Jim "T-Foot" Bentley, Camp Director 2001 - Present I was born in Florida, where I grew up and got involved in YMCA programs in the 10th grade. I feel the YMCA helped me figure out who I was at a very important time in my life which kept me interested in furthering my involvment with YMCA programs. I began my camping career at YMCA Camp Indian Springs in Tallahassee Fla. as a counselor for two summers and the Program Director for one summer. The following summer I graduated from Auburn University at Montgomery with a B.A. in Sociology. My background in the YMCA and resident camping convinced me that working with children is what I wanted to do for a living and the resident camp environment was where I wanted to do it. I became a Program Director at the Tallahassee YMCA where I ran Youth Sports, Middle School Programs, and Day Camps for two years before I became the Resident Camp Director at Camp Indian Springs. After two years at Camp Indian Springs my wife April and I decided to move to Michigan for her to attend Law School at Thomas M. Cooley. I became the Camp Director at Camp Algonquin for the Barry County YMCA. As April neared the end of Law School we began discussing where we wanted to settle down and agreed that Maine was the right choice. I am a true believer that everything happens for a reason and as I began my job search the Director position at Camp Jordan was being advertised. I was fortunate enough to be hired here at Camp Jordan and we have been living on the shores of Branch Lake for 8 years now. My wife now works for the law firm of Rudman and Winchell and we could not imagine a better camp to call home.