Camping Magazine articles from July 2006

Camping Magazine archives from July 2006

"They all went down to Am-ster--!" Building principles.
July 1, 2006... Many, many camp properties have water impoundments ("dams") which are a focal point of their programs. Some of their most endearing qualities are their simplicity and maintenance-free nature, right? Unfortunately, only half right. On the...

A place called hope.(Clemson University Outdoor Laboratory )
July 1, 2006... Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you If you're young at heart. For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind If you're young at heart. You can go to extremes with impossible schemes You can laugh when...

Family Camps: strengthening family relationships at camp and at home.
July 1, 2006... Families are one of the fundamental units of society and are the building blocks of social structures and organizations in every culture. Today, the structure of the family seems to be under attack with "high divorce rates and the alleged...

Camp gives families a world of good.(family camping)
July 1, 2006... What does an organization do at camp when a main part of its mission is to serve a constituency that is aging? What can camp leaders do to respond to the growing issue in the U.S. of who has access to nature so essential to every person's...

A letter from Peg.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A century-old problem... how does one define camp? Over the years, the dilemma has only grown more difficult. Some want camp defined by its location or setting. For instance, some will use descriptors of the surroundings such as urban or...

Camp-parent partnerships = parent-camp loyalty.
July 1, 2006... Camp-parent partnerships reach beyond customer satisfaction; they are at the core of parent-camp loyalty. In most Hispanic communities, the camp-parent partnership becomes a critical alliance that often originates at the camp and is based on...

Camp for all: expanding the tradition.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The camp experience has moved beyond the boundaries of programming solely for traditional audiences. Camp programs have evolved into communities serving all types of people from adults with disabilities and families to specialized programs for...

Everything I learned in life, I learned from camp.
July 1, 2006... I've done the math. So far, over the course of my life I have spent 3,150 days in a classroom learning. I've dissected frogs, read Shakespeare, memorized the first five lines in the constitution, and studied my times tables. But if you ask me...

Cyberspace--risks in a networked world: risk management.
July 1, 2006... Thomas L. Friedman in his The New York Times best selling book The World Is Flat, suggests that the evolution of information technology, which created cyberspace, is among the events which flattened the world, literally changing the balance of...

Family camp: share the summer magic.
July 1, 2006... Countless camp parents visiting camp on opening days or visitor days wistfully remark on how they would love the chance to go to camp either for the first time or to rekindle the summer camp magic they discovered in their youth. In the midst of...

Finding your niche: reinventing what a summer camp can be.
July 1, 2006... The Schenck family purchased the thirty-four hundred acres, now called The Green River Preserve, in the early 1950s as a place to spend weekends and summers fishing, hiking, and exploring the Green River Valley. As a child, Sandy Schenck was...

Challenged by a camp career? Go for it! Young professionals.
July 1, 2006... "Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you." --Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach This wonderful quote could be...