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In addition to traditional sports, summer camps are offering more and more hobby related activities to campers. The guest blog this week is from the Camp Starlight blog and explores a popular hobby program there that offers campers the opportunity to learn skills that are not commonly taught in schools or neighborhood programs. The Circus… 阅读更多»
Month: July 2014
Camp Influences
In their book True North, Bill George and Peter Sims challenge readers to examine the qualities and influences that have made them great leaders through a series of motivational chapters complemented by interactive surveys. In the survey that follows the first chapter, readers are asked: “During your early years, which people had the greatest impact… 阅读更多»
The Action Never Stops!
Every day at summer camp is a busy one with a seemingly endless amount of activities for campers. The guest blog this week, which comes courtesy of the Camp Laurel blog, explains just how much action takes place at camp. Our Outdoor Tripping Staff have taken campers all over the state of Maine: From Camden… 阅读更多»
Rain: No Problem!
Ideally, every day at camp is sunny and warm. Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn’t always prescribe to human ideals and, although not often, occasionally the skies are a bit more gray than blue and the weather a bit more wet than dry. Although such conditions are “ideal” they certainly don’t bring the fun and activities to… 阅读更多»
Visiting Day is Almost Here!
At America’s Finest Summer Camps, a very important day is on the horizon: Visiting Day. On camp visiting days, summer camp campuses are inundated by eager parents bearing gifts and snacks for their campers. They then spend the day with their children, catching up on the summer and exploring the camp. The guest blog this… 阅读更多»
I Never Thought I would…
A recent blog shared some of the most popular counselor ‘I never thought I would…’ thoughts. Counselors aren’t the only ones from whom this phrase is commonly heard as the introduction of wonder throughout the summer. It’s heard just as often from campers. Here are some of the most popular perspectives of camper exclamations that… 阅读更多»
Sports, Activities and Trips Galore…
Sports and adventures are an integral part of the camp experience. That’s why we selected this feature from the Camp Laurel blog for the guest blog this week. Our overnight camping program is one of the best parts about going to camp in Maine. Yesterday, four groups of campers headed out for camping excursions to… 阅读更多»
I Never Thought I Would…
It’s interesting how many times throughout the summer counselors are overheard beginning a sentence with the phrase ‘I never thought I would…’ Working at sleepaway camp is truly a collection of ‘I never thought I would…’ moments. All too often, those are also the remarks that speak for camp itself, because they’re epiphanies from the… 阅读更多»
Awesome Opening Days for America’s Finest Summer Camps
The campers have arrived and summer is in full swing at all of America’s Finest Summer Camps. So, naturally, what other guest blog could we feature this week but a report about those magical moments that the campers arrived as reported by the camps themselves? An Amazing Arrival Day at Camp Laurel We had an… 阅读更多»