Each year, we strive to be better people, so here’s Silver Lake’s 2013 New Year’s Resolutions:

This year, we resolve to

• Welcome new campers and make them feel part of the family.

•  Try new food in the dining halls – we might just find a new favorite!

•  Keep Chipinaw and Silver Lake campgrounds clean.

•  Learn a new stroke in the pool.

•  Tell our friends from home all about Chipinaw and Silver Lake.

•  Write a letter (a real letter) to a camp friend.

•  Act silly.

•  Try new activities.

•  Bring someone who has never been along to an old favorite activity.

•  Challenge ourselves to get better at something every day.

•  Climb the wall.

•  Learn something completely new.

•  Help people in need – volunteer.

•  Get really dressed up for the camp dances.

•  Stop and smell the flowers along the way.

•  Decorate the bunk.

•  Be a better listener for our friends.

•  Try acting.

•  Ride a horse.

• Remember to say “thank you” and “please.”

•  Join the circus.

•  Give more compliments.

•  Get to know an old friend better.

•  Play my favorite song on the camp radio station.

•  Write a response to this Chipinaw or Silver Lake blog.

•  Tell more jokes.

•  Read the Chippie Chirp cover to cover.

•  Smile.

•  Remember my friends’ birthdays.

•  Develop a better tennis serve.

•  Be kind to the people who take care of us.

•  Hit the bull’s eye.

•  Dance, dance, dance.