Category Archives: Traditional Programs

Stretch & Twist

As camp time gets ever closer (wasn’t it just yesterday that we had closing ceremonies?) it’s time to jumpstart camp and get the ideas flowing. Continuing from last month’s column, and the January Programming Ideas article, here are some more … Continue reading

Posted in Camp Business, Columns & Features, Departments, Icebreakers, Games, Skits, Issues, Jeff Merhige, Mar 05, Programming, Traditional Programs, Writers | Leave a comment

Getting to Know You

Activities, activities, and more activities is how we accomplish all that we do in the camping industry! Name games, team building and get-to-know-you games allow us to get inside the group dynamics of kids, campers, adults and retreat groups. The … Continue reading

Posted in Camp Business, Columns & Features, Departments, Feb 05, Issues, Jeff Merhige, Staff Training, Technology + Marketing, Traditional Programs, Writers | Leave a comment

The Ultimate Survivor

Traditional Programs “It’s time to vote,” “You’re fired!” “Will you accept this rose?” are phrases that have become a big part of our recent television and pop culture. How do camps turn these themes into programming that helps us to … Continue reading

Posted in Camp Business, Columns & Features, Dec 04, Departments, Issues, Jeff Merhige, Technology + Marketing, Traditional Programs, Writers | Leave a comment

Game Day

It is the community feel that distinguishes camps from one another. Each one is unique and made up of traditions, games, ceremonies or even camp jargon that kids remember and pass on to other campers. One aspect of programming that … Continue reading

Posted in Camp Business, Columns & Features, Departments, Facilities + Grounds, Issues, Nov 04, Programming, Traditional Programs | Leave a comment

Building for the Future

The best feeling in the world, besides knowing you have made a difference in a child’s life, is bulldozers clearing a site for the construction of your new building, which will also affect children’s lives for the better! Camp directors … Continue reading

Posted in Camp Business, Columns & Features, Departments, Facilities + Grounds, Issues, Jeff Merhige, Oct 04, Traditional Programs, Writers | Leave a comment