Thanksgiving this week, the holidays looming, and the occasional crazy weather day — you're busy at this time of year, and we are too. That's why I
When Parents are “Campsick” for their Campers
In the camp industry there's one thing we know for sure and that is that sleepaway campers never really get that homesick. There, I said it. (And I
How to Help Campers and Parents Find Out About Camp
Sleepaway summer camps, like any other business, have to rely on marketing to reach potential camp families, and they essentially always have. It may
A ‘Ghany Girl’s Guide to Manners in the Virtual Era
"May I pleases and yes you mays, thank you ma'ams I learned to say..." — Excerpt from "A Place I Call Home," an original Camp
The Big Release: Featured Camper Video!
I'm so excited to at long last have a formal release of our featured camper video! I say "at long last," because we actually started making this video
‘Ghany Girls Get Creative About Camp in a Totally IRL Way
They say "necessity is the mother of invention." And there's nothing like boredom to make us NEED to find something to do. And thus were born a few
How Being Home Reminds Me What Is So Important About Summer Camp
Distilling what I learned, I came up with a kind of ultrasimple coda: Go outside, often, sometimes in wild places. Bring friends or not. Breathe.”
How to Prepare For — and Avoid — Homesickness At Camp
As you prepare your camper for camp this summer, you may find that one of you is already worrying about homesickness. I can sympathize. I pack up
Camp Fills the Need Part 3: Why Summer Camp? Why Now?
Editor's Note: All this week Camp Alleghany for Girls Director Elizabeth Shreckhise is writing a blog series called Camp Fills the Need. It's a series