The TAKODAH GLOBE is our camper-run newspaper/blog class.

In the Office by: Sam van de Ven

Eric Eshner, 22, was forced to come to Camp Takodah to be a camper in Cabin six, but ten years later today, Eric sees it was definitely for the best, Eric has taken in many roles at camp, including: working maintenance, being a boys camp leader, being Assistant Waterfront Director, and I interviewed him on his most recent job he has been maintaining in the office.

Eric came to work in the office about three weeks ago. He had been previously working maintenance but while playing basketball with Liam, broke his tibia, and changed to work a less physically strenuous, sitting office job.

Eric’s favorite part of working in the office is being able to spend time with Kevin and Micci. He describes the work environment as stress-free and instead humorous. Even though injured, a typical day in the office for Eric is busy, consisting of listening to morning meeting, answering the phone, filing paperwork, giving campers emails/letters, and his special “entrepreneurship,” working the Camp Store at fourth period free time.

Eric works at Camp Takodah all summer for eleven weeks, living in The Overlook. When away from camp, Eric lives in Bristol, Connecticut and this fall he will be attending college at Western Connecticut State University. Eric is a very active person his least favorite part of the job is the amount of sitting. His favorite sports are football, basketball and running. Eric has participated in a lot of running in sports including when he ran cross country and track and field.

He considers the best time of day at camp to be 5:00pm when he is off work and can enjoy all of the activities he loves or head down to the dining hall, crossing his fingers the dinner will be the nearly retired dish, “steak-ums,” steak and cheese grinders.

Despite changing jobs from working maintenance to being in the office, it appears Eric enjoys being at camp wherever he is.