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News You Can Use
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March 2009
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March Summer Camp Reading Announcement: Interview: The Birth of a Counselor with Alden Olmsted, prior camper and camp counselor: "After having a great experience, it was a natural response to want to give back"-- but his reasons for doing so are much more involved and tied in to what many generations of campers can relate and connect to. Charisse Formanes
Marketing: The Care and Feeding at Summer Camp:
Steve Cony, a well known Marketing Consultant, discusses how your marketing objectives should be threefold regardless of where you go for assistance with your marketing program, the three needs your resources must understand to get these objectives met, and what you should expect from your resources once these guidelines have been established.
Strategic Planning: Ten Ways to be Proactive in a Bad Economy:
ACAcamps gives ten tips on what you can do to stay proactive during a tough economy. You can can incorporate these tips within your camp strategy as you plan and organize for the upcoming season. Simple changes can lead to a great advantage.
Retention: Everything you needed to know about camper retention you learned in Kindergarten: In Robert Fulghum's book, "All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten," he discusses the things he learned in Kindergarten and how those simple lessons are all we really need to know about how to live and what to do. Those same lessons fittingly apply to what you can inexpensively do within your camp environment to help retention and be a positive factor when you are recruiting campers (and staff) to your program. Charisse Formanes |
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Upcoming Events
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ACA Tri-State Camp Conference Stop by our booth and say hi! March 17 - 20, 2009, Atlantic City, NJ at Atlantic City Convention Center. Camp professionals, seasonal staff, youth development professionals, and “out of school” experiential educators gather annually to participate in over 200 program sessions, visit the 300 booth exhibit hall, and network amongst a group of people dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of children. CampWest Conference 2009 April 1 - 4, 2009, Las Vegas, NV at Alexis Park Resort.This conference offers practical and guided education so conference attendees can maximize their level of learning and retention of information. From the opening kickoff to the closing session, conference speakers will connect the dots of “Building Connections: Creating Camps That Make a Difference.” ACA Mid State Camping Conference
March 26 - 28, 2009 , St. Charles, IL at Pheasant Run Conference Center & Resort.The Mid States Camping Conference, the FRIENDLIEST camping conference in the United States, welcomes you to join us for our 17th annual conference. The Mid States conference is a fabulous opportunity to connect with camping professionals, train your staff, shop for deals and fill your 'bag of tricks'. |
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Product Spotlight
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 Durability and Economy while providing all the Comforts of a very good mattress. After a long day at camp this mattress will help support the sore muscles and insure a good night’s rest for the next day’s adventure. Heavy-duty vinyl or conforming nylon covered mattresses are the workhorse in the camp industry. Our mattresses are made of good quality foam and will hold up to the extra use for many nights of good quality sleep. North America Mattress Corp. the one stop mattress store. Visit us at www.summercampmattress.com |
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One Last Thing
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Transformation- noun. 1)the act or process of transforming 2) the state of being transformed 3) change in form, appearance, nature, or character. The gloom of Winter seems like a world away when Spring brings its change. A dismal financial forecast is not an end but a catalyst for transformation. Your camp can still thrive with just some very small yet significant changes. - Charisse Formanes |
