The Summer Camp Society Blog
Why We Believe You Can run (a version of ) Camp on Zoom...and How We Can Help
Covid-19 - Three Projects We Are Working On At Stomping Ground
Online Camp Guide: Digital Comic Book Camp
Reflections on Leadership, Evaluation, and Sparkle
Spark Phrases: Training Staff on Play
Illuminating the Hidden Curriculum. Good for Mission. Good for Money.
Finding My First Full-Time Job in Camping
My protests grew weaker as time went on; camp provided a million new reasons every summer as to why I should say yes.
Inclusion at Summer Camp - The Hidden Curriculum
Networking Sounds Yucking But I Love Friends
This post humorously addresses the discomfort some feel toward traditional networking while highlighting the importance of genuine connections in the camp community. It emphasizes that building relationships through shared experiences and mutual interests can be much more rewarding and less intimidating than typical networking events.
Insider Info Creates Outsiders at Camp is That Ok?
7 Types of All Camp Games You Can Run This Summer
11 Ideas to Supercharge your Online Day of Giving
Jack's Kookie Take on Professional Development
Camp Kiko Crisis Challenge: A Simulation Activity for Camp Leaders
For this reason, I have developed a new simulation activity that camp leaders can use for an in-service training: The Camp Kiko Crisis Challenge. In this challenge, you will pretend you run a camp where four campers have gone missing on a field trip. Allegations of drug use swirl and transportation to the field trip location (a remote island) make things even worse. What will you do in the face of these issues? Test your skills by trying out our new exercise
What Do You Do The Rest Of The Year? - Staff Narrative & Social Pressure
I wonder how many great camp directors have left the camp world because they didn’t feel like constantly answering that question. “What do you do the rest of the year?” Or how many potential great camp directors go become teachers, nurses, or lawyers because they don’t think camp is valued in their community.
Five Under-Utilized Strategies to use During a Camp Crisis
Here are the top four underutilized tactics I have learned from our CampMinder Crisis Challenges that are essential during any sort of camp emergency that unfolds over time
25 Ways to Make More Impact this Summer
Lessons learned (and still learning) on equity and seasonal staff
“They bank on the goodwill that I will return because the conditions are better here (not by pay but by community)...they bank on the love that I have for this place and that doesn’t make me feel valued. I don’t want a “thank you” I want dignity.”
How being a camp counselor made me a better medical student
Looking back on my years at Camp Al-Gon-Quian, there are several lessons I learned and skills I honed while working there that enhanced my ability to care for patients during medical school.
