

One more big inhale up and exhale.

And I'll see you next time.

Bye, everybody.

Thanks so much.

>>Thanks.

That was great.

Let's check in with our friends from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.

>>Hi, I'm Lynn with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.

All week we have been talking about natural forces and also the energy that we can get from some of them.

Today we are going to be talking about the most powerful energy source we have.

Did you guess?

It's the sun.

The sun powers the entire planet.

Here's how.

The sun shines down on plants.

Plants use the energy from the sun to combine minerals from the soil, water which they suck up through their roots and carbon dioxide out of the air to make their food.

Their food is sugar.

And that food is what gives them the energy to grow new leaves, to make flowers, to make seeds, to grow.

All of the things that they need to do.

And then that energy, it moves on through the planet.

So imagine here we have a sun.

We have the sun shining down on some plants.

The plants are using the energy to make food for themselves.

We have a hungry rabbit who comes over and starts to eat some of the plants.

So now the energy is moving into the rabbit.

Then we have a wolf who's also hungry, who comes on over here and eats the rabbit.

Now, the energy has moved on into the wolf.

And this is how energy flows through a food chain.

Even us, the food we eat, it comes from plants.

Consider pizza.

Do you like pizza?

Me, too.

So imagine that we want to make a pizza.

We're gonna start with crust.

The crust is made from flour, which comes from wheat.

Wheat is a grass which gets its energy from the sun.

So let's make our...put our crust on here.

OK.

Now we need some tomato sauce.

Right?

Which, of course, comes from tomatoes.

Yes.

Which grow on a plant which gets its energy from the sun.

So some tomato sauce.

Now the cheese.

Cheese.

We make that from milk, which we get from cows.

Cows eat grass.

Grass gets its energy from the sun.

So we like some extra cheese.

Let's sprinkle some more on there.

Now we have a pizza.

So really all the foods that we eat, when we eat them, you can say thanks, sun, for that energy.

But also we can use the sun's energy to make electricity, too.

So I have here a little solar cell.

I'm under a pavilion right now, but I have a flashlight.

I'm going to shine my flashlight on this solar cell.

Let's see if it can generate enough power to light this light bulb up here.

Do you see it?

The light bulb is lighting up.

So the electrons in here got excited.

They started going through the wire and they made the light bulb work.

I also have a tiny, tiny solar car.

We'll see if we can make this move too.

Have to get really close.

Little bit.

That was fun.

So thank you for joining us this week while we talked about natural forces.

Have a great weekend.

Bye.

>>That was awesome.

Let's jump over to the Banana Factory and do some crafting with ArtsQuest.

>>Hi, my name's Lena and I work for the Banana Factory, which is part of ArtsQuest.

And today we are going to make a mess.

We're going to try something called fluid acrylic painting.

And you can buy like official fluid acrylics, but they're super easy to make on your own.

I've already kind of pre-mixed my proportions for three of my colors, but I'll show you how to make it with a fourth option.

So I always start with a little water.

So I I already poured out just a little bit.

And you want to add in about as much paint as you have water.

So I've got my green paint and I'm just going to try to squirt it in.

And if your proportions aren't exact, it's not the end of the world.

You'll still have fun.

OK.

And then your next ingredient is actually dish soap or any sort of like hand soap that'll bubble up and foam when you kind of stir it up and you want actually about as much soap as you have total water plus paint.

So you want it to be about half soap.

Again, if your proportions are off, it's not going to be the end of the world.

That might have been too much soap.

Hard to say sometimes.

But now what we do is we stir it up really well.

They are pretty liquidy now.

And I have probably more paint than I need.

For your base, you want to start with something a little bit sturdy.

So I'm using a piece of cardboard.

If you have like wood or or any sort of anything sturdier than... Like, a piece of paper, it's just going to fall apart if you try to do this on there.

What we're basically going to do is just pour our paint right onto our board and I like to pour it kind of inside of each other.

So I poured some blue.

I'll pour some purple right on top of it.

I'll try to do like a whole line of it.

White is a really good color to include because it'll brighten things up, especially if, like right now, I'm working on the brown side of my cardboard because that's going to absorb the paint a little better.

So the white will brighten things up, which will be nice.

And I'll add some green.

My green wound up being a lot wetter than my other color.

So I may even add some more paint to mine just because that seems a little bit too wet in retrospect.

But now what we can do is actually tilt our canvas in different directions to try to get the paint to move.

So you want to constantly be tilting your piece in different directions and you can try different techniques on there.

Like you can try to blow and it'll do different ripples and things like that.

But I think tilting is the most fun for me.

I'm going to add a little bit of blue back on here and maybe some more purple, because I did like that purple color quite a lot.

So you can keep adding as you go.

And our goal is really to kind of try to cover our entire board if we can.

It's fine if it's dripping off the side because I have plenty of paint so I can add more and maybe I'll add some more white over here.

Maybe I'll add a little bit of blue on top of that.

And just try to kind of cover our whole piece.

So as it's dripping down and becoming a huge mess, but you can see the way like the colors sort of gently mix together and get these ripple effects.

A lot of people will make geode paintings using this sort of technique because it gets the same sort of rippley bubbles in them, as you would see with a geode.

OK, I think that is good enough for now.

Thank you guys for watching.

I've had a lot of fun making art with you this week.

Enjoy your weekend.

>>Hi, I'm Craig and welcome to Camp Fire Friday.

Today, I'd like to play a song for you by Ralph McTell.

Interesting thing about this song.

It was released two times - in the late '60s and in the very early '70s, and it was a hit both times.

Each time it was a hit.

Once in Europe and once in the United States, and when you perform this song throughout Europe, you don't even have to sing it because everybody knows the lyrics.

And I had the great honor of playing this song in London on Ralph McTell's guitar.

It's a song that makes us conscious or helps to make us think about folks who are less fortunate than we are.

It's called Streets of London.

♪ Have you seen the old man in the closed down market ♪ ♪ Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes?

♪ ♪ In his eyes you see no pride ♪ ♪ Hand held loosely by his side ♪ ♪ Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news ♪ ♪ So how can you tell me you're lonely ♪ ♪ And say for you that the sun don't shine?

♪ ♪ Oh, let me take you by the hand ♪ And lead you through the streets of London ♪ ♪ I'll show you something to make you change your mind ♪ ♪ Have you seen the old girl ♪ Who walks the streets of London?

♪ ♪ Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?

♪ ♪ She's no time for talkin', she keeps right on walkin' ♪ ♪ Carrying her home in two carrier bags ♪ ♪ So how can you tell me you're lonely ♪ ♪ And say for you that the sun don't shine?

♪ ♪ Oh, let me take you by the hand and lead you through ♪ The streets of London ♪ I'll show you something to make you change your mind ♪ ♪ In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven ♪ ♪ That same old man sitting there on his own ♪ ♪ Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup ♪ ♪ Each tea lasts an hour then he wanders off alone ♪ ♪ So how can you tell me you're lonely ♪ ♪ And say for you that the sun don't shine?

♪ ♪ Oh, let me take you by the hand ♪ And lead you through the streets of London ♪ ♪ I'll show you something to make you change your mind ♪ ♪ Have you seen the old man ♪ Outside the seaman's mission?

♪ ♪ Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears?

♪ ♪ In our winter city the rain cries little pity ♪ ♪ For one more forgotten hero ♪ And a world that doesn't care ♪ ♪ Oh, how can you tell me you're lonely ♪ ♪ And say for you that the sun don't shine?

♪ ♪ Oh, let me take you by the hand ♪ And lead you through the streets of London ♪ ♪ I'll show you something to make you change your mind.

♪ ♪ Oh, let me take you by the hand ♪ And lead you through the streets of London ♪ ♪ I'll show you something to make you change your mind.

♪