Each year, BUSF gets some AMAZING new members who are excited and all around great people. To welcome them and get the old members together, we have a fall retreat. This year was the best fall retreat yet! As we walked down to the Butler campus farm, we noticed people sitting around a bonfire on haystacks. Getting closer, we noticed pumpkins piled up off to the side as well as something that makes every college event successful: food.
We sat around eating hotdogs, chips and s’mores and were able to catch up and hear about everyone’s summers and semesters so far. After a few minutes into it, the coordinators announced that we would find out our BUSF family that night! Each BUSF member has a mentor that gives advice and helps welcome them into the organization. Those new members will then receive a mentee the following year.
- Everyone gathering for Fall Retreat
Some fabulous BUSF members
To conclude the retreat, all the families were given pumpkins to carve. Wanting to have the most creative and …interesting pumpkin, Ashlynn, my new son Aaron and I decided to create an intricate design complete with a full story-line. We recruited Steph’s and her family to help out and let’s just say if there had been a pumpkin contest, we would have won.
Overall it was a wonderful retreat and I’m so glad I was able to reunite with such a great and energetic group of people!
BUSF love to everyone who helped with fall retreat, it was GREAT!
Faith Lindsay