Left: Alex wears a Sugar Lips tank top. Free People

skinny jeans and plaid blouse with a nipped-in waist.

Nicole sports J Brand jeans and a Dollhouse plaid shirt,

Plaid is hot this fail. Both wear tall leather boots. Adam

is comfy in Seven jeans and a Billabong zip-up hoodie,

Above: Alex and Nicole are ready for the High Holidays

in a /Willy belted tweed skirt and matching cardigan and

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MINDI SACHS, 18, has been worldng

at Cinderella's Castle in West Bloom-
field since last summer. During her se-
nior Year, she worked occasionally; but
this summer, she works three or four
days a week. She helps people find
clothing in the store and also works the

Mindi Sachs, 18, works in retail clothing at

Cinderella's Castle in West Bloomfield and

also babysits to earn cash.

cash register.
The money I make from work is
just extra cash that I can use for things
that my parents think are unnecessary
to buy me," said Sachs of West Bloom-

field, who will be a freshman at Syracuse University in the fall.
When it gets really busy and I have a lot to do," she said, "I think in the
back of my head that I am getting paid so I know that I have to work hard and

do a good job."
Sachs has learned a lot from this job, but the most important quality she
has learned is patience. AvV-hen she is not \corking in Cinderella's Castle, she is

babysitting children, ages 3 and 6, three times a week. "Babysitting is the best
summer job because the work is fun and I make great money," she said.

RACHEL KESSLER, who has attended Oakland County-based Tamarack Camps

for 12 years, now is a counselor for 14-year-old campers. She is 19 and will be

a sophomore at Indiana University in
Bloomington. Her job is to help the
specialists who run the various activi-
ties. Also, she aids in planning and
executing evening programs. Most
importantly, she watches out for the
campers health and safety.
The money I am making this
summer is very minimal in compari-
son to the amount of work and hours Rachel Kessler, 19, a sophomore at Indiana
put it," Kessler said. "But no coun- University in Bloomington was a counselor at
selor at Camp Tamarack really does Tamarack Camps, where she was a longtime
it for the monev; if we did, we would camper. She's on the far right.
be working somewhere else.
"Nly fondest childhood memories all root back to this camp: so for me, having
the ability to give those same memories to a new generation of campers is what

makes it all worth it."
Kessler said that she feels really lucky. She is getting paid to play with kids
all day long and in a better environment than simply babysitting. She could
have done other things this summer, but she never doubted she was not going

back to camp.
Kessler sometimes finds it difficult to work with kids and maintain composure.
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