Be A Believer
When the call came, Brian McKenna was skeptical. The superintendent of parks for the Rolling Meadows Park in Illinois had entered to win a Nucleus/Intensity playground valued at almost $30,000 from BCI Burke, but he forgot.
Hit The Target
In 2014, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center (Pfac) in Newport News, Va., had terrible attendance for its art-themed camps. Pfac is both an art museum with rotating exhibitions and a studio art school for adults and
Do’s And Don’ts
If you’re reading this and have never watched RuPaul’s Drag Race, stop what you’re doing and go watch at least a couple episodes. Marvel in the brilliance.
Red Alert!
Lost campers. Tornadoes. Vehicle crashes. Boating accidents. Food poisoning. Wildfires. These are emergencies that summer camps anywhere in the country may have to contend with. Your camp likely has
Friendraising
The first time I went to camp as a kid was to a weekend congregational retreat of my church. Besides being struck by the beauty of the forests and lake and how much this differed from my agricultural
Green Time Vs. Screen Time
It’s no secret that kids and teenagers are experiencing more anxiety than the generations before them, and at a younger age. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the more
Not So Much—Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I noted respect for different camps’ styles and catalogued the first half of my commonly rejected suggestions for program improvement. Here, in Part 2, I will outline four more best
The H2 Whoa Zone
Some of the most creative and surprising solutions evolve from the most nerve-wracking situations. Such is the story of Camp Crosley YMCA’s Whoa Zone, a recreational pond/wake cable park that now plays a