Saturday, 31 July 2010

Welcome to Åland

All the preparations are now pretty much finished. The beds are in place at Tvärsan, the program and information folders are finished and the first participants arrive tonight.

We are ready for the camp and hope that all of you will have a great time here. Welcome to Åland!



Rosella, the ferry most of you will come here with

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Hiroshima, pillows and tools

Today i have cleaned up in the Emmaus workshop. I have checked that all screwdrivers, drilling machines and such work, sorted tools and just organized it in general.

When i had finsihed the workshop cleanup, it was time for a meeting on how to organize the hiroshima commemoration evening.

The rest of the day i have searched up some more pillows and learned how to use the baling machine.

Everything is coming together really good and the weather here is sunny and warm right now.



The lovely sign from last years camp

Frans

Monday, 26 July 2010

First day of preparations

Hello
Today we have started the practical preparations for the camp. We have gotten access to "Tvärsan" the youth centre house, where all of you will stay during the camp.

The day began with finding and collecting mattresses, folding beds and pillows that were scattered all over the Emmaus building. One of the turns i drove to Tvärsan i had 13(!) folding beds in the back of the car.
However the Tvärsan house is a really nice one, its rather roomy and has really pleasant interior with lots of sofas. The garden is even better, it consists of a big lawn with apple-trees all over, some redcurrant bushes and two nice tables you can hang around at during the evenings(if there isn´t to much mosqitoes of course...)

In the afternoon i started preparing the information folder, wich you will get when you arrive. In it there will be things such as: a map of Mariehamn, a list of events and sights, tips on things to do on your free time and so on.



The stuff i took to Tvärsan today


One of the rooms at Tvärsan



A part of the Tvärsan garden

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Summer camp 2010


In this blog all of the paricipants of the Emmaus Åland summer work camp of 2010 will write about what happens on the camp. I will start writing about the camp preparations and the camp in general, starting now.

To get a hint about how the camp will be you can read last years blog:
http://emmausaland09.blogspot.com/

Frans