On July 24, a group of research members, including Dr. Holmbeck visited Camp Ability. We had the opportunity to meet many of you who greeted us with a series of camp songs, followed by lunch and taking a group picture. Afterwards, as many of you went to your bungalows, eight of us from Loyola went to your bungalows just to see what most of you usually do during the resting time. Here is what we found. Azure visited all-girl cabin where she had great time being hairdresser and makeup artist as she assisted a couple of girls who were preparing for their performance in the upcoming talent show. On the other side of the camp, Deborah learned all kinds of stuff from other group of girls as they shared interesting stories about how they spend their time in the camp, like what they have learned, what they hope to learn, and many other interesting stuff that we of course cannot brag about now. Nichole, Cheryl, Colleen, and myself happened to wander in bungalow # 10, the "boys-only" bungalow, where we spent 20 minutes playing a card game, listening to music, and really having a great time. Dr. Holmbeck and Sue stumbled into the cabin that should have been called "laugh your heart out" cabin. Apparently, they spent all 20 minutes hysterically laughing with a couple of guys who were practicing their skits for the talent show.

Well, I have to say that we were all a little sad to leave, because we had a great time seeing all of you-some that we just met and some that we already knew. Even though it was sad to say goodbye, we are looking forward to seeing all of you back next year, and we are hoping that many of you are thinking about registering for Camp Ability and will be there next year as well. So for now, so long everybody, we will see you next year.

For more information about Camp Ability, and to obtain the application, contact the ISBA office at ILSBA@aol.com or at 1-800-969-ISBA.