Camping Magazine articles from March 1999

Camping Magazine archives from March 1999

How's your phone face?(handling telephone inquiries)
March 1, 1999... You've placed your advertising, mailed your brochures, and done whatever you do to stimulate initial interest in your camp. Now, that long-awaited moment arrives: the phone rings. The telephone has become such an automatically integrated...

Lessons learned.(cases of sexual molestation and sexual abuse of campers)
March 1, 1999... Our society continues to wrestle with how to protect our children from the injuries and agonies of sexual abuse and molestation. In spite of significant efforts by individuals and government at the local, state, and federal level, abuse and...

More group games.(during camps)
March 1, 1999... Here are some fun group games that will help campers get to know one another and reduce some of the first-day anxiety. Locomotive Motion This is a fun name game that gets everyone moving. Campers stand in a circle with one camper in...

A world of diversity: including campers of all abilities in your program.
March 1, 1999... More camps throughout the world are offering inclusive programs such as the one described below. In 1995, twenty-four of twenty-seven YMCA resident camps in Canada routinely included children with physical or mental disabilities as part of...

Ropes courses for all: creating a universally accessible challenge program.(for camps)
March 1, 1999... The time for universal concepts and inclusion in ropes courses has arrived. While not every camp can meet every inclusion need, every camp director can begin to incorporate universal concepts into their camp's challenge activities. Imagine a...

Play and healing: therapeutic recreation's role in coping with grief.(includes related article on grief)(Camp ReLeaf)
March 1, 1999... Camp can be an ideal setting to help children cope with the death of a loved one. Since 1991, Camp ReLeaf, a weekend camp hosted by Triangle Hospice of Durham, North Carolina, has been helping children develop positive coping skills for dealing...

Welcoming teen workers.(positive impact of camps to their young staff)
March 1, 1999... A school-to-work program can help you find and fund staff Imagine a camp program with the power to improve the academic and social behavior of participants and to positively impact participants' readiness for work, social development, and...

The inclusion of audit: evaluating your camp's efforts to include diverse populations.
March 1, 1999... Camp is a special environment that can benefit children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities, including children with disabilities or special needs; gay, lesbian, or bisexual youth or families; at-risk youth; or minorities. By working to...

1998 ACA survey of camp directors results.(American Camping Association)
March 1, 1999... The American Camping Association conducts an annual survey Of directors of ACA-accredited camps to identify industry trends in educational programs and resources. Of the respondents to the 1998 survey, * 68 percent represented resident...

Confessions of a Pop-Up Queen.(teenage experience of a camp director)
March 1, 1999... The high school sophomore bobbed in the water. Supportive counselors shouted encouragement at her first water-skiing attempt. "Keep your tips up!" "Make sure your arms are straight!" "Just let the boat pull you out of the water." Giving a...