Once again this year, the vacation camp in Wiedtal provided 30 children between the ages of six and twelve with two fantastic weeks that will live long in the memory. It goes without saying that the supervisors from the Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach youth welfare service and the district youth welfare service ensured that hygiene and protective measures were observed around the sports hall in Niederbreitbach. However, this did not detract from the children's fun.
The varied program offered the girls and boys day trips, creative units and lots of fun and excitement. The children were able to actively contribute their own ideas and interests. They built huts in the forest, painted stones, designed T-shirts and built an insect hotel. With Irmgard Schröer from the Westerwald Nature Park, the children went on a discovery tour with forester Gerhard Willms in the forests of the Fockenbach Valley, where they learned a lot about the importance of the forest through experiential educational games. The program also included an exciting day trip to Koblenz in a double-decker bus, where the children and supervisors took the cable car up to Ehrenbreitstein. At the fortress, the children were able to have fun in the large playground. The Wiedtalbad swimming pool in Hausen / Wied was also visited again.
The youth workers encouraged social interaction through various group discovery games and cooperation exercises. Quick friendships were the result. At the end of the day, both children and supervisors agreed that they would like to take part again next year.
The organizers would like to express their special thanks to local mayor Susanne Hardt and the local community of Niederbreitbach for providing the premises and to the many volunteers for their support. "It is only thanks to the great support of the full-time and volunteer supervisors that a program like this is possible at all," said youth worker Frank Scholl.