Montana is a place that we all have the opportunity to visit often during a 3 week stay at camp.  It also has many shops, restaurants and hotels that both our campers and their parents use when visiting the area.  There are regular supervised trips to Montana for our Junior, Pioneer and Champion campers, whilst the Senior campers are allowed ‘free-time’ in town on their own.  (naturally, there are still staff members there to supervise).  A beautiful town, full of things to do and only a 10 minute walk from the grounds of camp.  Where will you go the next time you are in Montana?!

Last week’s fact – Do you know how the ‘mailing’ used to be prepared out in the past?

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The ‘mailing’ at International Summer Camp Montana once encompassed sending over 20,000 brochures to different people all over the World!  That’s almost 5 times as many as are sent out today and we have the advantage of the internet to communicate with people more easily.

The space in the Clubroom was not always available for the mailing, because there were often groups using camp during the Winter season.  So, for 2 weeks in January there was a gap when no groups were at camp, and the best space to use was in fact in the laundry!  All of these brochures were prepared, packed and then mailed to the four corners of the globe.  Now that’s a lot of envelopes and stamps to be licked!

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This week we have seen almost 3 meters of snow in Crans-Montana and this has proved to be quite challenging for many people to get around town as they would normally.  However, this is not as big as some previous years.  Do you know what the two heaviest snowfalls were in Crans-Montana in the past 40 years?!

We will reveal the answer to this ‘Fascinating Fact’ in the next blog!

As always, if you have any questions, queries or comments regarding this blog or anything to do with International Summer Camp Montana, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Welcome to the latest blog from International Summer Camp Montana and we hope that you are well, wherever you might be reading from in the World!  Another week has past and it is another week closer to the end of 2011.  What a fantastic year that this has been and it will be soon time to celebrate ISCM’s 51st year by welcoming children from all over the World to La Moubra!

Although previously mentioned in the blog a few months ago, it is always worth a quick reminder that you can view our fantastic souvenir book from the 2011 season online!  In fact, many of you who attended International Summer Camp Montana during this past summer will have already received your very own copy of this book in the mail.  If it has not yet arrived, do not despair, because it is on its way to you!

Within the souvenir book you can look back on the incredible summer we shared during the ISCM 50th year celebrations.  Remember those who were in your group, all the activities you took part in and the different members of staff who worked at La Moubra during the 2011 summer season.  It really is a book of magical memories!

Many of you will also have seen our incredible new brochure, which will have arrived with reports, calendars and souvenir books.  We have already been extremely pleased with the feedback we have been given from those who have viewed the brochure and we hope that you enjoyed looking at it too!

Remember, if you would like to receive one of these new brochures, all you have to do is contact us!  We have brochures that are accompanied by information about camp in English, French, Italian, German, Russian and Chinese, whilst application forms are available in English and French.  We are waiting to hear from you, so all you need to do is just ask!

During a 3 week stay at International Summer Camp Montana, our campers are able to get some much needed rest at the end of a long day of sports.  However, there is so much fun to be had, one must get up at a reasonable time to start the day!  One of the small ‘privileges’ granted to our Senior campers is that they are able to take advantage of a long lie in bed on a Sunday.  If they so desire, they can stay in their beds until just after 1100am….. Needless to say that this is something appreciated by most of our older campers!

Last week’s fact -What was the ISCM song of the 2011 summer season, during camp’s 50th year?

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You may have had a chance to view the video of the 2011 camp dance, as performed by the staff of International Summer Camp Montana, but did you already know what the song was?  The song is in fact called ‘Dynamite’ and is performed by Taio Cruz!

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Sending out brochures, calendars, souvenir books and reports is no small task you know!  Nowadays, computer technology only assists us in so far as printing address labels; someone still has to pack envelopes and stick those labels on!  However, to undertake a ‘mailing’ only a small portion of the clubroom is taken up by this operation at various points of the year.  This was not always the case though.  Do you know how the ‘mailing’ used to be prepared in the before the clubroom was used?

We will reveal the answer to this ‘Fascinating Fact’ in the next blog!

As always, if you have any questions, queries or comments regarding this blog or anything to do with International Summer Camp Montana, please do not hesitate to contact us.