Calls, Letters and Questionable Sanity
June 19, 2019
Our fellow camp directors think we are crazy. Some ask, “Why in the world would you trust a counselor to make an update phone call with a parent?” O...
Camp Champions Blog
Better than Resilient
June 18, 2019
OK, please forgive the more serious blog today, but this is a subject that I have been thinking about a lot (and am very excited about). The mos...
What's It Like to Be a Director?
June 17, 2019
Sometimes people ask, “What is it like to be a camp director?” This question has many variations. Some wonder about camper interaction, other...
Celebrating the Hearth (Our Fine Arts Center)
June 16, 2019
Three years ago, we completed a huge project: the Hearth. The Hearth is our Fine Arts Center and camp library. It has 5 studios, one dance hall, 200...
Learning "Teaming"
June 15, 2019
We did a fun team-building and design exercise with the oldest Senior Campers today: the Marshmallow Challenge. In the Marshmallow Challenge, te...
A Random Blog
June 14, 2019
The blog is a mish-mash of short items. “Adulting” I will start with a shirt that feels like it should be a camp shirt. Tiger Sir (actually his real...