Camp, The Importance of Camp, Thinking Out Loud at the Kamaji Office
Recently someone not connected with camp asked me “Why did you choose a girls’ camp to own?” Truth is, Mike and I did not intentionally choose a girls’ camp over a boys’ camp. When we started out in 1978 to look for a summer camp to own and direct, we had no...
Camp, The Importance of Camp, Thinking Out Loud at the Kamaji Office, Why Summer Camp
Did you know that summer camp is an American invention – with camps becoming more and more widespread 90 to 100 years ago?? As discussed in a 2002 article written by Kay S. Hymowitz titled Notes on Camp, “Back then forward-thinking youth leaders worried about...
Camp, Thinking Out Loud at the Kamaji Office, Why Summer Camp
After reading a recently posted Kamaji blog, Singing out Loud, a Kamaji alumnae wrote to ask: “Did your son (Nathan) ever tell you the joke they tell over at Camp Chippewa for Boys about Kamaji’s singing habits? My son, who also attended Chippewa, found it...
Camp, Thinking Out Loud at the Kamaji Office
One recurring comment we get from people after they’ve watched Kamaji’s video is how happy our campers are!! Too, Kamaji campers will tell us “I’m a happy camper” and Kamaji camper parents write us “Our daughter came home a happy camper!” Admittedly flattered by the...
Camp, Thinking Out Loud at the Kamaji Office, Why Summer Camp
One of the many never-ending tasks we’ve been working on for the upcoming summer — Kamaji’s 96th!! — is a revision of Kamaji’s Songbook. Over Ye Directors’ past 29 summers at Kamaji, we have written, rewritten, revised, re-revised and re-re-revised(‼) songbooks no...
