The Nut Award

I can laugh at myself for this award. It was an uncommon award given out tongue-in-cheek meant to bring a smile to your face. You generally did not want to receive this award and you couldn't "try" to get it intentionally. I somehow managed to receive a couple of them over my years at camp. The first was for scolding a camper for pouring a cup of milk on my sleeping bag during breakfast (we were on an overnight canoe trip). It turned out the camper saw a spark from a campfire land on my sleeping bag! I apologized immediately with a red face. I had told the campers to not put their sleeping bags too close to the fire for this very reason! Back at camp, there was a song that went along with the award that all past recipients would sing when the award was bestowed upon the "winner": I'm a Nut! (Acorn Song).