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
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Have we mentioned lately that this is our 50th summer coming up? We have? It really is the sort of thing we should make a big deal of, so we’re mentioning it again. 50 summers is a pretty major milestone. We’re making sure that camp is looking its … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, & Friends, And we always thought it was April showers that brought May flowers. Well, here in Tucson, February has been wet! Of course, everything is relative, but compared to our normal levels of rainfall, we’re soaked! In the middle of last month, Tucson played host to some visiting 2009 … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, and Friends, We hope your February is off to a great start. Ours has been busy, which is why we’re a little late getting this month’s newsletter posted for you. Our travels continued this month with trips to Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, and Ohio. This is the time of year … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Happy 2010 everyone!! It is just amazing how fast the time flies. We’re so excited about the year ahead. We think there are countless good times in the future for our whole camp community as we celebrate camps’ 50th summer of fun and friendship! We’re totally optimistic about … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, & Friends, As I’m writing this newsletter, it is officially “cold” outside. Most of you reading this will roll your eyes, ‘cause for us here in Tucson, cold means it won’t get much above 60 degrees. But you should see how the sweatshirts and even winter coats come flying out … Read more