Category: Staff
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Spending a Summer as a Camp Counselor Could Be the Best Decision You Make in College
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by: Caroline Davis Everyone knows that college and stress go hand in hand. The looming threat of the “real world” is only a handful of semesters away, and big decisions have to be made about your life at some point between now and then. Majors, minors, grad school, internships, and…
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‘Should I Be Sending My Children to Camp?’
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Michael Thompson, Ph.D Some six million children in the United States are preparing psychologically to go away to sleepaway camp. Whether these departing children are camp veterans or nervous rookies, they are mentally rehearsing being away from mom and dad, their comfortable beds, their pets, favorite meals and, of course,…
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Benefits of Camp
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The camp experience enriches lives and changes the world. Camp provides children with a community of caring adults, who nurture experiential education that results in self-respect and appreciation for human value. All of the outcomes – self-identity, self-worth, self-esteem, leadership, and self-respect – build personal competencies. These personal competencies are…