Grit – The secret to success?

Earlier this month, we were fortunate enough to attend the American Camp Association’s, Tri-State Camp Conference, the premier conference on Youth Development.   As the largest gathering of summer camp professionals,…

The Benefits of Being a camp Counselor

13 Reasons Why Every Career-Driven Millennial Should Work At Camp For A Summer Former Disney CEO, Michael Eisner, summed it up when he described his days as a summer camp…

The Gift of Camp

The Gift of Camp    With the holidays upon us, we have spent a lot of time thinking and talking about the meaning of gifts and gift giving.  We recently…

Boys and Camp

Boys and Camp -Developing Skills for Life Success By Ana Homayoun I spent a few months earlier this year visiting camps throughout New England. One of my stops was Camp Watitoh,…

Keeping Up with Our Kids’ Technology

On Monday, October 9, CNN’s unveiled a study that “Anderson Cooper 360” worked with child psychologist Dr. Marion Underwood and sociologist Dr. Robert Faris to analyze hundreds of posts on Instagram,…

The Importance of Community

The below article was recently published on the American Camp Association blog, by teen and millennial expert, Ana Homayoun.  Her books, The Myth of the Perfect Girl and That Crumbled…

Summer 2015 Slide Show

A slide show of photos from the 60s thru today may sound a little old school – however – when it includes photos of your parents, aunts, uncles and camp…

Living the Dream: Week 6 & 7

  Living the Dream…the last two weeks.   As the candle boats float from the beach to the edge of the “H” dock, on this last night of camp, it’s…

Living the Dream: Week 5

Week 5, is officially in the books! The week began with normal programming and the traditional Sports-a-Rama Monday night games. Tuesday was a special day with most of our older…