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Camping Magazine
Yes Only Means Yes Until Something Better Comes Along: Making Camp the Best Offer for Gen Z Staff
March 1, 2018
Staff sign a contract, then inform you the week before camp begins that they won’t be coming after all. Or staff commit to working the entire season only to tell (not ask!) you...
Indigenous Instructional Programming for Camp Professionals
March 1, 2018
Camp professionals are taking a greater interest in the concept of allyship, a process of unlearning and re-evaluating whereby those in positions of privilege attempt to adopt a stance of solidarity with marginalized groups of people (The Anti-Oppression Network, 2017).
I Respect That: Consent Education and Assault Prevention
March 1, 2018
“The number-one reason I found that parents don’t send their children to summer camp is that parents fear their child will be sexually abused while at camp,” said writer Allison...
Courageous Honesty: Critical Camp Conversations
March 1, 2018
I had made an early morning appointment with my chiropractor to help with some chronic lower back problems. Given my usual busy schedule, I made it for 8 a.m. — the first available...
Money Wise: An Interview with Ron Lieber
March 1, 2018
"We may not realize it, but children are hyperaware of money,” wrote Ron Lieber in his New York Times bestseller The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous...
2018 January/February Camping Magazine
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Building an Army of Asking Ants
January 1, 2018
Ant colonies have been used throughout history as models of industry. As a collective, ants are efficient, surprisingly intelligent, and are among the very few animals that...
Expanding the Impact of Camp: From Individual Lives to Societal Change
January 1, 2018
This article is part of Camping Magazine’s series on inclusion, identifying and exploring both big picture and on-the-ground actionable pathways for application through participant...
A Meeting of the Minds: Camp Directors, Higher Ed, and College Students
January 1, 2018
Camps need staff to run their programs; colleges/universities have various requirements for students regarding coursework and internships; and students are usually pulled between...
Presidential Fellows: A Program for Leadership Development at Camp Twin Lakes
January 1, 2018
The age-old question of “What do you do the rest of the year?” is inevitable. Every camp director we know has heard it, often many times. Summer is an intense and busy time, and we...
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