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 ...
Around 20 million children in the U.S. attend summer camp every year, according to the American Camp Association. As community centers host a majority of these children, it’s vital you are providing fun, safe and ...
Fundraising is a large part of any youth program, especially in the nonprofit sector. It is important you get creative with your fundraising and find additional ways to generate revenue to make sure you have ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, shares tips for addressing camp discipline and reducing conflict. Disciplining your campers is never a fun task, but is necessary when all other options have been exhausted. Discipline can ...
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 ...
Providing your parents detailed camp schedules to outline all their child’s camp activities is a cornerstone to any well-run camp. Ideally, you should be able to schedule out your entire camp and provide this to ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, shares tips and guidelines you should have in place during camp planning in recreation. Planning is the cornerstone of any well-run camp. If you fail to plan you plan ...
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 ...
As the largest Jewish Community Center in North America, non-denominational and welcoming to all, the philosophy of inclusion serves as a compass for JCC Chicago. Celebrating 118 years in 2021, JCC Chicago — the largest ...