Category Archives: Oct 05

What for WiFi

Don’t you just love all the technological acronyms floating around these days? It’s almost like being in the army… “Hey, my PDA is AWOL!” One of the latest of these wonderful abbreviations is WiFi. What’s WiFi? I guess it’s kind … Continue reading

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Staff Recruitment – Beyond the Resume

If you’ve never hired someone who didn’t work out, or never had vacancies when summer started, then don’t bother reading this. Still reading? Then you already know that finding enough staff, and more importantly, finding the right staff, is the … Continue reading

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Me a Mentor?

“I was the only one…I felt all alone…Not a single person said hi to me…” These are all words that we, as camp directors, hope we never hear come out of the mouths of our campers or staff as they … Continue reading

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Day to Day

This year’s Staff of the Year works hard every day at Fort Meigs YMCA Day Camp. Sara Perna does the little things every day to give the kids in her care that something special that only camp can deliver. Fort … Continue reading

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How to Help

ABBEVILLE, La. — When it became apparent that Katrina was drawing a bead on New Orleans as the giant hurricane approached land in late August, few — if any of us — were prepared for the aftermath. It is not … Continue reading

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