Really Teaching Leadership
July 01, 2022
Many programs talk about fostering leadership, but most suffer from a fundamental shortcoming: It is hard to learn how to lead if you have no one to l...
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Making a Storm a Moment
June 28, 2022
As a young man, you would have described me as intense. OK, some still do so, but I was particularly focused and driven as a teen and young adult. I ...
Loud, In a Good Way
June 20, 2022
Every session at camp has its own distinct personality, but rarely has that contrast been more clear than in the last several days. The first two week...
Sisterhood at the Lake Swim
June 16, 2022
Today, we had the Lake Swim. Roughly 100 campers (boys and girls who just finished 6th, 7th and 8th grades) swam across the lake and back. While som...
Tech Free and Happy
March 24, 2022
This is the last in a series of 4 blogs. The first two describe critical trends that have affected children in concerning ways: 1) parenting trends a...
What Has Changed?
March 21, 2022
In my previous blog, I shared that I want to scream the importance of camp from the rooftops. In particular, I want parents to know that camp has cri...