Winners Announced For Camp Pocono Trails "Imagine Me, I'm Up For The Challenge" Essay Contest

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Jun 13, 2018, 08:45 ET

REEDERS, Pa., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Camp Pocono Trails, the famous weight loss camp for kids, young adults and teens ages 7 to 25, has announced the two winners of the 11th Annual Imagine Me Essay Contest. Each year, the camp invites submissions of a 500 word "Imagine Me" essay for a 9-week Campership at the private, ACA Accredited, 350 acre lakefront camp. The retail value of the nine-week Camperships is $26,360.

Camp Pocono Trails offers an amazing selection of over 100 activities, from waterskiing to a climbing wall, yoga to aerobics, golf to tennis, cooking classes, nutritional instruction and great workouts guided by inspiring instructors.

Winning entrants, Leah and Kameron are up for the challenge in a beautiful setting that is safe, non-threatening stress-free and fun.

KAMERON, AGE 11, wrote, "My dream is to be a quarterback but everyone tells me that I will only be a lineman or a guard because I am so big. I enjoy playing sports but I think that my weight slows me down. It sometimes makes me sad when other kids talk about me because of the way that I look… I really would like to be healthy and build muscle. Most of all I just want to be able to come back to school and be smaller and for no one to make fun of me anymore. If I am able to go here for the summer I think that it can change my life… I know God will answer my prayer if this is what he wants me to do. I will just pray about it."

Third time's the charm for LEAH, AGE 15, who submitted entries in prior years. Leah wrote, "It's truly the scariest feeling – seeing the number that has always defined me steadily increasing year after year, and I don't know how to stop it. I'm terrified of that number, because I know it will eventually break both my body and my self esteem... My friend George made it into this camp one summer, and I saw how much it helped him, so I know being able to attend Camp Pocono Trails would change my life immensely, and I am ready for that challenge!"

Find the full essays here: http://www.camppoconotrails.com/imagine-me-contest

The lucky winners will meet campers with similar stories. Camp Pocono Trails alumni, Lena, said, "I was an obese teenager who desperately needed to make a change. I made friends and had the best summer of my entire life, all while being taught how to eat healthy and exercise properly. After two months of being at Camp Pocono Trails, I left 45 lbs lighter with a confidence I had never had before. When I went home I used the skills I learned at camp and lost a total of 100lbs."

Owner Tony Sparber was impressed by the compelling nature of the winning entries: "Kameron and Leah will be surprised by what they can do. While weight loss is an obvious achievement, our focus is on changing lifestyle habits, improving health, and having fun in order to maintain results. We look forward to welcoming them at camp."

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