Manners Matter
Early in the history of organized summer camps, cooks sparked a debate. Directors on one side of the debate argued that camps should be egalitarian utopias that teach self-reliance. Therefore, children should cook for themselves.
It's More Than Just Words On A Shirt
It’s the first day of camp: SUVs and minivans are pulling onto the grounds, and parents are hastily unloading children and luggage. Matching camp T-shirts let kids know they're all in this together!
Investing In What’s Important
At a recent camp conference, a between-session conversation among several directors focused on organizational budget cuts and the lack of travel dollars for adequate continuing education.
Dining Hall Design And Kitchen Layout
No other building or facility occupies campers’ time like the dining hall. Campers and alumni remember, rather revere, the wonderful experiences they had in their camp dining hall: the songs they sang
Be A Good Neighbor
Imagine the sounds of a peaceful lake in the mountains on a summer morning--the birds chirping, fish jumping out of the water for a bite to eat and splashing back in, and the spinning of a reel as
A Unique Setting
Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park isn’t the only national park to host residential camps and programs for children, but it is one of the first, says Stacey Heffernan, director of the Cuyahoga Valle
This-N-That
A New Way To ConnectMukwonago, Wis.—iPad apps are not necessarily a new concept, but apps created specifically for parents by the folks who run children’s camps are, says Brad Robinson, manager of cus
Family Meals
The first thing we purchased when we moved into our house was a large, rectangular, expandable kitchen table. We didn’t have the money for it, and had a lot of other items competing for our attention-