Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, provides examples of necessary camp documentation and record keeping advice to improve camp operations. It is extremely important to keep well organized documentation and records on your camp operations ...
Images courtesy of Amilia. Through experience as a camp professional or maybe even as both a professional and a parent, you probably know a lot about the expectations of parents when it comes to how ...
Having a camper rewards program will help with camper behavior issues by recognizing your campers for good behavior and giving them an incentive to follow the rules. You would need to purchase things like small ...
In order to run a program at a high level, you have to be an effective communicator. You can never communicate too much. Keeping your participants, staff and volunteers in the loop in every aspect ...
Apachi Day Camp of JCC Chicago renews its American Camp Association accreditation. For children, summer is the most anticipated time of year. The warm weather signals school is out and camp is starting soon. As for ...
Speciality camps such as Hogwarts Camp, Esports Gaming, Theatre and more were offered at the JCC of Youngstown this summer. The JCC of Youngstown offered a number of specialty camps this summer to engage youth ...
A recent Duke Health study published in the online journal “Pediatrics,” revealed minimal spread of symptomatic infections among youth and camp counselors at YMCA camps in six central North Carolina counties. “Our study suggests appropriate ...
Summer camps have been impacting the lives of children since the 1800s. But according to a 2013 American Camp Association survey, 54% of camp directors said they have added new programs to their offerings, most ...
When COVID-19 forced facilities everywhere to close, most traditional youth programs came to a grinding halt and organizations had to pivot to completely virtual programming. Since mid-March, kids and families have had to adjust to ...
Baron Herdelin-Doherty, the president and CEO of the YMCA of San Diego County shares how to go back to the basics for summer camp in a post-pandemic world. The YMCA of San Diego has been ...