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Camping Magazine
2018 January/February Camping Magazine
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 12:54
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...
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...
The Psychology of Camper Success
January 1, 2018
James, an adorably awkward first-summer camper, sits on a bench outside Campcraft preparing to take his knife safety test. You tell him to begin, and — biting his lip in...
Courage, Not Comfort! Part II
January 1, 2018
I am back with Part 2 of our conversation about fund-raising — although I am sure some of you were hoping I would forget! Not a chance. Now we get to the fun part, the rewarding...
Hunters and Farmers: Why ADHDers Can Thrive at Summer Camp
January 2, 2018
In examining the etiology behind the widely diagnosed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), one school of thought, championed by Thom Hartmann, author of the Complete...
Exploring the Power of Moments
January 1, 2018
An Interview with Dan Heath Whether we’re 11, 26, or 92, we all have special memories that we return to again and again, that remind us of happy events with family and friends...
Meet Hakeem Oluseyi
January 1, 2018
If necessity is the mother of invention, then resilience is the mother of reinvention. Hakeem Oluseyi, PhD, world-renowned cosmologist, science educator, and humanitarian, is well...
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