Barbara Burns introduced our speaker, Scott Hicok, Deputy Executive Director of Camp Ocean Pines. She told us that Scott is a newly married musician and summer camp entrepreneur who took over the summer camp at Camp Ocean Pines in 2010 and has grown the program by over 400%!
Scott gave a very entertaining speech explaining that, despite what we may have heard, Millennials are really no different than Baby Boomers. He said Millennials have been characterized in a number of different ways. On the negative side, they've been described as lazy, narcissistic and prone to jump from job to job. However, he is considered a Millennial but he left his home town of Phoenix after obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Business and entrepreneurship and landed a job as a summer counselor at Camp Ocean Pines. He is still here, after working is way up to Deputy executive Director. He maintains that every generation is thought of in somewhat negative terms by the preceding generation. Case in point: over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle was quoted as saying “The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect to their elders.” and in the 11th Century, Peter the Hermit said “The young people of today think of nothing but themselves.”
The Truth is we are all people
Chris Cameron, accompanied by Celeen, an almost 3 year old peregrine falcon, presented some interesting facts about these amazing birds. Peregrine Falcons can fly up to 240 mph. 45% of all birds migrate and that is about 4000 species. In our hemisphere birds migrate north in spring and south in fall seeking food and sex!!!! Some birds actually fly at 37,000 feet - cold and minimal oxygen. Some birds fly 8 days straight over 7000 miles and never stop to eat or sleep. Peregrine falcons mate for life and they always migrate solo and meet their mates at the destination. If their mate is not there, they find sex with someone else. Morro Rock Peregrine falcons do not migrate - plenty of food and plenty of sex there! Chris’s ultimate goal in life is to care for people and to care for the earth.
Chris Fischer and Dennis Frahmann from the 
Sharon Harvey, President and Peter Kalibbala, a director of Lords Meade Vocational College (right) and John Kirkwood (left), Founder and Headmaster of the college in Uganda spoke at our meeting on May 26, 2017 Our club has sponsored students in the past and Paula and Gerry Porter have visited the campus on two separate occasion. 
