Camp Fills the Need Part 3: Why Summer Camp? Why Now?
We’ve explored how screens and sedentary lifestyles are putting pressures on kids or limiting their growth. Now let’s look at how camp balances those impacts, and provides critical assets of its own.
Camp Fills the Need: Part 2, Screens Challenge Home Life
Where and when can we get a break from screens in our family life? Its tough when screens now impact almost everything we do. I tried a “screen free week” and it has helped. Read on for more…
Camp Fills the Need: Part 1, Screen Time Impacts
Too many screens for too much of the time are greatly impacting how kids develop and how people interact. How did we get here, and what’s it doing to us? Let’s explore it this week on the blog.
Adjusting to Life After Camp
When campers come home often there’s an adjustment period. They miss camp friends, pine for camp ways, and often need to share their feelings. Here’s how you can be supportive.
Request for Electronics Donations
Please check out our blog today with a special request for used electronics to aid our Photography and Dance Departments AND give more counselors access to equipment at camp.
Warm Weather, Cold Teen Feet
If your teen thinks she’s outgrown camp it may be time to step in to remind her just how much she loves her camp family!
Warm Weather, Cold Little Girl Feet
With camp coming up, but plenty going on in your camper’s life right now, all of the sudden she may feel like she doesn’t want to go back. Now’s the time to remind her what she loves so much about camp!
Lessons Learned in Going From Camp Director to Camp Mom
My final blog in a series devoted to what it was like to send my son to camp for the first time even though I am already a camp director. I learned that it isn’t easy, but it is good!
His Experience: My Son’s First Sleepaway Camp
My son went off to his first sleepaway camp this summer. As a camp director, I knew the drill. But as a child, it was all new to him. What happened? Read on…