Yoyojoe – Born To Camp

So one of the things we hear a lot in the camping world is that new immigrant populations just don’t come to camp because they don’t understand the benefit.  This is an interesting article that highlights this is not the only challenge that we face. A major shift in thinking is called a paradigm shift [...]

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Are we as summer camps overprotecting our campers?  Do parents expect too much safety?  Should we just start running a bubble camp – with only kids in bubbles – no way for injury or for learning? Am I cynical? Many times I have started to write an article called: “How safe is too safe”… Camp [...]

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There are times when I can’t force the thinking to stop. I worry about camp and how to make camp better. I worry about making the right decisions for camp. I worry about making the right decisions for the campers. …to calm the thinking…to calm the thinking…what is next. Going to a conference in BC [...]

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