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Camping Magazine
Nothing Changes at Your Summer Home
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
A return to camp reminds our writer how it feels to be home. A school teacher in Pinckney, Michigan, Jeff Miner had been a camp counselor or program director for just about every...
The Edge: The View Ahead
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
At my camp we have a special ceremony for the campers who will be aging out of the camp program. Many of those campers have been attending Camp Broadstone for the past six years...
Risk Management: Exploring the Concept of Risk
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
Most people can handle — or tolerate — a certain degree of risk. The edginess provided by risk adds verve to being human, and often gives us that gentle kick in the seat of our...
Building Principles: DIY . . . Is that Really a Good Idea?
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
By their very nature, camp people are an extremely independent and self-sufficient lot. The most successful among them approach every adversity as a challenge and an opportunity to...
Staff and Support
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
Hi Bob! I am new to camp life, specifically as a new camp director. I have inherited an administrative staff that grew up at camp and spent many years working with the former...
From Peter
January 1, 2010
Because of Camp . . .™ — there are millions of powerful answers to this leading statement. We know that all participants — campers, counselors, supervisors, owners, and directors...
The Future Is Now: A Conversation with Fred Miller
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
Fred Miller has more than three decades of experience as a senior executive and consultant working in the areas of governance, strategy, and organizational effectiveness. With a...
His Story, Her Story, Our Story: 100 Years of the American Camp Association
January 1, 2010
Many summers ago, as a young cabin counselor with new campers and programming to do, the last thing on my mind was the history of organized camping. I had places to go and people...
To Climb a Mountain: Lessons in Resiliency From High-Altitude Mountaineer Luis Benitez
January 1, 2010
Described as one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers, Luis Benitez gives Camping Magazine a personal account of struggle, valor, and resilience as he rose above his...
You Are Your Own Story
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
With Mark Victor Hansen, author, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and co creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul , tells how and why the stories of our lives can be motivators for change...
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