Fall/ Holiday, 2008 Reveille! 11 W hat was new at Hive in 2008! The expansion of Hive's garden and farming program. Campers have loved working in the organic garden and helping to harvest small quantities of herbs and vegetables to use in the Hive kitchen. Chef Dave Berger could often expect to see eager Hivers at the kitchen's back door with a basketful of freshly picked produce ready to be included in the lunch salad. With so many people paying attention to locally grown and raised food products, campers' partici-pation in a farming program is timely, in addition to being tasty and fun. Hivers have grown accustomed to the Hive chicken coop and its supply of freshly laid eggs. 2009 will bring a herd of goats, and the possibility of goats' milk yogurt and cheeses being incor-porated into the camp menu. At the other end of the cycle of farming and food, Hive's pigs, Olivia, Penelope and Hamlet assisted with food composting, eliminating tons of kitchen waste from ending up in the local landfill. Hive's farming program allows girls to work with small animals and incorporate their contributions into the camp's meals. A nother effort close to camp is the continuation of a trail system on Hive property. With 400 acres of land at their feet, there are numerous opportunities for girls to hike, explore and camp right in our own back yard. In addition to the special nooks, crannies and views to explore, girls can learn about what is unique about Hive's eco- system and help with ongoing efforts at creat-ing new trails, camp sites and special places. Top to bottom: Hive piglets Olivia, Penelope and Ham-let; Aubrey Enress and Emily Rose; Hive trailblazers

12 Reveille! Fall/ Holiday, 2008 Lanakila News Barnes Boffey, Director Barnes shares some thoughts from the 2008 Lanakila international staff " My name is Ludmila and my home is Czech Republic. I am coming to Aloha this summer in the kitchen and to see America. We don't have camps like this at home. I speak not great English, but I want to learn, I hope people are friendly. I cook at home with my family and I know I can help in the kitchen as way to be hired at camp. I go to university in Civil Engineering and will graduate next year. I hope campers will want to know about my country. I will plan to make a traditional Czech dish, and the director tells me we will have a chance to sing a traditional song and play a Czech game with the campers. I know the kitchen work will be hard, but I can make some money and travel to New York City after camp." H " This place is ' brilliant!' Scotland is my home and I have done work with Pioneering and scouts, but nothing like this. I am in Campcraft for my department, and yesterday we did a skit about Scotland in assembly. Good thing I brought my kilt. I love the structure of camp; we have a lot of that in the UK, but the feeling of community and caring is much stronger here. Kids keep asking about my accent and yesterday I drew a map of Scotland in the sand at the waterfront. Some know about Scottish games, but not much, and next weekend at Olympic Day, the campers will toss the caber and try eating haggis. I think everyone likes having interna-tional counselors here; many people here have never really done as much traveling as we do in Europe. They love the stories we tell, and Americans are so self- assured; it's really different from Scotland." H " What a summer! I never expected that camp in America would change me so much. I was lucky enough to teach the campers ' Rounders' and sing some Aussie songs, but I had no idea how much I would love the traditions and activities and people. At home I felt some of this caring in my church and family, but never with so many people for so long. I arrived thinking how important it was that people knew all about Australia, but when I got there, they mostly just learned about me. My friends keep saying ' All you ever do is talk about camp.' They don't understand and I can't explain it. I did some traveling after camp so I know a lot of The States is a just like our big cities, but camp was absolutely amazing. I even success counseled my sister. I don't think my whole country can be like camp, but maybe I can be and that's a start." Top to bottom: Barnes takes aim; shooting hoops; Lanakila knots