Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Our prolonged summer experience is now officially over. We’re back in Tucson, in the shadows of the Santa Catalina Mountains. It’s sunny and 80 degrees outside, so we’ve obviously entered fall and are hurtling towards winter. Before ya know it, we’ll be battling daytime temps in the 60s! … Read more
Dear Parents, Campers, Staff, Alums, & Friends, And so our long run of months spent in the Northwoods is finally coming to an end. These past weeks have been truly wonderful, as we’ve enjoyed a September with ideal weather, and lots of fun. We’re certainly looking forward to returning to Tucson this month, and we … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, So….this is the “off-season.” It’s different, that’s for sure. We’re enjoying our first opportunity in about 20 years to stay up at camp and soak in the fall season if/when it arrives. We’ll get to remain up here through this month and into early October! For a few … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Greetings from the very green Northwoods of Wisconsin!!! Not only is it green compared to the desert southwest, it’s green compared to the way we found camp only one year ago. Last year, we arrived and the lake was just barely thawed, and not until June did the … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, My brothers and I could never wait till spring, growing up in the Midwest. Pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training camp in February was the first signal. Then came March, and some hints of warmth in the air, and the snow melting away. For some reason, one … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, “I have a great memory…it’s just short.” If you hang out with middle-age folks enough, you’ll hear that joke now and then. It’s funny and true for a lot of people. Memory, though, can be one of the most powerful resources that people who work with children can … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, There was a time in history when people had grave concerns about roads being built to connect towns and villages. It was progress, but many worried about what the new transience might mean to societies. Later, when trains arrived on the scene, traveling at “breakneck” speeds of 20 … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, We hope you all had a great start to the New Year! Here’s something to think about. Do you believe that the way someone phrases a statement can be as important as the actual statement itself? Are semantics important? Let’s take the word “away.” Let’s say, for instance, … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff & Friends, Happy New Year! We hope that the holidays were full of joy and friendship and that you all had fun and relaxed over your break from school or work. Whether you were getting big fluffy turns on the mountain, putting your feet up at the beach or just spending … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff & Friends, We hope you all stayed warm as freezing temperatures swept the country this past month. For many of you winter is most definitely here. The snow has been piling up at camp and by the time the bell would be ringing for flagpole, it’s already dark outside! Despite the … Read more