Category: camping
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Sabbatical for Joe…
Over the next three months I will be away from the office on a sabbatical from Pearce Williams Christian Centre. A sabbatical is a time away to do education and research. I love what I do and want to continue at Pearce Williams for many years to come. I find that now, nine years into…
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A Thought About Camp
I thought that I would share with you a writing that I share with my summer staff during training week. I wrote this year’s ago as I was trying to figure out how to explain to new staff what would happen over the course of the summer. Think about it. It is titled, simply: A…
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What do you do the rest of the year?
What do we do the rest of the year? This is a question that camp directors get much more than you would think – or maybe you are one of the people who ask this question of your camp director friends. The camp year never really stops. I normally start to think about the next…
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24 Hour Campfire
Tomorrow the staff of Pearce Williams are holding a 24 Hour Campfire. This is going to be 24 hours of a great campfire experience. We are using it as a fundraiser for our new Creativity/Craft/Maintenance Barn. What a great way to reignite the summer camp memories that already seem so long ago – when in…
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Summer Camp Matters
Summer Camp Matters It matters to kids. It matters to society. It matters to the future. Summer Camp matters. It matters to the child who comes with no friends and leaves with forever friends. It matters to the child who has had a hard year at school and camp is their escape. It matters to…