Camp Champions Blog

During this session, I will be writing a fresh blog each day.   We will also post 1-2 other articles that I have writing in the past that attempt to describe the power of summer camp.

Goodbyes are hard.

Most days I schedule some time to write this blog. Of course, I am no fool. I also lay out two alternative times.

As you may have read, we spend a lot of time in the off-season thinking about the skills that campers foster at camp, especially the “21^st Century Skills” of communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and leadership.

Susie Ma’am and I often hear the same statement from campers, counselors and graduates school friends:

At times, the ridiculousness of the camp life hits me smack in the face. Today is such a day.

I would like to share some exciting news about next summer.

Twice each week, Susie Ma’am and I invite the Senior Campers into our home for chats we call Baskin Talks (admittedly not the most original name). Each of the three age groups (finishing 9^th, 10^th and 11^th grades) meets separately for an hour.

Today, the boys and girls have very different evening activities. On the boys’ side, we have a wide variety of plans for the different age groups.

At times, I find myself sitting at my keyboard at 11PM trying to think of something to share with our wonderful parents.