Category: camping
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Can you help me?
The thing I want most in life is to be a camp counsellor. I need your help. I need you to help shape and form me – help me understand what the campers need and how I can give it to them. Help me understand that I will make mistakes, and that I will also…
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What are you doing to make sure your camp is going to be here for years to come?
If we always do what we always did, we will always get what we always got. Summer Camps need to change and adapt. As demographics change, the concept of “summer camp” is being left behind. More and more camps recognize that we are not getting new populations coming to camp. This is the biggest challenge…
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To all the staff members that I have fired – I wish you well.
There is no part of me that wants to see a youth get fired from summer camp. As a camp director I want to see you grow, learn and succeed. I want to see the passion light up in your eyes. I want to see you change the life of a child. I want to…
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Lunch In A Tree
There is a staff training activity called “Lunch In A Tree”. This was one of my most memorable staff training experiences as a counsellor. The basic premise was the entire staff team climbs a tree and eats lunch. Each staff member was encouraged to go as high as they felt comfortable, all staff members got…
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Summer Camp – making the impossible possible
As a camp director I spend time thinking about our facilities, our maintenance needs, updating policies and procedures, and generally thinking about the logistics of summer camp. I need to be vigilant to remind myself that the community of camp is the most important thing. The feeling, the welcoming, the emotion is what makes camp,…