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Video Games at Camp? Are You Kidding Me?
November 1, 2018
No, in fact, I'm completely serious. For the record, my 40-year career has been spent entirely within the camp, sports, and community center worlds, and has included positions as...
Parenting Trends and Challenges Facing Youth: What Camp Professionals Need to Know
November 1, 2018
In the middle of last summer, we received an update from our camp insurance agent about one of the biggest challenges facing camps in 2018 — camper and staff mental health issues...
Camp Manito-wish: A Century-Old Philosophy of Life
September 1, 2018
Richard, a camper in the 1950s, recently returned to Camp Manito-wish YMCA where he spent five summers as a youth. The camp recently commemorated its 100th summer with a...
By the Book: Radical Candor
September 1, 2018
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Kim Scott About the Author Kim Scott led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick online sales and operations at Google...
Are You Prepared for a Bear? If Not, How Will You Respond to an Armed Intruder?
September 1, 2018
Running a camp is challenging. Running a camp in the United States, where violent events occupy the 24-hour news cycle, is even more difficult. There are so many risks and...
Camper to Career: The Unique Path and Importance of Becoming a Summer Camp Professional
September 1, 2018
Many of us who grew up going to summer camp feel like it was the place we could most be ourselves. If we had the option, we would make it our second (or first) home. You probably...
2018 September/October Camping Magazine
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2018 Business of Camp: Interesting Trends and Otherwise
September 1, 2018
Trends in camp business operations are altogether interesting and not interesting. Interesting because the business of camp is dynamic and evolving quickly to meet the demands of...
The Importance of Standard Operating Procedures
September 1, 2018
Natalie, the camp baker, was spontaneously thrust into finishing the meat entrée after Shayla announced that she had a family emergency and ran out the door, leaving the pork loin...
Preparing for Happiness in Career and Life
September 1, 2018
Some of the best times of my life have been my carefree summers swimming, exploring, sharing, and making friends as a child at camp. But many of my life’s greatest lessons were...
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