Camping Magazine articles from July 2007

Camping Magazine archives from July 2007

Your life will change forever: rapid learning lesson.
July 1, 2007... Within minutes of leaving shore, laughter and screams rang out as raft guides and counselors began to splash. Soon, water was flying everywhere. The impending class-three whitewater down stream seemed unimportant as the tranquil flat water of...

Getting it, learning it, laughing at it.(Reprint)
July 1, 2007... I spent my first week at summer camp in inconsolable tears. I was a young girl just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. My parents shipped me off to summer camp. It was their solution for helping me deal with my disease. I cried morning, noon, and...

From Peg.(Peg L. Smith)
July 1, 2007... Taking what looks impossible and turning it into the possible... that is what the camp experience does for many. Once you enter the camp property, no matter who you are, you discover ways to accomplish things you never felt you could do....

Living deliberately in solitude and community: naturally.
July 1, 2007... Everyone knows Henry David Thoreau for his famous hermitage and journal from Walden Pond. He temporarily relocated to the woods on a lot owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, in whose house Thoreau was living. Thoreau is the fellow who wrote, "I...

Camp leaders making a difference.
July 1, 2007... As professionals in the field of camp we make a difference. Like the stars that punctuate the night sky with their shimmering lights, camp staff hold a beacon of light for many children and adults. In big ways and small ways, every day, camp...

Feeling the music of camp: a place to share.
July 1, 2007... When I was twenty-five years old, I was working for a Girl Scout Council in northern Minnesota as the outdoor program manager. I was driving home from camp one afternoon, and the radio went out. I fiddled with it, trying different stations,...

The camp setting, setting campers up for success: research.(Report)
July 1, 2007... Since Maslow's introduction of his hierarchy of needs, scholars have recognized the importance of individuals having their basic needs met before being able to achieve higher order needs. This premise holds true in camp settings. Camps need to...

Managing volunteer worker risks: risk management.
July 1, 2007... Preservation of an organization's assets is one of the primary goals of risk management. Most of those who work with volunteers would agree they are valuable assets, worthy of developing and preserving, notwithstanding the fact this can be a...

Camp Shriver: a model for including children with intellectual disabilities in summer camp.(Report)
July 1, 2007... The following study examines the impact of five multi-week day camps known as Camp Shriver, a program of Special Olympics Inc. Camp Shriver's focus is to improve sports skills and enrich the social relationships of individuals with and without...

Taking another "pass" at camp roads: building principles.
July 1, 2007... Several years ago (March/April 2003), Building Principles took a broad look at camp roads. Recently, we've had a number of calls about road issues so we thought that this might be the perfect time to expand on the roadway topic a bit, and talk...

Camp El Tesoro de la Vida: a camp experience for bereaved children.
July 1, 2007... The death of a loved one is a reality that each of us must face at some point. The experience of a loss invokes a myriad of feelings for adults and children alike. Some will maintain the belief that children are oblivious to the grief...

Top 10 things you can do to ensure a successful camp: top ten.
July 1, 2007... 1. Treat your staff members as if they were gold. Meet with key leadership staff members in the fall. Ask them for their opinions. Do a lot of listening. 2. As you interview returning staff members and potential new staff members, make...