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Here are some helpful camp vendors just in time for the summer! Vortex Water Playground Equipment – Talk about fun! If you’ve got a bunch of money to spend, and looking for some very cool products that kids, families, or communities are going to LOVE, then check out any of Vortex’s products. They sell an exciting variety of splash parks …

Chris from Ultimate Camp Resource was a keynote speaker at the Northeast Camping Conference on July 27, 2011. The topic was “Making the Camp World a Better Place.” Here are the links mentioned at the end of the speech of some great camp folks who are making a difference in the camp world: Nathan Brant’s Summer Camp Source Blog Dave …

Here are some interesting and valuable resources to help make your summer easier! Bunk1 ‰ÛÒ This dynamic company provides a great deal of services that will add to the richness of any camp experience. Bunk1 provides complete camp websites and/or password protected Community features (Photo Gallery, Bunk Notes (one way camp email), Message Boards, et. al.) that can be added …

Millie was a harvest mouse. She lived with her mother in a nest right in the middle of the meadow, in amongst the tall grass and great big ox-eye daisies. The nest was round, like a ball, with a little door on the side. Inside, it was lined with the softest thistledown, so it was snug and warm in the …

Everyone has a partner and they stand across from each other. One side is Pepsi and the other side is coke. One person is the “Commander,” and the Commander gives the commands. The commands consists of: Pepsi: The partner on the pepsi side will run over to their partner on the coke side- who will get down on one knee- …

Five people go in a line, and do the letters P, I, X, A, R, with their bodies, like the YMCA song letters. The sixth person is the Pixar lamp. The “Pixar lamp” jumps from the letter R to the letter I. When the “Pixar lamp” gets to the letter “I”, the letter “I” will crouch down, and the “Pixar …

paper ball, 2-4 helpers, fork spoon and knife, chairs to go around everybody in the circle and one for the middle, and one very good psychic actor! confuse and have fun! There are supposed to be at least 3 or 4 different people who know how the game works (if there are plenty of players). The leader will begin by …

A camp leader with a strong voice To get The campers attention Great Attention Getter! When campers are busy or the camp leader needs the campers attention the camp leader in a loud voice says”Rabbit Ears” and the campers respond by putting up their middle and index finger (as if they’re Rabbit Ears) and the index finger of the other …

Loud Voice To be the last one on the ship deck, once a player is out they become a ghost or shark outside of the deck. A.K.A Port & Starboard ——————————————————————————– One player is chosen as the captain. S/he calls out orders to the rest of the players who are the crew. If a player does not follow an order …

One bag of marshmallows One lb. of spaghetti Team-building, communication The group needs to chose one person to be the leader before any instructions are given. Once the leader is chosen, instructions are given. The task is to create the tallest tower using only uncooked spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. The group is then told that the leader is only allowed …

What are some of the biggest hiring mistakes you’ve made and what things can we do to try to avoid them in the future? Though on the outside every camp is different, our collective mission remains the same. We strive to provide the most comprehensive programs for our campers in an effort to develop them both physically and mentally. We …

None To see who is the quickest and who can catch the most people. 1-3 people are “it” and everyone else runs around. If caught by someone who is “it”, they are then stuck in that place until someone running crawls through their legs.

Best Actor/Actress Award (anything you can find…be creative!) Set this up like its an award ceremony and the entire group is in attendance. Each camper will get a chance to win the “Best Actor Award”(this can be just about anything you can get your hands on…the more outrageous the better…like a toilet brush). When it is their turn, they get …

It is midnight. The streets of Cohoes grow silent as the citizens turn off their lights one by one and go to their well-earned rest. The night is dark, and the wind whispers softly, touching the trees and houses, rattling a window pane here and there. In one house, a woman sits beside her window, waiting silently for the doctor …

One morning several young women went out from their tepee village to gather firewood. Among them was Sapana, the most beautiful girl in the village, and it was she who first saw the porcupine sitting at the foot of a tall cottonwood tree. She called to the others: “Help me to catch this porcupine, and I will divide its quills …

Name and Purpose The Rock Game is a slow-reveal trick game where the answer is hidden in plain sight. It builds lateral thinking, careful listening, and the good-natured patience of being puzzled. a.k.a. How Many Rocks, Count the Rocks Age / Group / Time / Space Ages 10-16 | 3-20 players | 10-20 minutes | Any seated setting, indoors or …

Once long ago, Dog was married to Cat. They were happy together, but every night when Dog came home from work, Cat said she was too sick to make him dinner. Dog was patient with this talk for a while, but he soon got mighty tired of fixing dinner for them both after a hard day’s work. After all, Cat …