Is my child ready for sleepaway camp?
Camp Director Elizabeth Dawson Shreckhise answers the questions that parents most want to know about sleepaway summer camp readiness.
Blog Series: From Camp Director to Camp Parent: Booking My Son’s First Sleepaway Camp Session
This new blog series explores what it means — and what it takes — to send your child off to sleepaway camp for the first time and how that’s a huge step, even for a camp director!
The Power of Summer Camp to Build Life Skills
Parents are finding that their kids benefit from life skills, like being a self-starter, resilience, and personal responsibility. Camp can help get them there!
Attending “Bonnie Church”
One family reflects on the joys of our non-denominational church services at camp.
Camp Staff Training: The Pink Team Keeps Rollin’ Along
You may be surprised to learn that being a camp counselor is nothing like the stereotypes out there. The training is rigorous across many skill sets and continues throughout the summer.
Camp Clean-up in the Aftermath of the 2016 Flood
We’ve moved rocks and power washed tents, we’ve put down gravel and sanitized the whole place. There’s still some mud, but has mud ever stopped a ‘Ghany Girl? Read all about our clean-up efforts int eh wake of the 2016 Flood.
Introducing the Ghany Lending Library and Parent Resources
Editor’s Note: First of two posts all about reading at camp and reading at home. This one is on our new Lending Library, and Friday’s post will be on parent reading resources. One of the great joys of camp is that, while there is an intense amount of learning going on for the campers, it […]
Like it? Then label it!
Too many items are lost and never reclaimed at camp. We want to save you time and money by encouraging you to label and by offering you a great way to access labels.
Packing: A Mother’s Perspective
Our own Bonnie Dawson sent campers to camp for years and have watched campers for many more. She’s got great advice to make your camp packing a snap!