Before my mentorship began, most of the work needed was simply getting camp ready, getting preliminary numbers, and making sure not to forget anything that would necessitate us coming back into town once the camp began. For the most part, I was just following directions from Ron and my duties did not really extend past taking down information and making sure we have enough camp shirts, food, etc. However, I am proud to say that I did bring a significant change to camp this year. I suggest to Ron that we use the cereal dispensers in the TU Cafeteria and bring some of the older ones out to camp. I figured that this would allow us to be more organized and minimize the mess. A few days in, I will admit that we were not correct! Everyone really felt like the dispensers would help but for some reason that have resulted in more of a mess. Also, Ron made the decision to keep cereal out all day but did not follow that up with the other necessary changes. Cereal is out all day, though bowls and spoons are not. This resulted in cups being filled up which are a big reason for the mess. This issue has been somewhat addressed and hopefully things will begin to go better! Thus far, the biggest change from last year to this year's experience is that Ron is putting much more trust in me. The owner of the camp came the other day and during lunch (one of our busiest times) Ron just told me that I needed to run things and he would be back later. It was definitely a little nerve racking but obviously we made it through!!!
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