The Day Camp Pod - From Go Camp Pro

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/you-can-do-it A Love Letter for Camps Considering Running in 2021 - from Go Camp Pro Review us on iTunes! If you’re able to run camp this summer, we want to make sure you know you can do it. This special Go Camp Pro Podcast is for camps out there who are on the fence about running this summer. We support each other...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mike-stillson Meet Mike Stillson - A True Day Camp Maverick! Review us on iTunes! The Camp Industry has some great leaders. We've interviewed a bunch of them, and we’ve got another one for you. Mike Stillson showed tremendous leadership in guiding his organization to open last summer, and continue programming...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-marcy-brower A spotlight on a wonderful woman in camping, Marcy Brower Review us on iTunes! There are some amazing people who blaze a trail for change; Marcy and Bob founded and operated Circle M Day Camp in Wheeling Illinois for 45 years, one of the first private camps to hire minority staff and enroll minori...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/parks-and-rec-pod The ins and outs of one of the largest groups of day camp providers, Parks & Rec departments! Review us on iTunes! Municipal Parks and Rec. programs might have more day campers across North America each summer than all the private camps in the United States combined. They are local, convenient...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-dave-thoensen A conversation with Andy Pritikin & Dave Thoensen Please help us welcome Dave Thoensen to this Day Camp Mini-Pod! Tune in to hear more about: Private Day Camp BUSINESS practices Fiscal responsibility Last summer: PPE purchasing, staffing, parent communication- your amazing resource of same da...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/hard-times It’s not all waterslides and s’mores, folks! Here’s how to persevere through the hard times, to get back to the good ones! The world changed for us all in March 2020, with life, and camp, and business becoming more stressful and challenging than ever before. But “what does not kill us, makes us stronger,...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mini-scott-brody How Scott Brody and The ACA supported camps through the dark days of summer 2020. Andy is joined by his longtime friend, colleague and business partner, Scott Brody, who also happens to be the Board Chair of the American Camp Association, with a concentration the past 4 years on Government affairs....

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/traditions-at-day-camp Powerful ways to draw kids into the wonder and magic of your Day Camp. Kids love predictability, kids love silliness, kids love TRADITIONS.  Most every camp out there has some kind of traditions that have woven their way into your program or facility- It’s part of the cool, uniqueness that ma...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/ppp-era-aca Timely info for American Camps - Jan/Feb 2021 For many camps and small businesses in the United States, the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program was a lifesaver- enabling us to keep our best people employed which we navigated the uncharted waters of the covid-19 pandemic.  Startin...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/preschool-program-2021 They’re the most fun, the most magical, the most squirmy and they’re the future of camp. Here’s how to rock your preschool camp programming! Pre-Schoolers are the little saplings of day camp. Show them and their families a good time, and you have an annuity that can last a decade.  That said,...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/dei-at-day-camp-pt2 Here’s part 2 of this important conversation with Dr. Perry and Dr. Ozier. One of the silver linings 2020 has been the awakening of many camp professionals to the glaring lack of diversity in the camp industry.  Besides camps that cater to children living in the inner-city, Summer camp- like man...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/dei-at-day-camp-pt1 The Day Camp world is being reborn after the summer of 2020. Let’s rebuild it into a world of diversity, equity and inclusion. One of the silver linings 2020 has been the awakening of many camp professionals to the glaring lack of diversity in the camp industry.  Besides camps that cater to chil...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/essence-of-camp When you take away all of your camp’s window-dressing, what’s left? Andy and Liz Kimmelman dig into it on this Mini-Pod. Every camp we’ve spoken to that opened during Summer 2020 quickly realized that all the bells and whistles they’ve accumulated over the years were insignificant, as their downscal...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mark-transport We’re always doing a bit of a turnaround at camp, so let’s hear from a Day Camp Pro who’s a…well…pro at it! Review us on iTunes! Being successful in the camp industry these days calls for strong, courageous leadership- and on Long Island, Mark Transport has made himself known amongst his camp peers,...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/perseverance-in-day-camping We will persist. Kids need camp too much for us to give up. Review us on iTunes! The last 8 months have been emotionally trying for all of us- Whether you opened in 2020, or chose not to open, this has been a rite of passage like none other- with no self-help books or TedTalks to lead th...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/sleepaway-spirit-pt3 “The Mont-sters of Day Camp” are here for our annual episode on harnessing the spirit of overnight camp at your day camp! If YOU have experienced both day camp AND resident camp, agree that a great day camp captures the “Sleepaway Camp” Spirit- This episode, our third annual episode on this top...

Send us Fan Mail Here are some art projects that teens will actually enjoy! Review us on iTunes! On this mini-pod, Sam sits down with Cricket to tell you about some of their favourite art projects that are winners with teens! And since it’s hard to do an audio-only show of crafts, here is a write-up of the crafts! Thanks, Sam and Cricket! - Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know b...

Send us Fan Mail Find full notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/2021-staff-recruitment-and-retention We’re not exactly sure what the summer of 2021 will look like, but we know we’ll need a great team of staff! Here’s how to get them on board, and keep them around! As we navigate the pandemic waters, the staffing landscape has skewed a bit. Some might say that potential staff are mor...

Send us Fan Mail Find more at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/eleanor-eells Celebrating a foundational Camp Professional. Tune in to learn about Eleanor Eells and her legacy in camping in part, through Title XX funding. Review us on iTunes! Eleanor P. Eells was a leader and inspiration within the field of camp throughout her life. She was an active participant in the Settlement House and Social S...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/blog/women-of-gcp-podcast What do you call it when you gather a bunch of female camp and podcasting pros in a room? You call it AWESOME. In today’s special crossover episode, Beth Allison from Camp Code hosts a conversation with several of the women who podcast with Go Camp Pro. Today’s episode features Rachel Kent and Cassie B...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes and links at - https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/day-camp-from-scratch Post-COVID, the world is going to be in need of more connection than ever. What better way is there to connect than at camp? Here’s how to start your own! Review us on iTunes! If only one out of every six American children attends summer camp programs, there’s a whole lot of potential campers out...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/day-camp-kitchen Happy Kitchen - Happy Camp. Here are some best practices for camp kitchens of all kinds! Review us on iTunes! Running a food service at your day camp is not typical, and it certainly isn’t in the talent wheelhouse of most camp directors.  But for those who can pull it off, it can be an awesome perk...

Send us Fan Mail Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/mental-health-2020 Mental Health needs to stay front-of-mind. Now more than ever. Welcome the wonderful Linda Erceg to this episode of The Day Camp Pod! Review us on iTunes! Mental Health has become one of the biggest issues facing camp professionals - and that was before covid-19 came into our lives.  For summer 2...

Send us Fan Mail It can be done. If you’re running an indoor camp during the COVID-19 pandemic, have no fear, the Day Camp Pod and Melanie Zak Curry are here! Review us on iTunes! Tune in to this mini-pod to hear about Melanies’s experience and strategies for running camp inside: INDOOR CAMP SUCCESS STORY- How they made it happen! Militant Staff (paid minimum wage) and cleaning regiment Support fr...

Send us Fan Mail Find more at http://daycamppodcast.com When’s the right time to think about reenrollment? How do you know they’re ready to come back? Well, it’s at least time to start thinking about it, so let’s get to it. Review us on iTunes! As Day Camp Professionals, we can come up with the greatest camp programs and initiatives in the world, but it don’t mean a thang, if you don’t have the ca...