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Camping Magazine articles from March 1994
A professional publication for camp directors and counselors. Publishes articles and essays, written by experts in the camp field, on current advances in camp management, staffing and human resources, programming, risk management, special populations and
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Camping Magazine archives from March 1994
Public awareness project update. (American Camping Association project)
March 1, 1994... ACA has begun its first-ever public awareness project. The goal of the project is to increase the number of children who are able to experience camp. The current American Camping Foundation Endowment Campaign is funding the public awareness...
Adapting to 21st century camp consumers. (Miller's Meanderings) (Column)
March 1, 1994... Adapting to 21st Century Camp Consumers
This issue of Camping Magazine is focused on how to prepare for the future. I have never been very good at predicting the future, but I would like to look at current trends in our society and...
Today's changing campers. (In The Trenches) (Column)
March 1, 1994... Today's Changing Campers
Rob Hammond likes to tell the way his predecessor, Coach Laney, founder of Camp Laney in Alabama, conducted staff training almost thirty years ago. "We would all get up to camp three days before opening day to get...
Managing risk in the future. (youth camps) (Risk Management) (Column)
March 1, 1994... Managing Risk in the Future
In keeping with tiffs issue's theme of preparing for the future, I was asked to gaze into my crystal ball, the one I keep near my desk in Richmond, Virginia, and identify some future issues affecting risk...
The traditional camp: out of touch, out of time. (includes bibliography) (Repositioning Camp For The Future)
March 1, 1994... When guests pass the old white pillars marking Wyman Center's entrance, they are faced with a choice. They can drive straight ahead, continuing down the familiar road they've been traveling, or they can choose to veer sharply to the right,...
Camp consumers in the 21st century: topics and trends. (Repositioning Camp For The Future)
March 1, 1994... The future of camps depends upon our knowledge of future campers. While campers as-we-know-them won't vanish suddenly on the last day of the 20th century, 21st-century campers arc likely to be significantly different from today's campers.
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The weight of the world: why camp is ever more important. (1993 Cal-West Camping Conference keynote address) (Repositioning Camp For The Future)
March 1, 1994... Editor's Note: The following was the keynote address given at the 1993 Cal-West Camping Conference.
When I was a college professor, I began each semester by posing the following question to my students: "If ignorance is bliss, then what is...
Because we care about children: let's make youth-work a field. (defining a new profession) (Repositioning Camp For The Future)
March 1, 1994... Editor's Note: Camp professionals have worked for many years to demonstrate to the public camp's place in the healthy development of children. Though allies in several arenas have bolstered this effort, many camp professionals still feel...
ACA buying guide 1994. (American Camping Assn)
March 1, 1994... How can camp directors be confident they have chosen good suppliers for the products purchased for their camps?
One important resource is Camping Magazine's annual Buying Guide, which lists 200 businesses that supply the $2 billion...