10 Tips for Coordinating Activity Stations for Camp
Coordinating different activities in stations and rotating groups from one station to the next is a common practice at camp.
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Coordinating different activities in stations and rotating groups from one station to the next is a common practice at camp.
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Swimming and water activities at camp with friends can be a highlight of the summer. However, swimming can also be very.
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Planning is the cornerstone of any well-run community recreation program. If you fail to plan you plan to fail. Proper.
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To encourage families to attend school or organization events and boost attendance, it’s essential to offer incentives that make participation.
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Communicating effectively with supporters is essential not only for getting visitors to your organization, but also for encouraging those visitors to deepen.
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Imagine planning to build a tall and strong building. Once you’ve chosen the perfect location and prepped the site, there’s.
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Bullying can happen anywhere, and the dynamics can be complex. To put preventative measures in place to tackle incidents of.
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A Counselor in Training (CIT) program typically allows high-school students to volunteer within a camp program. Set up properly, it.
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Proper planning pays dividends in running programs smoothly. Planning is the cornerstone of any well-run camp. However, the beauty of.
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Years of research across multitudes of studies have led us to the same conclusion – children learn more effectively when.
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In the world of philanthropy in community rec and nonprofit organizations, fundraising plays a crucial role in supporting important causes and.
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Camp is community. Camp is friendship. Camp is childhood. As camps advance their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, practices, and.
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For generations, a camp director’s focus on safety meant protecting campers from physical harm. In today’s reality that is still.
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Youth development happens every day in park and recreation spaces and programs. The growth that young people experience in their.
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To create meaningful and lasting change when it comes to including people with disabilities, it is important to involve people.
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It’s time to get excited about Field Day! Campers look forward to this day because it gets them outside and.
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Are you ready to turn exercise into an exciting adventure? In a world where screens dominate entertainment, it’s crucial to.
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Camp professionals often compare the summer season in their program to running a marathon. During interviews with seasonal staff, we.
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Some camps welcome teens, but others do not — perhaps because they find normative adolescent behaviors intolerable. Why should we care?
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You should make it a priority to survey and evaluate every aspect of your operation before, during and after all recreation.
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Embracing inclusivity is not merely a gesture of goodwill, it’s a moral obligation and a societal necessity. All too often,.
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Anyone running a camp must consider the exposure to risk and ensure that any space the camp occupies is safe..
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The most effective marketing opportunity is the ability to build a relationship with members of a community. As experiential-based organizations,.
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Whether you run camps all year round or just over the summer, there are always going to be peaks and.
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Arts and Craft projects are one of the cornerstones of camp activities and a staple for any camp. It is.
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Proper safety and supervision at camp is important and should be taken very seriously. Whether coordinating an activity, on a.
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The average seasonal staff member will clock approximately 840 work hours over an 8-week period. This means we camp professionals.
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It is no secret that our nation’s mental health crisis has grown rapidly over the last several years. Park and.
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Coordinating different activities and rotating groups from one station to the next is a common practice at camp and a.
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Many organizations and camps want to increase diversity and representation in their staff, but often see high turnover and little.
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It’s undeniable. The research proves how important and impactful high-quality youth programs and activities are for the development and success of children..
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