This week at the NFCA all of the supplies we previously ordered to run the camps and the new components were delivered. I was in charge of keeping track of inventory and what new things came in, what we may still be waiting for, and keeping the Director of Events up to date on the information. I was also in charge of putting things together, unpacking the boxes, organizing things to be packed in the trailer.
I had already started to gather things up for the packing of the trailer but as new things were brought in I added them to the mix and got everything labeled appropriately. Camp day is a long day that starts very early with setup so the easier we can make things and hope that it helps make it run like an oiled machine the better.
A big portion of what came in this week was the bulk of the camper shirts. The shirts are color-coded based upon graduation year. We pack everything for the campers in a small bag and keep them organized in boxes so we like for the shirts to be folded small and compact. We have come up with a good system of folding but it is extremely time consuming to fold 2,000 t-shirts!
I gathered a few staff members and we worked on this for a couple of days and I organized them by color and size in our workroom. We will be packing generic bags next week and then the assembly line for packing actual camp bags will be ready to go.
One of the things that is included in the camper bags is a Student Athlete helpful hints booklet so I also made 2,000 copies of this during the week in preparation.
Overall it was a productive couple of days and I feel like we really made some headway into preparing for the next two weeks, which will be extremely busy trying to pull everything together.
I had already started to gather things up for the packing of the trailer but as new things were brought in I added them to the mix and got everything labeled appropriately. Camp day is a long day that starts very early with setup so the easier we can make things and hope that it helps make it run like an oiled machine the better.
A big portion of what came in this week was the bulk of the camper shirts. The shirts are color-coded based upon graduation year. We pack everything for the campers in a small bag and keep them organized in boxes so we like for the shirts to be folded small and compact. We have come up with a good system of folding but it is extremely time consuming to fold 2,000 t-shirts!
I gathered a few staff members and we worked on this for a couple of days and I organized them by color and size in our workroom. We will be packing generic bags next week and then the assembly line for packing actual camp bags will be ready to go.
One of the things that is included in the camper bags is a Student Athlete helpful hints booklet so I also made 2,000 copies of this during the week in preparation.
Overall it was a productive couple of days and I feel like we really made some headway into preparing for the next two weeks, which will be extremely busy trying to pull everything together.