Camping Magazine articles from January 2006

Camping Magazine archives from January 2006

Some like it hot! Building principles.(hot water)
January 1, 2006... Sometimes we have an opportunity to grow a bit beyond our comfort zones. We thought that what we learned in the course of mapping out a solution for our client on this project might just help some of Camping Magazine's readers. Heating water...

Engineers, surveyors, and architects: they're all the same, aren't they? Building principles.(Occupation overview)
January 1, 2006... The terms "engineering," "architecture," and "surveying," as well as the professions themselves, have been thought to be interchangeable. In fact, it has come as a surprise to a number of our clients that there is a difference. When seeking...

As the butterfly flies: our global camp community--series conclusion.
January 1, 2006... Selection of a butterfly as the logo for the 1987 International Camping Congress, hosted by the American Camp Association, was farsighted and fortuitous in many ways. Adoption of the butterfly logo by the International Camping...

The camp experience: being all that we can be.
January 1, 2006... As you think of this past summer and its challenges, your feelings likely range from pride in your accomplishments to relief that another camp season has ended! Most of you shared goals with your staff during staff training for how campers'...

Children's mental health and camp what is our role?
January 1, 2006... Few children's issues have drawn more attention, or been more controversial, than those involving their mental health. For example, in the past twenty years, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has become a household term;...

CityLife: a camp that started a school.(Jacki Breger)(Interview)
January 1, 2006... In an interview charged with a passion for progressive education, a dedication to reach out to children and lift learning barriers created by the insular world of poverty or gang life, and a focus on experiential learning, Jacki Breger, founder...

Beginning with the end day camp training by design.(Virginia grant program)
January 1, 2006... An unexpected telephone call in February 2004 from the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) precipitated an unprecedented frenzy of activity in the American Camp Association (ACA), Virginias local office. With $100,000 in funds...

Environmental ethics giving kids a natural world of good--fifth in a series of six articles: program, facility, and business practices.
January 1, 2006... Three groups of middle schoolers from Oakland, California, sat patiently on a downed log near a grove of eucalyptus trees, looking out through a light drizzle towards the Pacific Ocean. Each group of five represented a Generation. They were...

Food for thought! Giving kids a natural world of good--sixth in a series of six articles: putting environmental education theory into practice.
January 1, 2006... A child sits on the edge of her bench with rapt attention, waiting for the announcement. Looking around, she realizes the chatter has subsided. One hundred and forty other warm bodies are perched on the edge of their benches too, waiting. ...

Kids and healthy lifestyles: how camps can help.
January 1, 2006... Child Obesity: A National Public Health Problem As the child obesity epidemic rears its overweight head across the nation, affecting one in five children, camps can play a vital role in the rescue efforts by being a knowledgeable, safe...

A letter from Peg.(value of camp experience)(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Pulled in All the Right Directions at Camp While camps across the country are getting children up off the couch and into the fresh air far from their electronic playgrounds--the cell phones, television, and video games--we are increasingly...

Looking for solutions, not problems.(camp counselors)
January 1, 2006... In the context of working with youths in the summer camp setting, staff members at all levels are often confronted with challenging situations. The cabin counselor is generally the person in the field who feels the pressure to respond with...

Language of problems to the language of solutions.(camp counselors)
January 1, 2006... These exercises can be used with counselors or campers, as appropriate, to help move from the language of problems to the language of solutions. Exercise 1 Getting to Know Yourself as a Counselor 1. What beliefs and principles do you...

Notes from the margin.(camps as educational institutions)
January 1, 2006... As unique educational institutions, camps across America are as diverse as the children who attend them, and we have much to be thankful for that. As the natural world so vividly teaches us, diversity is what is required for creativity, and it...

Do you know what your outcomes are? The impact of Oregon 4-H residential camp programs on positive youth development.
January 1, 2006... As camp youth development professionals, we all try to keep up with the camp program research base. Research reported in these studies is vital in planning for the inputs required to reach targeted outcomes of our own camp programs. We...

Shinier than an Emerald, cooler than jade.... a place to share.(camp reunion)
January 1, 2006... My camp reunion was truly awesome. It meant so much to me to be with the kids again and to be able to see my friends/co-workers. Maybe, this little story will help you understand how much it meant to me.... My flight was a little delayed...

The Bobcats: a place to share.(camper behavior)
January 1, 2006... The Playbill Dante: Speaks only in whines, would fight the wind if he could see it, has an affinity for cuss words, and can tattle-tale with the best of them. DeQuandis: Sent home last year for fighting; seems to have a fighting...

Turning partnerships into positive results.
January 1, 2006... Partnership, collaboration, teamwork, association, alliance. These and other common buzz words are often used to describe the methods by which many community-based programs are delivered. Being a 4-H agent in a rural county in Oregon, I've...

Your health-care plan: does it need an update? Risk management.
January 1, 2006... Many readers recently finished their summer camp season. The pace of autumn, with its cool evenings and time to sit with feet propped on a trusty hamper, is an excellent time to mull ideas and review notes. It's also the time to update...

Some risks just won't go away: risk management.
January 1, 2006... Risk is constantly changing. Recognition of this fact requires periodic review and updating of risk management strategies. Equally important as risk awareness and risk reduction strategies is the actual execution of the plan. The best plans on...

Research offers practical staff recruitment solutions; research notes.
January 1, 2006... An understanding of the changes that take place throughout a summer camp experience can prove extremely beneficial in the recruitment of staff members. The following studies were presented at the 2005 Camp Research Symposium held at the...

Building your dream staff.
January 1, 2006... We all make hiring mistakes. Sometimes, the person we thought we got a sense of in the interview process is not at all the individual who arrives at camp. Other times, we have an intuition that a person may not be quite right, but we override...