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Use Facebook To Give Your Camp A Marketing Boost What’s your status? Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are wonderful marketing tools that, thanks to their popularity, reach just about everyone around the globe. In an article posted on … Continue reading
Posted in Camp Business, Issues, Nov/Dec 2012
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Username: Outdoors
Having directed children’s camps all of my adult life, and now having hit my mid-50s, I have noticed a paradigm shift in the way campers and their families perceive the great outdoors. In my own days of childhood recreation and … Continue reading
Posted in Camp Business, Departments, Issues, Nov/Dec 2012, Programming
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Homesickness And Acculturation Stress
Research has shown that upwards of 95 percent of young people report at least some homesickness during a multi-week stay away from home. Even for persons with more experience in being away from home—typically those chronologically older, such as staff—the … Continue reading
Good Horse Sense
Campers’ experiences with horses run the gamut: There are those who are very comfortable and have been riding since they can remember, and then there are those who are experiencing riding for the first time. Whatever the case, it’s never … Continue reading
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Menu Makeover
8:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. These times, give or take 30 minutes depending on your camp schedule, are some of the most important hours in a camper’s day. Apart from swimming, hiking, and sporting, eating (and snacking) reigns supreme … Continue reading