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YMCA of the USA Camping Update August 2008 - Please end comments, submissions, and subscription requests to: gary.forster@ymca.net (Also read this and past newsletters on-line at: http://www.ymcaexchange.org/front/programs/camping/generalinfo ) First...
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For 4 months, I have been thinking about the best way to blog. Frankly, I have quite a bit to say, but I want very much to hear from others as well. My previous posts, I'm told, are too comprehensive and leave little opportunity for response. As you...
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New England Ropes issued a recall yesterday (July 29, 2008), in coordination with U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, on two of their dynamic ropes. If you bought climbing ropes from New England Ropes between the dates of August 2006 and May 2008...
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The following article appeared in TIME Magazine on July 3, 2008. It was sent to me by a camping friend. Please enjoy the article. The Meaning of Summer Camp Thursday, Jul. 03, 2008 By NANCY GIBBS I never went away to camp, even though--or maybe because...
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As the camping season quickly approaches here are some tips to improve your camp facility. The following tips were sent to me by Gary Forster, Camping Specialist for YMCA of the USA. Please respond to this thread with any questions, comments, or additional...
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Recently I received an email from Susan Yoder, Staff Liaison of ACA's Public Policy Committee (see link below). American Camp Association is advocating changes in the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008. This congressional bill would allow camps...
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We recently held a camp safety presentation at the ACA 2008 National Conference in Tennessee. This presentation included 9 steps for staff to help make your camp safe this summer. These tips proved to be very effective and are included in the 2008 Camp...
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Below is a recorded version of the Waterfront Safety webinar. Feel free to share this with your waterfront staff. This is the same version as you will find on the Waterfront Webinar post dated April 4, 2008 I hope you find this a helpful resource for...
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It's April 4, 1968. Dr. King has been shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. A few hundred miles away, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination, is scheduled to appear before a large crowd in a dangerous black...
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On March 27, 2008 we hosted a webinar on waterfront safety at camps. The presentation included preferred practices and data based statistics for the safe operation, programming and staff management of waterfronts. If you didn’t attend the webinar, you...
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Our current economic model -- implemented all across the globe as the partner platform to advancing "democracy" in developing nations -- is not sustainable. The time has come for us to recognize that any model that is dependent on over-consumption...
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The war is coming to a close. There are deep divisions in the US between hawks and doves, between blacks and whites, between those who want the firm hand of a central government and those who believe in the autonomy of the states, between those who support...
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Margot Carmichael Lester is an amazing educator, deeply involved with public school disctricts all across the US. As we approach a reassessment of "No Child Left Behind" I asked Margot to write a blog post for us on improving teaching outcomes...
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This whole week, the folks in my office are working together to learn about freedom and history and, more specifically, civil rights and racism. Many served in the community with colleagues and family members yesterday on Martin Luther King Day -- "a...
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Today we celebrate the life and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King... now viewed -- in the words of biographer Harvard Sitkoff -- as "a moderate, respectable ally of Presidents and a facile spokesperson for the American Dream." Indeed,...
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