Camp Timberlane Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, The mercury in Tucson is rising. We’ve already hit the mid 80s a few times in the past weeks, and the weather guys are already talking 90s! That’s actually a coded message for all Northwoods camp directors. It means GO NORTH!! And very soon, we’re looking forward to … Read more
To Our Camp Timberlane Family, As you may know from the recent email sent out by Mike and Leslie, Rachel, Emma, and I are writing to let you know of a big change in our lives. We wanted to personally write a note to share the news, and let all of you know how much … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, and Friends, It is March! Spring may not be officially here yet, but March is spring-ish enough for us! Summer is on the way!! If you were here in our office the day before this newsletter was written, you would have looked out the windows and seen snow-covered mountains. That’s … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, We hope you all have had a nice January and start to the New Year. As you no doubt have read, we had some eventful days here in Tucson last month. The tragedy struck fairly close to home for most of our camp friends here in town, though … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Happy New Year, y’all! We hope it is off to a fantastic start, and brings you all much happiness and success!! There are certain expressions that parents tell their kids that we all tend to pass down from generation to generation. I’m talking about things like how important … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Alums & Friends, The Cheyenne are credited for creating the adage, “Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.” It seems sensible, and it is particularly germane to a discussion of understanding and working with children. This topic came up in a recent issue of Parade Magazine, … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, On July 4th we have a traditional quote for grace at breakfast, “We are thankful to live in a country where we choose our leaders with ballots instead of bullets.” So even in the midst of a particularly unfriendly and ugly election cycle, we know it could be … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Our newspaper recently ran a very interesting article it picked up from the AP. Given all the national attention lately about adding days to the school year, I thought this article was illustrative of the need for more kids to experience camp, rather than the need for more … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, We are back in the desert, and it is hot, hot, hot! We know we’re going to be happy being back in Tucson in a month or so when things cool down, but for now we sometimes have to scratch our heads and wonder. It is so beautiful … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, & Friends I would guess that a vast majority of you campers, and probably a large chunk of you staff members will disagree with what I’m about to say. I’ll also guess that most of you camp parents will agree with me. Here goes: I have to believe that the … Read more