Category: future of camping
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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…
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Which way?
We are really at a turning point in camping and I am not sure that everyone is aware of it. If we keep doing the same thing, we will get the same result. Do not fool yourself into believing that your camp will be here for another 50 years. 50 years from now chances are…
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Mind Like Water – Summer Camp Director’s Best Friend
As we move closer to the beginning of the summer I am in a pretty calm state. This is based on years of being a camp director, but also on the adoption of the Getting Things Done methodology of managing my to-do’s and planning my days. The mind like water concept is essentially the idea…
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Change is never easy…
Change is never easy, whether we want it to be or not. You can plan and plan and think you are ready but you never are really ready. Summer camp has been the one constant in my life. Over the past 30 years – almost every summer has been spent at camp in one way…
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Doing Camp Work…
When I do something I love it does not feel like work. Camp is like that more than it isn’t. Find what you like. Rediscover your passion.