Meet our Summer Camp Staff

Check each week to meet the Summer Camp Staff of 2015

Louis Mcelveen

Director of Engineering

Where are you from?   Columbia, SC

Where do you go to church?   Eastminster Presbyterian Church

Where do you go to school?   Furman University

How long have you been going to Gravatt?   Fifteen years

What is your favorite memory at Gravatt?   My first tent as a counselor

What is your favorite day activity at camp?   Choice period

What is your favorite camp meal?   Corn dog nuggets

Who is a current or past staff member that you look up to?   Gray Robbins

What is your favorite night activity?   Lord of the Rings night

Describe Gravatt and its ministry in one word.   Compassion

What do you want to be when you grow up?   Astronaut

Mikki Raska

Counselor

Where are you from?   Williston, SC

Where do you go to school?   Winthrop University

How long have you been going to Gravatt?   Six years

What is your favorite memory at Gravatt?   When some of my campers made a deck of                                                                                                                                                                                          cards with "44 reasons why we love Mikki"

What is your favorite day activity at camp?   Canoeing

What is your favorite camp meal?   Meatball subs

Who is a current or past staff member that you look up to?   Darby Thompson

What is your favorite night activity?   Jurassic Classic

Describe Gravatt and its ministry in one word.   Selfless

What do you want to be when you grow up?   Speech Pathologist

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Alex Bowers

Waterfront Director

Where are you from?   Columbia, SC

Where do you go to school?   Tri-County Technical College

How long have you been going to Gravatt?   Nine years

What is your favorite memory at Gravatt?   Hosting the Talent Show as Harry Carry with                                                                                                                                    Simons

What is your favorite day activity at camp?   Swim Period

What is your favorite camp meal?   Chicken Tenders

Who is a current or past staff member that you look up to?   Francis Anderson

What is your favorite night activity?   Man Hunt

Describe Gravatt and its ministry in one word.   Scrumtrulescent

What do you want to be when you grow up?   Art teacher

Etta Gantt

Counselor

Where are you from?   Camden, SC

Where do you go to church?   Grace Episcopal Church

Where do you go to school?   University of South Carolina

How long have you been going to Gravatt? Ten years

What is your favorite memory at Gravatt?   Field day my first year on staff

What is your favorite day activity at camp?   Canoeing

What is your favorite camp meal?   Corndog nuggies

Who is a current or past staff member that you look up to?   Langley Altman

What is your favorite night activity?   The Dance

Describe Gravatt and its ministry in one word.   Bliss

What do you want to be when you grow up?   Child life specialist

Frank Townsend

Director of Technology

Where are you from?   Aiken, SC

Where do you go to church?   St.Thaddeus, Aiken

Where do you go to school?   I just graduated Clemson University

How long have you been going to Gravatt?   Ten years

What is your favorite memory at Gravatt?   Winning the Gravatt World Cup in 2014                                                                                                   

What is your favorite day activity at camp?  Playing soccer in the field or playing human foosball

What is your favorite camp meal?   Chicken fingers

Who is a current or past staff member that you look up to?   Jake Chesser and Francis Anderson

What is your favorite night activity?   Capture the Flag

Describe Gravatt and its ministry in one word.   Belonging

What do you want to be when you grow up?   To be determined

Maddy Mazoue

Counselor

Where are you from?   Columbia, SC

Where do you go to church?   St. John Neumann Catholic Church

Where do you go to school?   Clemson University

How long have you been going to Gravatt?   Ten years

What is your favorite memory at Gravatt?   My last year as a camper when we sang Creed                                                                                                                                                                                                        songs everywhere

What is your favorite day activity at camp?   Swimming

What is your favorite camp meal?   Spaghetti

Who is a current or past staff member that you look up to?   Madelyn Smith 

What is your favorite night activity?   Manhunt

Describe Gravatt and its ministry in one word.   Inspirational

What do you want to be when you grow up?   Physical Therapist