summer camp or country club?

Summer Camp or Country

Club?TRI-STATE 2012

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Why are we here? Let’s not lose sight of what camp is. Let’s not let

the chaos of life and the craziness of the outside world intrude too much

more!Wednesday, March 14, 2012

FRANCES

JESS, NOLAN, EMMITT

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Reality...

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✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP

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Reality...

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✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP

✦ PD sometimes equals PMITERN - The Packet

4

Reality...

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✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP

✦ PD sometimes equals PMITERN - The Packet

✦ Have fun, laugh and learn something you can use to make your camp better.

4

Reality...

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✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP

✦ PD sometimes equals PMITERN - The Packet

✦ Have fun, laugh and learn something you can use to make your camp better.

✦ 4 % Rule 4

Reality...

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“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

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“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

MAKE LIFELONG IMPACTS ON THOSE THAT WORK AND ATTEND

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“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

MAKE LIFELONG IMPACTS ON THOSE THAT WORK AND ATTEND

CREATE NEW LOVE, PERSPECTIVE AND ENTHUSIASM ABOUT LIFE

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“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

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CREATE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS

“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

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CREATE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS

CREATE THE “EMPTY EXPLANATION” PHENOMENA (STOP TRYING THIS BTW)

“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

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“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

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“WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...

INCLUDE EVERYONE FOR WHO THEY ARE

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You might totally disagree with everything that is said here or think

“this is nice, but our enrollment will be low and we won’t make a profit this summer”

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Discuss how you think kids

would define Summer Camp...

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Discuss how you think

parents would define summer

camp...Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Define a country club...

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Define a country club...

•club, usually in a suburban area, with a clubhouse and grounds, offering various activities and generally having facilities for tennis, golf, swimming etc...

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Take what you want

and leave the rest!

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Camp # 1: NO electronics

•Admin with radios•Cell Phones, video games, music, etc...

•What do you do?Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Country Club... •Electronics

everywhere... on the golf course, on the tennis court, in the clubhouse

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Camp # 2: Identification with and connection to the natural

world.•Astronomy nights•Solos•Nature programs•Your’s?

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Camp # 3: Give back to the greater good

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Camp # 3: Give back to the greater good

• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group contribute back to camp in the summer of 2012?

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Camp # 3: Give back to the greater good

• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group contribute back to camp in the summer of 2012?

• Teaching kids to think about others.

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Camp # 3: Give back to the greater good

• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group contribute back to camp in the summer of 2012?

• Teaching kids to think about others.

• This is an opening cabin night talk... “What can we do to give back to camp or to make camp better?

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Camp # 3: Give back to the greater good

• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group contribute back to camp in the summer of 2012?

• Teaching kids to think about others.

• This is an opening cabin night talk... “What can we do to give back to camp or to make camp better?

• This might be for an individual camper or the camp as a whole.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Camp # 3: Give back to the greater good

• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group contribute back to camp in the summer of 2012?

• Teaching kids to think about others.

• This is an opening cabin night talk... “What can we do to give back to camp or to make camp better?

• This might be for an individual camper or the camp as a whole.

• Your’s?Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Country Club...

•little to no contribution to the greater good, but we have a lot of fun

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Camp # 4: A positive, meaningful tradition

•What are your PMT’s

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Night time routine...Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Camp # 5: The chance to look and behave out of the norm

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Camp # 5: The chance to look and behave out of the norm

•Make this “voluntarily mandatory”

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Camp # 5: The chance to look and behave out of the norm

•Make this “voluntarily mandatory”

•Get dirty

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Camp # 5: The chance to look and behave out of the norm

•Make this “voluntarily mandatory”

•Get dirty•Splash and play in the rain

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Camp # 5: The chance to look and behave out of the norm

•Make this “voluntarily mandatory”

•Get dirty•Splash and play in the rain

•Dress up, dance, sing... put yourself out there...

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Camp # 6: An authentic and engaged staff

•This is not just their “summer job”

•The place is important to them by ACTIONS! (not just words)

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When interviewed you hear key words...

•Kids, Fun, Impact, Joy, Make a Difference, Camp was important to me as a kid, Love, Outside

•I don’t give a damn about how good of a tennis player they are or what they are certified in! (to a certain extent) :)

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Camp # 6: An authentic and engaged staff cont...

•One of their observable behaviors is they can often be seen with kids and engaged in activities

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Country club...•This is just a summer job!

•“How do stay excited when most of us don’t give a ...”

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Country club camps...

•Might make a lot of money. Do they make a lot of great difference in the long term development of a kid?

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BONUS...

•A healthy business

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Finally, only at a true summer camp can you...

•Pound it variations•RPSE•Cartwheel tournament•Jelly Fish

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You make your money in

15 seconds!Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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