Hope you're all having a great semester! If you haven't heard, Lohana Camp 2010 is in action this year! Woohoo!! Check out Lohana Camp 2008 Report and Video below.
Lohana Camp is a 2-night, 3-day weekend with great food, great people and tonnes of fun! We've got activities planned for all ages, ranging from sports and arts & crafts. We're hoping all of you come out this year, whether or not you've been to camp in the past, because it's most definitely guaranteed to be the best weekend of the year! It's also a great way to meet new people and re-connect with friends.
Registration forms can be found here:
Camp Registration Form Counselor Registration Form
In order to be a counselor, you must be at least 16 years old and MUST fill out BOTH application forms! Details can be found on the forms themselves.
Also, if your parents would like to volunteer at camp this year, they can most definitely do so! All they have to do is email us here at lohanacamp@gmail.com and we will keep in touch with them.
Be sure to tell your friends about camp and keep in mind that the forms are due on May 7, 2010!
We would like to thank those that came out to our Bowling event! We received positive feedback and are planning on having another Bowling event on Saturday, May 29th at 2:00 p.m. at the Mississauga Classic Bowl location! We hope to see you there!
If you have any questions or would like to join the youth committee, you can also email us here at lohanacamp@gmail.com. Hope to see you this year!
-Your Youth Committee
Heer Shah and Sheel Radia
Lohana camp 2008 Report
Lohana camp headed back to a familiar site this year – Blue Springs Scout Reserve in Acton for another extremely successful weekend away from home! The full report from the Head Counsellor will be available in the next edition of the Lohana Newsletter.
Once again, the young Lohanas rose to every challenge as we had our highest number ever of youth who wanted to volunteer their weekend to be counsellors at this camp. Thank you to all of our counsellors who made this weekend as special as it was. We would like to extend a special thank you to Hamel Khakhria who took on the challenge as head counsellor this year and did a wonderful job making sure the weekend ran smoothly, even though he didn’t get much sleep all weekend! A very special thanks also to Sejal Thakrar, Meesha Tanna & Hasheel Lodhia who went above and beyond counsellor duties by helping to organize a number of the events at camp.
Most importantly, we would like to thank our parent volunteers, many of whom took unpaid time off work to ensure that they could be there to work right through the weekend. Without these generous individuals, there is absolutely no way this camp could operate and we want to wish them a very heartfelt thank you. This year we were graced returning volunteers and were happy to introduce volunteers to the camp for the first time.
Bhavna Radia & Prasanna Tanna –The founders of Lohana camp have so much to be proud of. Without their immense expertise, we would have had many more headaches to deal with! Bhavna Auntie took care of every loose end, making sure nothing was overlooked. Most importantly, she spearheaded all the work in the kitchen and ensured that every meal was finger licking good! And, though Prasanna Auntie was unable to join us for the weekend, her touch is always distinctly noticed at the camp and we want to thank her for all the help she offered in preparation for this.
Dipak Dhrona – Every year Dipak uncle is as excited to teach Lohana kids new games and sports all while working hard in every other way in the background. The kids continue to say that the “Indian Olympics” are their favourite part of the weekend and Dipak Uncle has everything to do with that.
Shilla Khakhria –took charge of a number of events at camp this year and her touch was unmistakable. She was always excited and energetic and all of the kids benefitted from it.
Chandra & Rekha Lakhani – Most kids want to get away from their parents for a weekend at camp, but it was a joy to have mine around. They worked hard all weekend from cooking to cleaning to decorating. I should also mention that they chose to spend their 33rd wedding anniversary at...that’s right...Camp Lohana! Anybody interested for next year?!
Lekha & Himanshu Lukka – Lekha Auntie is a specialist with the younger children at the Lohana Camp. She helped to teach them the significance of a number of Hindu wedding rituals in a fun and exciting way. The kids always felt comfortable when she was around. Himanshu Uncle took charge of some of our most important situations and we thank him for that deeply.
Anup Ruparelia & Poonam Jain – got creative and designed one of a kind mocktails for the kids. These were a huge hit as they all came back for seconds...and thirds....and you get the idea!
Beju Lakhani – had the important task of ensuring that a roll call was taken every 4 – 6 hours and ensuring that the kids were always on the camp site at all times. He was also our resident driver making countless trips into Acton to pick up anything and everything!
Sunit Radia – sacrificed a whole weekend of golfing to join us at camp and we truly thank him for it! Sunit uncle’s knowhow and expertise when it comes to running this camp are invaluable and it showed once again this year.
Rupa Kanani –joined us on Friday and organized the camp’s opening ceremonies. She made a log cabin look spectacular with all of her wonderful decorations and hard work. Thank you for joining us Rupa Auntie.
Kamlesh & Priti Thakrar – were able to join us on Saturday afternoon to help with the setup of our big Saturday night bash! They also continued to do a wonderful job in helping to organize the registration for the camp.
Kalpana & Narendra Chande – graciously hosted all 25 of the camp counsellors at their house in June for their training day. They were also able to make it to the campsite on Saturday evening to help with the setup of our big outdoor reception.
Camps like this at an incredible value of only $100 per person cannot be possible without incredible financial and other support from various other Lohanas and their families.
Ramesh Chotai & Kanti Raja – Donated our entire catered dinner on Saturday night and ensured that all the kids were able to have a wonderful Gujarati dinner!
The Lakhani Brothers/Sapphire Banquet Hall – for providing us with a spectacular meal at a very reasonable cost. Thank you!
Punita Kotak - who drove all the way up to Acton to provide free mehndi for ALL of our campers/counsellors/adults. Her designs were immensely intricate and beautiful and somehow it took her less than 1 minute per person! Highly recommended for weddings!
Ronna & Greg Cranker - Subway at Dundas and Glen Erin in Mississauga. They couple gave us subs at minimal fraction of the cost. They continue to support our camp through the genuine warmth of their hearts.
Paul Garofolo & Judy at Blue Springs were extremely helpful to all our needs.
Lalit Kanabar in keeping the books up-to-date and payments up-to-date on the camp.
Thank you to all of you for your amazing work at camp. See you again next year! If we have forgotten anyone, please accept our sincere apologies.
Bimal Lakhani & Samir Chande
Project Co-ordinators
Please see the camp video below to check out all the fun we had last year!
