Sara's Camp Journal

Sara Tehrani, 15, shares her camp journal entry for Tuesday, June 27th...

“Today we had two members of IAPAC speak with us about their work and role in the Iranian-American community. My group learned so much about how to go about evaluating political prospects. Afterwards half of us played vasati while the other half made Persian picture frames. It was so much fun! It was nice to switch to less-active activities and to relax for a while. I love doing the Iranian activities because it makes the camp so much more fun so it’s not only leadership-based. Which brings me to our next activity: team cooking. My team made doogh and sharbat-e-albaloo. Everyone loved it. We also did a public-speaking activity that allowed us all to share with the whole camp. My team, Dokhtar Irooni won our first team challenge. We used a lot of teamwork and strategy to win the challenge. We cheered each other on to motivate each other and we did great!
After dinner we all went down to the beach to play “I AM,” a game that makes us see our different roles in society and the value of them. When we were attacked by mosquitoes we moved into the conference room to finish up and to play “Who am I.” We each had cards on our foreheads that read different things. For instance, “ignore me” or “interrupt me” and based on those cards, we were to have a conversation. It was impossible to do but we learned many good lessons.
Before bed, we met in our counselor groups to discuss our talent show act! It’s a surprise but I guess I can tell you it’s going to be awesome! Dokhtar Irooni!”