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Camping Magazine articles from November 1995
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 November 1995
Edie Klein. (camp organizer and counselor)
November 1, 1995... In 1955, the American Camping Association broke ground on its new office site in Bradford Woods, Ind. Edie Klein, then the associate director of the Department of Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University, attended the ground...
Staff orientation. (summer camps)
November 1, 1995... Now that the dust has settled from the summer of 1995, it's time to start planning next year's summer program! Start with a list of what you want to accomplish, then develop your staff training schedule from that list.
Appendix J in the...
Reflections on the summer of '95. (summer camps)
November 1, 1995... Now that the summer of 1995 is behind us, we have the chance to think about events and find perspective.
For most camps, 1995 was a good summer. A little too hot or perhaps a little too wet depending on where you were, but by and large, a...
Year-round schools, children's needs. (organized camping)
November 1, 1995... It is in the interests of the camp community to stress the educational value of camp as a complement to the traditional-calendar school.
The potential impact of year-round schools on organized camping
In a study examining the impact of...
Feeding campers who are hungry for attention.
November 1, 1995... Dear Bob,
We encountered a challenging situation last summer with some of our younger female campers. Typically, 8- or 9-year-olds are tearful and sad during the first few days of camp and our counselors respond wonderfully. Some of these...
Enrollment crisis II: diagnosis and recommendations.
November 1, 1995... The previous Marketing Matters column presented a case study of Always Sunny National Camps' enrollment crisis. Sara Trout, specialty camp consultant at a regional marketing firm promised to call Abe Johnson, camp director, with a diagnosis of...
The developmental needs of young people.(Expressing Camp, part 1)
November 1, 1995... As camp professionals, you intuitively understand and believe in the American Camping Association public awareness theme "Camp gives kids a world of good." You see the results every year.
Now, millions of people across the nation, many of whom...
Marketing camp to parents and children. (includes related article)
November 1, 1995... Most traditional marketing pieces are targeted to parents. But, every time you interact with a prospective camp family, you really interact with two target audiences: parents and children. To promote your camp with maximum effectiveness, direct...
The Internet: connecting your camp. (includes related article)
November 1, 1995... Imagine having a camp brochure that can be updated the same day you add a basketball court or a dining hall or a high ropes course. Imagine it having an audience of more than 50 million people in over 200 countries.
Imagine a Yellow Page...