Peak Summer Camps (Purple)
Physical Description: Our favorite style for a design on the front of a shirt, small and at the upper left of the shirt is where the design be. "PE" gets a light blue and seriffed treatment. So does the following "A", however this "A" is large enough to have an implied moutain within it. This mountain is formed within the formerly clear space inside the the "A" and is formed by a white tip on tippy-top and a bunch of grey underneath. A "K" then followed in the way that the "PE" before it does. Underneath the peak we have a horizontal white line that may or may not be a horizon to reacquaint ourselves with where we are really at. "SUMMER CAMPS" is just as long and just as wide as this horizontal line, but underneath it.
The back certainly has more going on within the design. I want you to imagine something I just told you about a very short time ago. Take the mountain within "A" and make it bigger, but replace the grey with baby blue. This is the top of a new peak of peaks. And it's the peak, it's the peak of your life. Don't throw it away, no. "Reach Your PEAK!" implores the design on the back of this shirt in the same light blue. Next, there is a series of the three triangles. At the slightly top right of the first triangle is a clear sun against a light blue sky and ground. The sun shines over a tent formed by clear trapezoidal shape next to a white triangle with a clear diagonal line to give the tent some semblance of depth. The second triangle has a white background. A clear squiggle stands in for hair that took the day off. Two tiny clear triangles are the brow to light blue slightly curved dashes. A medium-sized light blue dot is a nose. A wavy circle forms a mouth. The final triangle of this group of three features a light blue background that is being climbed by a white figure. The figure has a clear outline around their body and their gear which is light blue. Not to worry, the figure's croutch is pure white. A clear line goes donw from the croutch and to the bottom of the triangle. You never thought it'd happen, but the triangles start back up again. This time there are five to read through and enjoy. The first triangle is of a light-blue background and a white ball, I'm guessing a basketball. The next triangle has a clear ovalled triangle which is close, but ultimately unconnected to a light blue brush and pallette outline. The pallette itself is white and has two clear spots on it. The third triangle certainly is a new take on the night sky. This triangle's background is light blue and has three white stars. Why, if there were four, I would have directly made a reference to their spacing being very similar to that the of CCP's emblem. The fourth triangle has a white background to display a necklace. The band of the necklace is light blue with clear outline. The amulet is close to being a pentagram, but sadly fails. Instead, clear outline and a full light blue star keep the whole thing kosher (zing!). Finally, the final triangle is a white wave line on a blue background. What is there left to say after all of this triangle business? "Playful Education & Adventures for Kids" in blue is the answer.
Donor Jane, as a mother, obviously had to constantly perform a juggling act. I imagine, based on the material she donated to me, that at one point she utilized camp as part of the act. Aside from the memorabilia, I know she did due to speaking with her children and the positive experiences they had at the Peak summer camp.
Peak Summer Camps are part of Kent State Universities' Campus recreation program which gives kids 6-12 something fun to do. It is a good idea as far as I can tell. Highlights include swimming, rock climbing, and learning how to swim or dance.
This page highlights the purple version of the Peak Summer Camps duo. Purple is not as rare as red in the archive, but that does not make me like this shirt any less. Still, I do have less to say about purple than red. Not that this is really a color game, but not enough life has passed with both of those shirts for me to assign other memories to the either the purple or the red Peak summer camps shirts.
I have never been to camp. Aside from my parents not having the money to send me, I never had much interest in going. I preferred to spend my time doing what I did when I wanted to with the people that I knew.
On the campuses I have been to, I have often seen the U.S. Army utilize a rock climb as part of their promotion. There always seemed to be lines at least five people long to climb it. I always refused to do it, knowing they would want my personal info to continue to send me junk mail. Hopefully climbing fake rocks and getting a free pair of socks made it worth it for some people to join.
