Menu Makeover
8:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. These times, give or take 30 minutes depending on your camp schedule, are some of the most important hours in a camper’s day.
Rest Insured
The role of insurance is vital to your camp’s overall risk management plan because it provides the resource needed to fund the losses a camp may incur.
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Having directed children’s camps all of my adult life, and now having hit my mid-50s, I have noticed a paradigm shift in the way campers and their families perceive the great outdoors.
Interpreting “Green” To Retreat Guests
Recently, I became a volunteer for the National Park Service (NPS). As part of my training, I was introduced to the concept of interpretation. Encourage retreat guests to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Catching Sunshine
When they first began their “green energy” journey, International Sports Training Camp (ISTC) Directors Mark Major and Kara Klaus-Major were intimidated by the task. With approximately 270 campers and 130 staff members in residence each week, the directors discussed the potential to shrink the camp electricity bill by utilizing green energy strategies.
Good Horse Sense
Campers’ experiences with horses run the gamut: There are those who are very comfortable and have been riding since they can remember, and then there are those who are experiencing riding for the first time.
Homesickness And Acculturation Stress
Research has shown that upwards of 95 percent of young people report at least some homesickness during a multi-week stay away from home.
This-N-That
Use Facebook To Give Your Camp A Marketing Boost What’s your status? Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are wonderful marketing tools that, thanks to their popularity, reach just about
Risky Business
Late last week, my wife called to let me know our insurance agent had given her the inside scoop on exactly how to insure our first teen driver and that it wasn’t going to cost nearly as much as she h