Camping Magazine articles from November 2002

Camping Magazine archives from November 2002

A letter from Peg.
November 1, 2002... A staff person passed by my office the other day and observed me reading a book called, Surfing the Edge of Chaos. She stepped in my office, laughed, and said, "We need to get you to read a book about stability!" It is true that the rate...

Hurry up and get started before Labor Day. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... Have we finally lost our last bit of common sense? Why, why, why has it become necessary to break a tried-and-true tradition of going back to school after Labor Day? We now leave for college as early as the middle of August. Some public schools...

Fifteen-passenger van accidents: unsafe operation or vehicle design? (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... After reading in a recent issue of Camping Magazine the concerns over fifteen-passenger van safety, I must say I am disappointed. These vehicles are the life blood of many of our camps, yet there has been no effort by the American Camping...

Fund-raising tool. (Resources).
November 1, 2002... Developing Your Case for Support, a new book by Dr. Tim Seiler, director of Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, provides practical tips and advice on how to create your case statement for fund development. The book offers hands-on,...

National Youth Development Information Center. (Resources).
November 1, 2002... Visit www.nydic.org, the Web site for the National Youth Development Information Center (NYDIC), to find research on youth development and its effectiveness; directories, including the Directory of American Youth Organizations; youth-related...

Camp job fairs. (Resources).
November 1, 2002... Camps can find staff and college students can find summer jobs through the help of job fairs hosted by colleges and universities nationwide. For a job fair listing near you, visit www.ACAcamps.org/jobfair/. These tips can help the job-fair...

Camp Fantastic celebrated twenty-year anniversary. (Camp News).
November 1, 2002... This summer, Special Love, Inc., a nonprofit organization for children with cancer and their families, celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Camp Fantastic, a program of the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center. The celebration included...

Stolz honored. (Camp News).
November 1, 2002... Alan J. Stolz, owner of Camp Cody in Freedom, New Hampshire, recently received a series of honors from the publishers of Emergency Medicine Magazine, the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium, and the Connecticut Emergency Medical Service Council for his...

Obituaries.
November 1, 2002... Ettinger--Camp Owner and Director Samuel Ettinger, camp owner and director of Camp Towanda in Honesdale Pennsylvania, passed away recently. Known as an inspiring leader among youth, he touched many lives with his work at Camp Towanda and...

Errata.
November 1, 2002... Regretfully, the following permission statement was not printed with the table, "Features of Positive Developmental Settings," appearing on page 15 in the September/October 2002 issue: "Reprinted with permission from Community Programs to...

Join Us... (Special ACA National Conference Overview).
November 1, 2002... Join Us... ... at the 2003 ACA National Conference in Denver, Colorado. Elevate your Strategic thinking with over one thousand of your peers in the Mile-High City. The range of targeted educational sessions, exposition displays, and...

Water systems: the next installment. (Building Principles).
November 1, 2002... What comes out of the faucet should never be part of the "how was camp?" post--session quizzing between a camper and parent. All sorts of aging infrastructure can present pressing facility issues, but with most of the components buried or...

Errata.
November 1, 2002... The Building Principles column on this topic in the September/October issue on page 58, reflected an error in calculations. The calculations should read as follows: The first and simplest method of supplying pressure is gravity The well...

Camps for children with illnesses on the rise: normalcy and fun help with coping and healing of disease and disabilities.
November 1, 2002... Carol LeBoeuf will never forget it...the day her twelve-year-old son David came running out of the Clara Barton Day Camp in North Oxford, Massachusetts, yelling, "Mom, they're all just like me!" David, who has had Type 1 diabetes since early...

Children with cancer: positive benefits of camp.
November 1, 2002... Since childhood cancer has evolved from an inevitably fatal illness to a life-threatening chronic disease, children with cancer receive many positive benefits by participating in a camp experience. These children can have a variety of...

Seven habits of highly effective camps.
November 1, 2002... Rebuild or Reload? Highly effective camps establish more than a healthy culture. They incorporate habits that keep the camping fundamentals solid and that afford them the luxury of fine-tuning the delivery of their stated mission. Such...

Stories from camp: understanding the impact of what we do.
November 1, 2002... "There's a part of camp that has always been and will always be with me. I'm a different and better person because of having had that experience." "I think my camp experience influenced me more than any other job I've ever had--had more of...

Staff training: planning for next summer can start with recruitment and retention now.
November 1, 2002... How can you begin the process of planning for staff training next summer while building a core of returning staff who are moving forward with you? How can beginning this process now have an effect on your staff selection practices? The process...

Motivating staff.
November 1, 2002... Does what we do to motivate our staff match what the experts and research say about motivation? Many experts say that what we call motivation is not truly motivation but rather morale boosting. They are probably correct, except my experience...

Hard insurance market expected to continue; new risks emerging. (Risk Management).
November 1, 2002... Are You Ready? Camp directors, risk managers, and insurance buyers throughout the U.S. discovered a more difficult and risky insurance marketplace in 2002. It was characterized by higher prices, more restrictive coverage, and lower limits...

You're it! (Marketing Matters).
November 1, 2002... Admit it-boasting is fun every once in a while As a camp director and/or owner, it is important to understand that you play an important role in your camp's image. Therefore, you must have a presence in your marketing materials. It is a...

Confessions of a camp junkie. (A Place to Share).
November 1, 2002... Growing up in the inner-city streets of the Soundview area of the Bronx, I spent a good amount of time indoors--either at a friend's house or in my' own home--where it was safe. The music of gunshots and police and ambulance sirens, along with...

A message from the President.
November 1, 2002... Let's be blunt. There is a gap between "camp people" and "non-camp people." The camp people know that many of the best moments in life happen at camp, that camp changes people's lives, and that they wouldn't be who they are without camp. The...

CAMPaign '07: honor our past, assure our future is launched. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... "Just imagine...a world that understands what the camp professional does and why it is so important...a world that recognizes the life-long lessons children and adults can learn through a positive camp experience..." In mid-October, ACA...

National Standards Board meets. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... ACAs National Standards Board (NSB) met in late September in Indianapolis to review results of 2002 season accreditation visits and to continue work on development of a multi-level program of education and recognition. Part of the three-day...

Accreditation system research. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... As part of ACA's commitment to ongoing research on the accreditation system, an "inter-rater reliability" study will be conducted in the summer of 2003. The study will utilize volunteer visitors and camps (NOT due visits in 2003) who are...

Updates for standards visitors. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... To maintain current visitor status, visitors need to participate in update (refresher) training at least every three years--to stay up to date on standards policies and interpretations and continue to refine visitor skills. Visitors who were...

Entries wanted for the 2003 J. Wendell and Ruth T. Howe Golden Lens Awards. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... Show off your camp and campers! Enter your best camp photos in the J. Wendell and Ruth T. Howe Golden Lens Awards program. The deadline for receiving photos is December 31. The winner receives a plaque and a cash award. Winning photos will be...

Randall Grayson's Editorial Advisory Committee appointment ends. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... The American Camping Association extends appreciation to Randall Grayson for his dedicated service on the Camping Magazine Editorial Advisory Committee. He served from 1998--2002 and contributed outstanding articles to the magazine, as well as...

The Russian camp experience. (CAMPaign '07 Updates).
November 1, 2002... Connie Coutellier, director of professional development, returned from a ten-day trip to Russia for the 2002 Annual Conference of the Russian Camping Association on September 14. The Russian tour was a fascinating mix of sightseeing and camp...

Professional Development Calendar.
November 1, 2002... CENTRAL ACA Michigan Section Fall Gathering Date November 1, 2002 Location Leelanua Outdoor Center Camps Leelanau & Kohohna Maple City, MI Contact Renee Deroche 586-803-0783 rderoche@aca-michigan.org ...