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CONFERENCE SPONSORS BOOTHS 531, 533 BOOTH 239 BOOTHS 630, 632 INTERACTIVE ZONE BOOTH 316 BOOTH 729 INTERACTIVE ZONE BOOTH 638 BOOTH 402, 404 premier sponsor! 2015 CAMP CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS $,#( ACA gratefully acknowledges the commitment of these hardworking volunteers and the support of their camps. If you are interested in volunteering for the 2017 Tri-State CAMP Conference, please contact the ACA, NY and NJ office at [email protected]. LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE Conference Chair Conference Program Co-Chairs ACA, NY and NJ Prof Dev Oversight Chair ACA, NY and NJ President ACA, NY AND NJ STAFF Executive Director Director of Events Events and Marketing Associate Director of Operations Director of Communications Director of Camper Placement Director of Member Services Associate Director of Standards Membership and Training Associate VENDOR COMMITTEE JASON SAMUEL, Chair ERIC FORTI SCOTT LANTZMAN SCOTT LEONARD CARLY MELTZER JUSTIN EFROS JUSTIN MAYER MATT JACKOWITZ SCOTT ROSENBLUTH TODD ROBBINS SUSIE LUPERT SAMARA FEINBERG LETI SALAMA BETH CHIAFAIR JESS MICHAELS RENEE FLAX ALLISON WITTENBERG KYLE MEDEIROS AMRINE TOMLINSON Deer Mountain Day Camp H&H Purchasing Woodmont Day Camp Camp Wicosuta Jeff Lake Camp Timber Lake West Camp Walt Whitman Camps Equinunk and Blue Ridge North Shore Day Camp HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE JACKIE BRETHEL, Chair LAUREN BERNSTEIN BRANDI CARNIVALE LILLIE KUGLER Camp Cobbossee Camp Walden Liberty Lake Day Camp Camp Mah-Kee-Nac EPIC COMMITTEE LAUREN HOHMAN, Chair GREGG LICHT, Director Liaison NICKI ALPERN ADAM BARANKER MELANIE BUCK MICHAEL DAVIDOWITZ ROBBIE GOTHELF JOHN HAWK PHILIP JAMES LINDSEY KULCHIN MATTY LAYMAN CARLY MELTZER BRIDGET SHANAHAN Southwoods Elmwood Day Camp Camps Equinunk and Blue Ridge Jeff Lake Camp Meadowbrook Country Day Camp Tyler Hill Camp Timber Lake Camp Camp Cobbossee Project Morry Ramapo Country Day Camp Indian Head Camp Camp Wicosuta The Fresh Air Fund 2016 VOCE PRESENTERS SCOTT BRODY, Chair SHELLEY TAGER, Chair SUSIE BASKIN LAUREN BERNSTEIN MICKEY BLACK EPHRAM CAFLUN JORDAN DALE JON DEREN DAWN EWING RICHIE GERSTEN DAYNA HARDIN MARK HONIGFELD JAY JACOBS MINDY JACOBS GORDON JOSEY ARTHUR KESSLER STACY KOTELOV MARK MAJOR DAVID MILLER ANDY PRITIKIN SCOTT RALLS STEPHANIE REITER MITCH REITER KEN SCHAINMAN ALAN SILVERMAN TONY STEIN ROBYN TANNE MARK TRANSPORT Camps Kenwood and Evergreen Indian Head Camp Camp Champions Camp Walden Pine Forest Camp Camp Weekela Surprise Lake Camp Camp Manitou Project Morry Brant Lake Camp Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods Trails End Camp Timber Lake Camp Timber Lake Camp Breezemont Camp Ramaquois Day Camp Banner Day Camp International Sports Training Camp Camp Starlight Liberty Lake Day Camp and Everwood Day Camp Southwoods Camp Towanda Camp Towanda Camp Mohawk Camp Moshava Camp Echo Lake Harbor Haven Camp Taconic JED BUCK, Meadowbrook Country Day Camp LAURIE RINKE, Camp Echo Lake and COREY DOCKSWELL, Camp Wicosuta DAWN EWING, Project Morry ANDY PRITIKIN, Liberty Lake Day Camp and Everwood Day Camp EXHIBITOR BOARD LIAISON JEFFREY SKIER AMSkier Insurance CONFERENCE OPERATIONS JANETTE CONLIN Vernon Computer Source ORIENTATION COMMITTEE SCOTT LANTZMAN DAVE MALTER Touro University 2016 CAMP CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRE-CONFERENCE DREW BITTERMAN, Chair Camp Watitoh GENERAL SESSION JACKIE BRETHEL, Chair Camp Cobbossee BUSINESS TRACK MATT KAUFMAN, Co-Chair ASHLEY SCHMITZ, Co-Chair EREC HILLIS LINDSAY HUTCHINSON Ramaquois Day Camp KE Camps Camp Champions Frost Valley CAMPER TRACK JAMIE SIRKIN, Co-Chair RACHEL MAX, Co-Chair MELANIE BUCK ASHLEIGH STRENG Summer Trails Day Camp Shibley Day Camp Meadowbrook Country Day Camp Camp Walt Whitman PARENTS AND OTHER PARTNERS ALYSSA GIRLING, Co-Chair DEBBIE SASSON, Co-Chair MARY LEE DINSKI TRACK Camp Winadu Camp Akeela Fiver OPERATIONS TRACK DAN WEIR, Co-Chair ADAM BARANKER, Co-Chair KEVIN TRIMBLE SCOTT GLICK Frost Valley YMCA Jeff Lake Camp Camp Akeela Timber Lake Camp PROGRAM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TRACK MATT JACKOWITZ, Co-Chair Camp Walt Whitman JACKIE PORT, Co-Chair Ramaquois Day Camp LORILEE CHIEN Project Morry ROBBIE GOTHELF Timber Lake Camp ACTIVITIES TRACK SCOTT LANTZMAN, Co-Chair CRICKET SNEARING, Co-Chair CARA CORRADETTI JOEL SHAPIRO Sesame/Rockwood Day Camps Appel Farm Arts Camp Ramaquois Day Camp LEADERSHIP TRACK ADAM BAKER, Co-Chair WENDY SIEGEL, Co-Chair DAN SCHMITZ KATIE DUFFY DAVE SKOLNICK Camps Equinunk and Blue Ridge Tyler Hill Camp KE Camps Asphalt Green Hampton Country Day Camp STAFF TRACK GENNA SINGER, Co-Chair JENN DESPAGNA, Co-Chair MATTY LAYMAN TOM COFFEY JCC Manhattan Timber Lake West Indian Head Camp Hampton Country Day Camp MULTI MEDIA PROJECTS JASON SEBELL Camps Kenwood and Evergreen ROOM HOST KRISTEN QUINTANO, Co-Chair ASHLEIGH STRENG, Co-Chair A BroaderWay Foundation Camp Walt Whitman MEET ‘N’ EATS GREGG LICHT, Chair Elmwood Day Camp SPEAKER HOSPITALITY DINA ALTOONIAN CHOI GARCIA Pierce Country Day Camp SCOPE t ab l e o f contents 2016 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS INSIDE FRONT COVER WELCOME FROM THE TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE CHAIR 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE ACA, NY & NJ PRESIDENT 3 CONFERENCE INFORMATION 4 DINNER AND EVENING ACTIVITIES 6 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 9 ATLANTIC CITY AND THE CONVENTION CENTER 10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (GREAT FOR FIRST-TIMERS) 12 ACA ACCREDITATION: STANDARDS COURSES 12 ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION CENTER FLOOR PLANS 13 EXHIBIT HALL FLOOR PLAN AND INFORMATION 14 CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS 18 EXHIBITOR PRODUCT/ SERVICE INDEX 47 CONFERENCE SESSIONS & WORKSHOPS 55 MONDAY, MARCH 7, PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 58 TUESDAY, MARCH 8, SESSION INFORMATION 63 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, SESSION INFORMATION 77 THURSDAY, MARCH 10, SESSION INFORMATION 97 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF 2016 SPEAKERS 106 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES 110 CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS 128 UPCOMING ACA EVENTS FOR ALL TO ATTEND 134 E Welcome to the 2016 Tri-State Camp Conference... Camp for the Camp Professional. ƂÃÜÀÌiÌ ÃiÌÌiÀ]Ì iy>iÃ>Àiv>}ÃÌi>`ÞÌ >>Ài>`ÞÌ VL>iÌvyÕvvÞ]Ü ÌiÃÜ°1`iÀi>Ì ]ÜiÜÌ iÀi>ÀiÃii`Ãv}À>ÃÃ]yÜiÀÃ>` trees, just waiting for the signal of warm sunshine to come back to life and create the foundation and the L>V`À«vÀÕÀÓä£È >«Ãi>ð As a Camp Professional, you are committed to >}Ì Ã-ÕiÀÌ iLiÃÌiiÛiÀvÀÞÕÀ >«iÀð While Summer seems far away, we all know it will be iÀiLivÀiÜiÜÌ°Ƃ`LÞ>ÌÌi`}>`«>ÀÌVpating in this year’s conference, you are planting your own seeds of learning and personal growth that will >ÃyÕÀÃ Ì ÃÃi>Ã>ÃÞÕ>iÌÞÕÀLiÃÌ >« Ãi>ÃiÛiÀ° While we call this the Tri-State Camp Conference, it ÃÀi>ÞÕV ]ÕV Ài°°°ÌÃÌ i>À}iÃÌ}>Ì iÀ}v Camp Professionals in the world, and I am thrilled that ÞÕ>Ài iÀiÌiÝ«iÀiViÌ°"Vi>}>]Ì ÃÞi>À½Ã conference is designed to be the biggest and best conference ever! We have outstanding keynote speakers for our General Sessions that were chosen to educate ÞÕ>`ëÀiÞÕ° >VLÃÜ«iÜÌ Ì i inspiring and relevant story of the “Life is Good” brand Ì >ÌÜ>ÃÃÌ>ÀÌi`LÞ >` ÃLÀÌ iÀiÀÌ°7iÜ i`Ì iVviÀiViÜÌ À°Ƃ}i>ÕVÜÀÌ ]Ì i i>`}ÀiÃi>ÀV iÀ}ÀÌ°- iÜi`ÕV>ÌiÕÃ>LÕÌ this psychological trait that is key to the success of ÕÀÃiÛiÃ]ÕÀ«iiÀÃ]>`ÕÀ >«iÀðLiÌÜii] there will be many educational sessions presented by ÕÌÃ`iiÝ«iÀÌÃ>ÃÜi>ÃÌ«ÌV >««ÀviÃÃ>ð Throughout the week, please make sure to take advantage of all that the conference offers, including informal iÌÜÀ}]ÃV>iÛiÌÃ]>`Ì iÛi`À >° Speaking of the vendor hall, at last year’s conference, I asked everyone to set a goal of meeting 20 new exhibit hall vendors and buying from at least 5 new ones LÞÌ ÃÞi>À½ÃVviÀiVi°Ü``ÞÕ`¶ «i you were successful, and I hope you will repeat that goal of meeting another 20 new vendors this year and purchasing from at least 5 new ones again during the Õ«V}£ÓÌ Ã°-Õ««ÀÌ}Ì iÛi`ÀÃÌ >Ì support this conference is the single most important >ëiVÌÌiÃÕÀiÌ ivÕÌÕÀiÛ>LÌÞvÌ iVviÀiVi° *i>Ãi>iÃÕÀiÌ iÞ>ÀiÞÕÀwÀÃÌV>vÀ>vÞÕÀ Camp purchasing needs, not only this week, but all year long, because without them this conference would not be possible Finally, when you meet and interact with the many conference volunteers, please make sure to thank Ì i°À*À}À> ÌÌii >ÀÃ>`iLiÀà to those working hospitality, room hosting, and everything else, please remember that this conference would not be possible without the hours and hours of time that they take from their full time jobs and Ì iÀ«iÀÃ>ÛiÃÌ`i`V>ÌiÌÌ ÃVviÀiVi°Ƃà always, if you would like to become more involved as a ÛÕÌiiÀ]«i>ÃiVÌ>VÌÌ i 9É Ƃ Ƃ"vwVio°Üi are always looking for fresh ideas >`iiÀ}Þ° I hope you have a wonderfull experience and successfully plant the seeds for an amazing Summer of 2016 here at the Tri-State Camp Conference: Camp for the Camp Professional! See you at Camp! JED BUCK Conference Chair Meadowbrook Country Day Camp 6 L Welcome to the largest gathering of camp professionals in the world, the 2016 Tri-State CAMP Conference! Tri-State is the highlight of our Camp Professional off-season, with endless possibilities to learn, shop and network! From the workshop sessions, to the keynotes, to the exhibit hall, to the informal and impactful conversations we will be having with our colleagues, prepare yourself for an awesome week of learning from one another and a hefty dose of inspiration from what we do with the millions of children who attend summer camp. Much appreciation is deserved for the leadership of Jed Buck, and the creativity of program chairs Corey Dockswell and Laurie Rinke, who have put together a wide-ranging collection of workshop sessions that will expand your horizons and challenge your conventional wisdom. The exhibit hall is the greatest collection of camp business partners ever assembled, all super-charged with new ideas and products that can improve your camp organization. Make the effort to put time aside for walking through all the aisles of the hall (it takes a few hours, trust me), and be sure to thank these folks for coming to /À-Ì>Ìi]>ÃÌ iÀ«>ÀÌV«>ÌÃÌ iw>V>i}iÌ >Ìii«ÃÕÀVviÀiViÀi}ÃÌÀ>ÌviiÃÃ>vvÀ`>Li° Speaking of value, take a moment to consider what it would cost to bring the cutting-edge ing in g consultants you will see this week into your camp. Consider the centuries of wisdom being e shared by our experienced colleagues, and the lessons learned that will be shared. We are extremely fortunate, as this is an opportunity like none other to bring new ideas immediately back to our camps for this summer season. Embrace the possibilities and take advantage of what the volunteers of the Tri-State Conference Committees have laid out before you. Don’t be shy—Meet new people, just like you encourage your campers and staff to do. Tri-State is famously known to this Convention Center as the friendliest gathering of happy people that they’ve ever seen! Take lots of notes, and be disciplined to distill the wisdom you absorb into actionable steps back at your camps and organizations next week. And most importantly—Enjoy the moment! ANDY PRITIKIN • ACA, NY & NJ President • Liberty Lake Day Camp and Everwood Day Camp 3 CONFERENCE INFORMATION REGISTRATION HOURS WHERE? Outside of Hall B, located on the second level of the Atlantic City Convention Center MONDAY, MARCH 7 8:00 AM–6:00 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 8 7:30 AM–5:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 7:30 AM–5:00 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 10 7:30 AM–1:30 PM We have over 160 educational sessions with something for everyone: owners, directors, head counselors, program heads, support staff, volunteers, board members, as well as teachers, after-school programmers >`Ì iÀÞÕÌ `iÛi«iÌ«ÀviÃÃ>ð As camp professionals, we are faced with a myriad of daily challenges, >`ÌÕÃÌ`ÕÀ}Ì iÃÕiÀÃi>ð"ÕÀV>«ÃiÝÃÌ>VÀi>Ã}Þ ÃVÀÕÌâi`>`Ài}Õ>Ìi`iÛÀiÌ°"ÕÀ>ÀiÌÃV >}iVÃÌ>ÌÞ] our employee base is transient yet critical to our success, and we have Ài>`Ài«>ÀiÌÉV>«iÀºÃÃÕiÃ»Ì >ÌiÛiÀÕÃi`ÌLiÃÃÕið Children are exposed to more things and are tougher to please, leading ÕÃÌLiiÛiÀÃi>ÀV viÜ>`Û>ÌÛi«À}À>}`i>ð you remember back when our biggest decision was how to break color Ü>À¶/ Ãi`>ÞÃ>Ài}}i]«ÀL>LÞvÀiÛiÀ]>`>ÃÌ iV>« profession moves forward, the conference program will continue to be a ÀiviVÌvÌ iV >i}iÃÌ >Ìv>ViÕÃ]LÌ Ì`>Þ>`Ì ivÕÌÕÀi° Plan your strategy, spread out your staff and make the most of the «À}À>i`ÃiÃÃðÀ}>Ìi«>`ÌÌ>i}`ÌiÃ>`ÕÃi Ì i >`ÕÌÃÌ >ÌÞÕ½`Ü>`>`ViVÌÌà >ÀiÜÌ ÞÕÀÃÌ>vv° You can plan on meeting as a group during each day of the conference, either in the Ben Appelbaum Lounge located in Room 319 or in the ACA, NY & NJ Member Lounge, located near Registration on the second level, both of which provide plenty of space to meet and `iLÀiv>LÕÌ>Ì i>>â}ÃiÃÃÃÞÕ½>ÌÌi`°/ iÀi>ÀiLÀi>à throughout the day, as well as opportunities at lunchtime to review how Ì }Ã>Ài}}°->vÌiÀÌ iVviÀiViÃÛiÀ]`iLÀiv}ÜÌ ÞÕÀ staff is a must, with all staff members being prepared to share information ÜÌ i>V Ì iÀ°>iÌ iÃÌvÌ iVviÀiVi°*>> i>`]>Ýâi your time, share what you’ve learned and improve your organization for the summer of 2016! The Tri-State CAMP Conference has been approved as an ACA `ÕV>Ì>`ÀÃi`iÛiÌ°/ ëÀ}À>Ã>iÜ«>ÌvÀÌ i« ViVÌi>ÀiÀÃÌi`ÕV>Ì>««ÀÌÕÌið The Exhibit Hall will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the VviÀiVi]`ÕÀ}Õ««Ãi`ÌiÃ]>ÃÜi>Ã`ÕÀ}i`ÕV>Ì>ÃiÃÃð It is vital to your organization that you make time available during the conference in order to truly appreciate the Exhibit Hall. Our vendors support us, so please support them! As always we ask you to pledge to “Shop Tri-State!” The finest suppliers of products and services for camps and recreational organizations—with more than 270 exhibitors—are an invaluable educational and business resource that will help you make the best «ÕÀV >Ã}`iVÃÃÌ i«ÀiÃiÌ>`vÕÌÕÀi°/ iÝ LÌ>ÃÌ just for directors; it is also geared to purchasing directors, health supervisors, food-service directors, program/activity heads, athletics directors, aquatics directors, maintenance supervisors, business managers and ÌÀ>ëÀÌ>ÌÉÌÀ«`ÀiVÌÀð EXHIBIT HALL HOURS TUESDAY, MARCH 8 12:30–5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Unopposed time in Exhibit Hall 12:30–3:00 PM 4:00–5:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 Free Coffee with the Exhibitors Unopposed Time in Exhibit Hall 10:45 AM–5:00 PM 10:45–11:45 AM 11:00 AM–2:00 PM 4:15–5:00 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Free Coffee with the Exhibitors Unopposed Time in Exhibit Hall 9:30 AM–12:00 PM 9:30–10:00 AM 11:15 AM–12:00 PM WANNA KNOW MORE? Visit the EPIC (Emerging Professionals in Camping) Committee, SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunties Promote Education), The New York State Camp Directors Association (NYSCDA), NJ-GAP and Touro University (with information about the Master of Science in Camp Administration and Leadership Program) tables located inside the Exhibit Hall to the left vÌ i>iÌÀ>Vi° 4 THE EXHIBIT HALL INTERACTIVE ZONE Stop by the Interactive Zone to experience the latest and greatest in today’s V>««À`ÕVÌð/ ÃÞi>À½ÃÌ iiÜ Liº"Þ«V-«ÀÌû° i iiLÀ>Ìi 40 Years of SportCourt and enter to win a special prize! Enjoy some paddle games, shoot around on the SportCourt or dodge the ball with fellow attendees in the CAMP Conference Gaga pit! Pickup games and fun for all! Sponsored by: INTERACTIVE ZONE INTERACTIVE ZONE sportpros usa’s 10th tri-state anniversary celebration THE CAMP CONFERENCE CONTINUES TO “GO GREEN” Our staff has made continued efforts this year to make sure that elements vÌ iVviÀiVi>ÀiiÛÀiÌ>ÞvÀi`Þ°7i >Ûi«ÀÌi`ÕÀ on-site conference program book on recycled paper, and handouts will Li>Û>>Lii°vÌ iÀi>ÀiëiVvVÃiÃÃÃÞÕ«>>ÌÌi`}] you can print out paper copies of handouts across from the Ben Ƃ««iL>ÕÕ}i,Σ]/ À`iÛi®°Ƃ >`ÕÌÃÜLi>Û>>Li iViÌ iVviÀiViÃÛiÀ°/ ÃÞi>ÀÞÕÜLi>LiÌvÕÌ session evaluations on our conference app! Also, at the end of the conference, please make sure you recycle your badge holder in one of Ì iLÃV>Ìi`i>À,i}ÃÌÀ>Ì° HOSPITALITY AREA Sponsored by: *SportProsUSA’s prior camp clients (plus guests), by invitation only Stop by the hospitality area, located by registration outside hall B, to grab a program book, a tote bag, to decorate your badge with stickers sponsored by Camp Emoji and Ì«ÃÌÕÀiÃÃ>}iL>À`°/ iÀià always a volunteer manning the hospitality desk to answer any questions you may have! FOOD COURT EPIC’S STRIDE 4 SCOPE No need to leave the Convention Center to eat lunch! Grab some lunch in the back of the hall and network with others in the open-seating aisle V>Ìi`Ì iViÌiÀvÌ iÝ LÌ>° As summer camp professionals, we all like to leave our environment even better than we vÕ`Ì°"ÕÀiÀ}}*ÀviÃÃ>à Camping (EPIC) group believes this value à Õ`>««ÞÌÕÀVviÀiViiÛÀiÌ>ÃÜi°/ ÃÞi>À* Ü be making Strides 4 SCOPE by raising funds and awareness to help send children from low income families in the Atlantic City area to summer camp through SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education) TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 4:30–6:00 PM Interactive Zone in the Back of Exhibit Hall Drinks and appetizers will be served! BEN APPELBAUM LOUNGE WHERE? WHEn? Room 319 MONDAY, MARCH 7 – THURSDAY, MARCH 10 (Open throughout the day) Need a place to kick back and relax, talk with colleagues, grab a cup of coffee or a Ã>VÀiÛiV iVÞÕÀi>¶/ ÃÃÌ i «>ViÌ`ÕÃÌÌ >Ì° AMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION BOOKSTORE Sponsored by: GRAB YOUR LUNCH FOR THE MEET ’N’ EAT SESSIONS! WHERE? WHEn? Come shop in the ACA Bookstore for your v>ÛÀÌi«ÕLV>Ìð/ iLÃÌÀivviÀÃ> special selection of materials designed solely vÀÌ iV>««ÀviÃÃ>°ÌÃÞÕÀLiÃÌ one-stop resource for books, forms, teaching tools and products with Ì iƂ Ƃ}°>i«ÕÀV >ÃiÃ>ÌÌ iVviÀiVi>` >ÛiÌ iÌià shipped to you the next week! OUTSIDE ROOM 319 OUTSIDE ROOM 416 Book Signing TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 12:45–1:45 PM Join Keynote, John Jacobs, for a book signing of his book, Life is Good: The Book WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 12:30–1:30 PM Special lunch stations will be set up during our two Meet ’N’ Eat lunch ÃiÃÃL>ð THE ACA, NY & NJ LOUNGE WHERE? NEAR THE REGISTRATION AREA, SECOND LEVEL WHEn? MONDAY, MARCH 7–THURSDAY, MARCH 10 (Open throughout the day) Stop by our ACA NY & NJ Lounge across from Registration! Plan out your day at the conference, meet with colleagues or learn about the >ÌiÃÌiÛiÌÃ>`ÃiÀÛViÃvviÀi`LÞÌ iƂiÀV> >«ƂÃÃV>Ì° THE E-ZONE LOCATED IN THE BEN APPELBAUM LOUNGE WHERE? WHEn? (Located inside the front of the Exhibit Hall) ROOM 319 MONDAY, MARCH 7–THURSDAY, MARCH 10 (Open throughout the day) Stop by the E-Zone, where computers will be available throughout the VviÀiVi]ÌÃÌ>ÞÌÕV Û>i>ÜÌ vÀi`Ã]v>Þ>`Vi>}Õið WHERE? IN THE ACA BOOKSTORE WHEn? MARCH 8 FROM 12:30–1:00PM CAMP TRADING POST LIVE WHERE? WHEn? ROOM 407 MONDAY, MARCH 7 – THURSDAY, MARCH 10 (Open during registration hours) ACA, NY and NJ has brought the Camp Trading Post Facebook page to Tri-State! Drop off items your camp no longer needs so not for profit camps can take them and reuse them to enhance Ì iÀV>««À}À>° ÌiÃvvÌð Ì i >«/À>`}*ÃÌ>ViL«>}i>Ì>ViL°VÉ}ÀÕ«ÃÉ camptradingpost so your camp can post about items to donate or that >Àiii`i`° Let’s continue to be a sharing community who helps other camps thrive, Ì iÀivÀi«ÀÛ}Ì iV>«`ÕÃÌÀÞ>Ã>Ü i° 5 Don’t just go back to your hotel when sessions are over! Evening events at the CAMP Conference allow for time to kick back and spend time with colleagues and meet new friends. Our dinners, happy hours and social events are a great place to network with conference attendees, speakers and exhibitors, and unwind after a day in the Convention Center. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 MONDAY, MARCH 7 $20 per person – includes one free drink and light snacks 5:00–7:00 PM FREE HAPPY HOUR HOSTED BY EPIC, TUN TAVERN, AT THE SHERATON 5:30–7:00 PM THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT “SOCIAL”* AT THE SHERATON HOTEL 2 Convention Blvd Sheraton Hotel Check out this REVAMPED event! Join us for a happy hour following Ì iÝ LÌ>VÃ}°7iÜLiÌ>}ÛiÀÌ iÓ`ÀvÌ i - iÀ>ÌvÀ>«ÀÛ>ÌiiÛiÌÕÃÌvÀÕÀ>ÌÌi`iið ÌÕiÌ i networking and still have time to go out to dinner with your camp! FREE! 2 Miss America Way *Please note this event does NOT serve dinner Vvv/À-Ì>Ìi>ÌƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ½ÃÃÌ ÃÌÀVL>À° There is no better place to spend your first night at Tri-State! (Register for the above event on-site at Attendee Registration—space is limited!) 7:00–9:00 PM premier sponsor! CUBA LIBRE AT THE TROPICANA Sponsored by: 2801 Pacific Ave. $40 per person Spend your first night in Atlantic City surrounded by the excitement of Latin flavors and sounds at Cuba Libre! Meet fellow attendees and relax Ü iiÞ}Ãi>>â}v`° (Register for the above event on-site at Attendee Registration—space is limited!) TUESDAY, MARCH 8 7:00–9:00 PM “ITALIAN NIGHT” AT CARMINE’S, THE QUARTER AT THE TROPICANA 2801 Pacific Ave $40 per person Benvenuti! The authentic Italian aromas swirling from the kitchen at Carmine’s may draw you inside, but the warm hospitality and flavorful, iÃÌÞiÀiV«iÃÜii«ÞÕÞÕÀÃi>Ì°>ÞÃÌÞi«>ÌiÃ>`> camp-style atmosphere have made this the most popular dinner at the VviÀiVi° (Register for the above event on-site at Attendee Registration—space is limited!) 9:00 PM–MIDNIGHT CHICKIE’S AND PETE’S AT THE TROPICANA 2831 Boardwalk What’s better than a late-night drink >vÌiÀÌ iiÛi}>VÌÛÌÞ¶- Ü your badge for special deals on drinks VÀi>Ìi`ÕÃÌvÀ/À-Ì>Ìi>ÌÌi`iið 6 FREE! MONDAY, MARCH 7 4:00 – 5:00 PM 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM URBAN CAMPS MEET AND GREET CAMP TRADING POST LIVE Room 406 Room 407 Network with fellow camp professionals who are operating summer programs in an urban environiÌvÀ>iiÌ>`ÀiiÌ/ÕiÃ`>Þ>vÌiÀ°/ à is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues after the first day of Tri-State to discuss common challenges in running camp as well as successes Ì >ÌÃÌ>vv >ÛiiÝ«iÀiVi`°7ivÀÜ>À`Ì sharing ideas and stories over a few snacks! (For description see Page 5) 2:00–6:30 PM ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT JEWISH CAMPS (AIJC) Room 306 The Association of Independent Jewish Camps creates an environment for independent not-for-profit Jewish camps to collaborate in their continued efforts to grow and thrive! Our member camps all have a successful inclusive, non-movement-based Jewish philosophy and a pragmatic approach that uniquely positions them to reach the affiliated >`Õ>vv>Ìi`iÜà ««Õ>Ìð/ ÀÕ} >VViÀ}iL>Ãi` approach, the AIJC provides value on an individual level to member V>«Ã>`Ì iÀÃÌ>vvV ÀÌð Ì>VÌÕÃ>ÌÜÜÜ°>V>«Ã°À}>` out for us at this year’s Tri-State to learn more about how you can take ÞÕÀV>«ÌÌ iiÝÌiÛi° 5:00–5:45 PM MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CAMP CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE: THE “FIRST-TIMERS” ORIENTATION Room 304 Join us for a brief introduction to Atlantic City and the Tri-State CAMP Conference, where you will discover the “must-attend” events that Ì>i«>Vi/ÕiÃ`>ÞÌ ÀÕ} / ÕÀÃ`>Þ°/ ÃÕÌv>ViÌi`«À}À>Ü help you determine what goals are most important to you and your camp profession, and then match up the key educational sessions and iÌÜÀ}iÛiÌÃÞÕV>½ÌÃð KATIE DUFFY FACILITATORS: KATIE DUFFY, Asphalt Green Day Camp ELYSSA GAFFIN, Young Judaea Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp 4:30–6:00 PM INTERACTIVE ZONE IN BACK OF EXHIBIT HALL ELYSSA GAFFIN SportPros USA’s 10th Tri-State Anniversary Celebration* Interactive Zone in the Back of Exhibit Hall Drinks and appetizers will be served! *SportProsUSA’s prior camp clients (plus guests), by invitation only WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 “CAMP SHIRT WEDNESDAY” (Wear your camp apparel!) *please provide new picture TUESDAY, MARCH 8 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM CAMP TRADING POST LIVE Room 407 (For description see Page 5) 7:45–8:25 AM MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CAMP CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE: THE “FIRST-TIMERS” ORIENTATION Room 415 7:15 AM vÞÕÃÃi``>Þ½ÃÀiÌ>Ì]ÕÃvÀÌ Ãi°-ii`>޽à `iÃVÀ«Ì>LÛivÀÀivÀ>Ì°® TRI-STATE’S 5K FUN RUN 8:00 AM–5:00 PM ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT JEWISH CAMPS (AIJC) Room 306 -ii`>Þ½ÃiÃVÀ«ÌƂLÛi° 12:30–3:00 PM Sponsored by: Join us as we start the day right with a 5K ÀÕÌ i«ÀÃÌiƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ>À`Ü>° A $10 entrance fee will go directly towards the EPIC fundraiser, which this year will be raising awareness and funds to help send children from low income families in Atlantic City to camp! Complimentary hats, refreshments and } ÌÃ>VëÀÛ`i`°-Ì«LÞÀi}ÃÌÀ>ÌÌ Ài}ÃÌiÀvÞÕ >ÛiÌ`iÃ>Ài>`Þ° EXHIBIT HALL GRAND OPENING Hall B, Second Level 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM This is your first chance to explore the many products and services that ÕÀÃÕ««ÀÌ}iÝ LÌÀÃLÀ}ÌÌ ià ܰ iÌÜÀÜÌ `vÀi`Ã] meet new ones and get inspired by this year’s Exhibit Hall, full of >ÞÌ }>`iÛiÀÞÌ }vÀÌ iV>«`ÕÃÌÀÞ° CAMP TRADING POST LIVE Room 407 (For description see Page 5) 7 8:00 AM–5:00 PM ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT JEWISH CAMPS (AIJC) THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Room 306 7:30 AM – 1:30 PM CAMP TRADING POST LIVE -ii`>Þ½Ã`iÃVÀ«Ì«>}iÇ®° Room 407 (For description see Page 5) 10:45 AM–5:00 PM THE EXHIBIT HALL IS OPEN ALL DAY 8:30–11:45 AM Hall B, Second Level Find some time during the day to visit the Exhibit Hall and make sure you have the products and services you need to make your 2016 ÃÕiÀ>ÃÕVViÃð1««Ãi`ÌiÜLiLiÌÜii££\ääAM and 2:00 PM and from 4:15 PMÌx\ää«° 10:45–11:45 AM Sponsored by: FREE COFFEE WITH THE EXHIBITORS Room 411 Don’t miss this FREE opportunity to collaborate, learn and build relationships with other JCC day and overnight professionals while >Ì/À-Ì>Ìi° The program will include special guest speakers Andy Pritikin and Hannah Dubin: > Andy is the president of ACA, NY & NJ and a private camp owner, and iÜ`ÃVÕÃà ÜÌÀÕÕÀV>«Ãi>LÕÃiÃÃ>`ÃÌ >ÛivÕ° Hall B, Second Level Start your day off right—come meet the exhibitors, grab a complimentary cup of coffee in the Exhibit Hall and get geared up for a busy day at the VviÀiVi° 4:30–6:30 PM > Hannah runs Han Ban Can, her own consulting business, and is an expert in facilitation, team dynamic management and positive youth `iÛi«iÌ°iÀÃiÃÃÜÌ ÕÃÜVÕ`i>vVÕÃ`iÃ}} i>}vÕÃÌ>vvÌÀ>}Ì >ÌÃÌVð Come and schmooze—you can’t lose! ACA CHESAPEAKE GET-TOGETHER 9:30 AM–12:00 PM Room 406 Join us in a brief get-together for an update on spring training and educational events in the Chesapeake Section >` i>À ÜÞÕV>LiViÀiÛÛi`°iiÌÃiVÌi>`iÀà « and your fellow section camps, and share your thoughts on trainings ÞÕÜÕ`iÌÃiivviÀi`°/ ÃÜLiÌ ià ÀÌiÃÌVÕÌiÞÕ will ever make to a section meeting—don’t miss out! 4:30–6:30 PM EXHIBIT HALL OPEN Hall B, Second Level Enter the hall for the last time to catch up with our exhibitors and place ÞÕÀÀ`iÀÃLivÀiÌ iÃÕiÀ°½ÌvÀ}iÌÌ«ÕÀV >ÃiÞÕÀ>ÀÌÃ>` crafts supplies, order your staff shirts, and book some inflatable rides for >ÀÛ>>Þ°1««Ãi`ÌiÜLiLiÌÜii££\ää>>`Ó\ää«] >`vÀ££\£x>Ì£Ó\ää«° SPECIAL NEEDS CAMPING MEET AND GREET 9:30–10:00 AM Room 405 FREE COFFEE WITH THE EXHIBITORS This meet and greet is for special needs camp directors, supervisors, programmers and counselors to share ideas and knowledge, network >`Ì>>LÕÌÌ iii`ÃvÕÀëiV>«À}À>ð i>``ÃVÕÃà what’s on your plate as a special needs camp and learn from each Ì iÀ½ÃÜi`}i>`iÝ«iÀiVi° Start your day off right—come meet the exhibitors, grab a complimentary cup of coffee in the Exhibit Hall and get geared up for your last day at your conference! 11:15 AM–12:00 PM JCC CAMPING SOCIAL HOUR FREE REFRESHMENTS WITH EXHIBITORS It’s 5 o’clock somewhere and that somewhere is the JCC Day and ,iÃ`iÌ >«-V>ÕÀ° ƂÃÃV>ÌÜ ÃÌ>VVÌ> hour on Wednesday evening for all JCC overnight and day camp «ÀviÃÃ>ÃÌiÌÜÀ>`i>À°/ ÃÃ>««ÀÌÕÌÞÌiiÌ colleagues and find out more about JCC camps! 5:00–6:30 PM FAITH-BASED ORGANIZIATIONS MEET AND GREET Room 417 Ìv>Ì ¶ÀV>««ÀviÃÃ>ÃÜ ÃiÀÛi>ÕÌ`ÀÃÌÀÞ\ Let’s gather on Wednesday during the Tri-State Conference! Come meet your faith-based camping neighbors, and let’s share conversation >ÀÕ`V >i}iÃ>`ÃÕVViÃÃið7i«ÀÃi}`V«>Þ>` }`VÛiÀÃ>Ì°+ÕiÃÌö Ì>VÌÃi>ÌiÃ,ÕÃÃi]iÝiVÕÌÛi `ÀiVÌÀ>Ì ÃLÕÀ} ®]>ÌiÃiJV>«LÕÀ}°À}° 5:30–7:00 PM ANNUAL GIRL SCOUT GATHERING Room 419 Please join Westex for its annual Girl -VÕÌ>Ì iÀ}°,i>Ý]iÌÜÀÜÌ others and enjoy! Sponsored by: Sponsored by: Hall B, Second Level 5:00–6:00 PM Sheraton Hotel (Crown Ballroom, 2nd Floor) 8 JCC DAY & OVERNIGHT BRUNCH & LEARN Sponsored by: Hall B, Second Level Come meet the exhibitors, take advantage of “fire sales,” grab complimentary refreshments in the Exhibit Hall and get ready for a v>Ì>ÃÌVVÃ}iÞÌi-iÃð TUESDAY, MARCH 8 11:00 AM–12:30 PM GENERAL SESSION – KEYNOTE SPEAKER JOHN JACOBS, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Optimist, Life Is Good Location: Hall A, Second Level Brand is good: Building a Community of Loyal Customers In this keynote, John delves into the importance of community building, a vital aspect of business that goes much beyond accumulating followers >ViL°ià >ÀiÃÌ iÃÌÀ>Ìi}iëiiÌi`Ì`iÛi«>}iÕi message of positivity and getting it across to not only his customers, but himself and his employees (Life is Good HQ includes a bar and music stage among its many perks) so that, wherever you look at it, it is >iÃÃ>}iÜÀÌ vÜ}>`ÛiÃÌ}°ÀiÌ >iÛiÀ]Ì`>޽à customers have the ability to see right through a company or organization’s intentions, and John’s lessons will help any audience member’s iÃÃ>}ivii]>`ÃiÀ} Ì° John Jacobs is co-founder and Chief Creative Optimist of The Life is Good Company, which spreads the power of optimism through inspiring >ÀÌ]>«>ÃÃ>ÌiVÕÌÞ>`}ÀÕ`LÀi>}«ÀvÌÜÀ° and his brother Bert launched their business with $78 in their pockets, Ãi}Ìà ÀÌÃÌ iÃÌÀiiÌÃvÃÌ°/`>Þ]viÃ`Ã>f£ää million positive lifestyle brand sold by over 4,000 retailers across the US >` >>`>° ÜÀÌi>`ÕÃÌÀ>Ìi` ÃvÀÃÌ«ÀÞëii`L>ÌÌ i>}ivvÛi° He’s been writing and drawing ever since, graduating from the University v>ÃÃ>V ÕÃiÌÌÃÜÌ `Õ>`i}ÀiiÃ}à >`>ÀÌ°iLi}> `iÃ}}>`Ãi}Ìà ÀÌÃÜÌ ÃLÀÌ iÀiÀÌ`ÕÀ} ÃÃiÀÞi>À° After five years traveling in their van together, the brothers officially >ÕV i`viÃ`° When John is not creating inspiring content, he enjoys outdoor adventures ÜÌ Ãv>Þ]>ÜÜ>À``>V}>``Û}ÌÌ iÜ>ÌiÀÌV>ÌV Ì }ð To inspire others to choose optimism and grow the good in their lives, Bert and John wrote Life is Good: The Book- How to Live with Purpose and Enjoy the Ride,«ÕLà i`LÞ >Ì>i}À>« V-i«ÌiLiÀÓä£x° John has been awarded honorary doctorates from several universities vÀiÌÀi«ÀiiÕÀà «]LÕÃiÃÃÛ>Ì>`« >Ì À«Þ°i>` Life is Good have been featured on CNNMoney, CNBC’s Business Nation, ABC News’ Nightline, NBC’s The Today Show, and in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Inc. 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MARCH 8 FROM 12:30–1:00PM TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: BILLY HOCH, Camp Watitoh Born on Visiting Day and raised in camp, Billy Hoch has been the year-round director of Camp Watitoh since 1989, having spent nearly every summer of his life at camp—first as a camper, and nd Ì i>Ã>VÕÃiÀ]LÞà i>`VÕÃiÀ>`«À}À>`ÀiVÌÀ° Ƃ}À>`Õ>ÌivÀ>E>Àà > i}i>`Ì ii> ° >À`â School of Law, Billy served as an assistant district attorney in Bronx, NY LivÀiÀiÌÕÀ}ÌV>«>Ã>vÕÌiV>ÀiiÀ° Billy has been a member of ACA-NY/NJ’s Public Guidance Service Committee since 1990, and has chaired that committee from 1996–2004 >`>}>ÃViÓ䣣°i >ÃÃiÀÛi`>Ã>L>À`iLiÀ>`ÃiVÌ `ii}>ÌiÌÌ i>Ì>VviÀiVi`ÕÀ}Ì >ÌÌi°ÞÃ>Ã>«>ÃÌ member of the Tri-State Program Committee and currently serves on Ì iƂ Ƃ 9É ½Ãi}Ã>ÌÛiVÌÌii°iëÀiÃ`iÌvÌ i7iÃÌiÀ Massachusetts Camp Directors Association and vice president of the >ÃÃ>V ÕÃiÌÌà >«ƂÃÃV>Ì° His wife, Debbie; son, Joshua; and mother, Sandy—all life-long campers— >Ì7>ÌÌ iÛiÀÞÃÕiÀ° THURSDAY, MARCH 10 12:00–2:00 PM GENERAL SESSION – KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. ANGELA DUCKWORTH Location: Hall A, Second Level True Grit: The Science of Success 7 ÃÕVVii`Ãvi¶Ì ÃÌ>]Ƃ}i>ÕVÜÀÌ Ì presents her influential work on grit—the tendencyy to «ÕÀÃÕi}ÌiÀ}>ÃÜÌ «iÀÃiÛiÀ>Vi>`«>Ãð- i`iÃVÀLià the predictive power of grit for performance in a variety of fascinating VÌiÝÌðÕVÜÀÌ >ÃÃÌÕ`i`}ÀÕ«ÃiÌ i7iÃÌ*ÌV>`iÌÃ] National Spelling Bee competitors, rookie teachers, students from the Chicago Public Schools—all people performing in high-stress environments— Ì>ÌÌ iVÀÀi>ÌLiÌÜii}ÀÌ>`>V iÛiiÌ°À>Ü}vÀ these examples and others, Duckworth explains what makes gritty individuals different from others and shares her belief that grit “can be instilled and VÕÌÛ>Ìi`LÞ>Þi]>ÞÜ iÀi>`>Ì>ÞÌivi°» Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is a leading researcher in the study of GRIT >`ÃivVÌÀ°- iÃ>«ÀviÃÃÀv«ÃÞV }Þ>ÌÌ i1ÛiÀÃÌÞv *iÃÞÛ>>>`>VvÕ`iÀvÌ i >À>VÌiÀ>L°iÀ/Ì> >à received over seven million views, and she has been profiled in The New 9À/iÃ>}>âi>` >Ì>i}À>« V°Óä£Î]à iÜ>Ã>Ü>À`i` >>VƂÀÌ ÕÀiÕÃÀ>Ì° Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a non-profit summer school for low-income children, which won the Better Government Award vÀÌ iÃÌ>Ìiv>ÃÃ>V ÕÃiÌÌð/ iÃV Ü>Ãvi>ÌÕÀi`>Ã>>ÀÛ>À` ii`Þ-V V>ÃiÃÌÕ`Þ°Ƃ}i> >Ã>ÃLii>VÃiÞ>>}iiÌ consultant and, for five years, a math teacher in the public schools of San Francisco, Philadelphia and New 9À ÌÞ°iÀvÀÃÌL]ÀÌ\ Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success, will be released in spring 2016 by ->`-V ÕÃÌiÀ° raffle! 9 PARKING *>À}Ã>Û>>Li>ÌÌ iƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ ÛiÌ iÌiÀ°/ iÀ>ÌiÃ> v>Ìviivf£x°ääI«iÀ`>Þ°/ ivÀÃÌÎäÕÌiÃ>ÀivÀii°/ iÃÌÌViÌ viiÃfÎx°ää°I/ iÃiÀ>ÌiÃ>ÀiÃÕLiVÌÌV >}i° GETTING AROUND ATLANTIC CITY The Jitney: Atlantic City transportation makes everything within the city Ài>`Þ>VViÃÃLiÓ{ ÕÀÃ>`>Þ°/ iÌiÞÃÌ«Ã>ÀiV>Ìi`Ì i corner of every hotel; the routes are circular and include the Convention iÌiÀ°/>ÝÃ>Ài>Ã>Û>>Li>ÌiÛiÀÞ Ìi]>`ÃÌvƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ ÃÜ>>LiiÝVi«ÌvÀÌ i>À>>Ài>° GUEST SERVICES A Guest Services Booth is located next to the Registration Area in front of Hall B for on-site assistance with transportation throughout the city, ÀiÃÌ>ÕÀ>ÌÀiÃiÀÛ>ÌÃ>`Ì iÀ>iÌiÃ>Û>>LiƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ° COAT/LUGGAGE CHECK AREA Drop off your coat before heading into a day of sessions and networking! The conference will provide a coat/luggage check area (across from the ,i}ÃÌÀ>ÌƂÀi>®]ÜÌ >>vii]i>V `>Þ`ÕÀ}Ì iVviÀiVi° BUSINESS CENTER The Atlantic City Convention Center is pleased to offer fax, photocopy, computer and UPS courier services from the UPS Store located on the vÀÃÌiÛi°ƂÃÕ««ÞvvvViÌiÃÃ>Ã>Û>>LivÀÃ>iÌ iÃÌÀi° / iÃÌÀi« iÕLiÀÃÈä®{{Ó{nä° FIRST AID A medical technician is on staff daily inside Hall B throughout the conviÀiVi°ÀvÕÀÌ iÀvÀ>Ì]«i>ÃiÃÌ«LÞÌ i,i}ÃÌÀ>ÌƂÀi>° AUTHORITY The Tri-State CAMP Conference, as represented by its chairperson and director of events, has sole authority to make decisions regarding all >ÌÌiÀëiÀÌ>}ÌÌ iVviÀiVi° CONFERENCE CODE OF CONDUCT The right to participate is essential to creating open dialogue among all >ÌÌi`iiÃ]iÝ LÌÀÃ]ÛÕÌiiÀÃ]ëi>iÀÃ>`ÃÌ>vv°7i>VÜi`}i Ì ivÀii`viÝ«ÀiÃÃv>Ì iÃiÃÌ>i `iÀð/ iÃi«ÀV«iÃ>Ài Ì ivÕ`>ÌÜ V Ì i/À-Ì>Ìi Ƃ* viÀiViÜ>ÃVÀi>Ìi`° By attending the conference, participants agree to adhere to the following principles: All attendees shall participate in a professional, courteous and respectful manner, refraining from language that might bring discredit Õ«Ì iÃiÛiÃ]Ì iÀÀ}>â>ÌÃÀÌ iVviÀiVi°-iÝÕ> >À>ÃÃiÌ >Ì>ÞiÛiÜÌLiÌiÀ>Ìi`>ÌÌ iVviÀiVi°ƂÞÀi«ÀÌi`V`iÌ of sexual harassment may result in a review and possible removal from Ì iVviÀiVi>`>Ài>Ìi`>VÌÛÌið If you booked your hotel reservations through AC Central Reservations >`ii`Ìëi>ÌÃii]«i>ÃiV>nÈÈ®ÇäÎx° Attendees, speakers and exhibitors are staying at the following hotels: THE BORGATA Phone: (609) 317-1000 CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY EMERGENCIES The safety and security of attendees, speakers and exhibitors is the first «ÀÀÌÞvƂ Ƃ>`Ì iƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ ÛiÌ iÌiÀ°ÀvÀi>` medical emergencies, please find the closest ACA staff member or ÃiVÕÀÌÞ}Õ>À`>ÞivÌ ivÀð7iÀiëiVÌvÕÞÀiµÕiÃÌÌ >Ì ÞÕ` "/V>££° Phone: (609) 348-4411 CELL PHONES The use of cellular phones is a major distraction to both speakers and >ÌÌi`iiÃvÃiÃÃð"ÕÌvÀiëiVÌvÀÞÕÀVi>}ÕiÃ>`ÕÀ speakers, we request that these devices be turned off or put on vibrate `i°/ >ÃvÀÞÕÀVÃ`iÀ>Ì° Phone: (609) 344-3535 NO-SMOKING LAW For the comfort and health of all attendees, exhibitors and speakers, smoking is not permitted at any Tri-State functions that take place in Ì iƂÌ>ÌV ÌÞ ÛiÌ iÌiÀ°/ iÃiVÕ`ii`ÕV>Ì>ÃiÃÃÃ] ÜÀà «Ã>`Ý LÌ>vÕVÌð CHILDREN For the safety and consideration of conference attendees, an adult 1-/ÃÕ«iÀÛÃiV `Ài>Ì>Ìið*À}À>ÃiÃÃÃ>Ài«ÀiÃiÌi` vÀ>`ÕÌÃÞ° `Ài>ÞÌ«>ÀÌV«>ÌiÀ>ÌÌi`ÃiÃÃÃ] VÕ`}}>iÃ]VÀ>vÌÃ>`Ã}ÃiÃÃð `ÀiÌ iÝ LÌ> 1-/Li>VV«>i`LÞ>>`ÕÌ° 10 ACCESSIBILITY If you require special assistance or have other special needs, please stop LÞÌ i,i}ÃÌÀ>ÌƂÀi>° RESORTS CASINO Phone: (800) 772-9000 SHERATON ATLANTIC CITY TROPICANA Phone: (609) 340-4000 DOES YOUR CAMP HAVE ITEMS IT NO LONGER NEEDS? Join ACA, NY and NJ’s facebook group Camp Trading Post to connect, donate & reduce waste at your camp while helping not for profit camps reuse items to enhance their camp program. facebook.com/groups/camptradingpost (GREAT FOR FIRST-TIMERS) 1. WHAT ARE THE REGISTRATION HOURS? 5. HOW WILL I GET FROM MY HOTEL TO THE CONVENTION CENTER? MONDAY, MARCH 7 8:00 AM–6:00 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 8 7:30 AM–5:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 7:30 AM–5:00 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 10 7:30 AM–1:30 PM / iiÛiÀ««Õ>À£Î«>ÃÃi}iÀÌiÞÃÜÜÜ°ÌiÞðiÌ®ÛiÌ i entire length of Pacific Avenue, parallel to Atlantic City’s world-famous >À`Ü>]ÌÌ i>À>ÃÌÀVÌ>`ÌÌ i ÛiÌ iÌiÀ° Jitneys run frequently 24 hours a day, and stops are located on the corner of every hotel and originate one block from the Boardwalk on *>VvVƂÛiÕi°/>ÝÃ>Ài>ÃÀi>`Þ>Û>>Li>Ìi>V V>ÌÃÌ >ÀiV>à ޮ° 2. WHAT ARE THE EXHIBIT HALL HOURS? TUESDAY, MARCH 8 12:30–5:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 10:45 AM–5:00 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 10 9:30 AM–12:00 PM 3. WHERE CAN I EAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN THE CONVENTION CENTER? There will be options for breakfast and lunch throughout the day on the first level as you enter the building, as well as on the third level near the Ben Appelbaum Lounge (Room 319), especially during our iÜ/½ ½Ƃ/-iÃÃð/ iÀiÃ>Ã>v`VÕÀÌÌ iÝ LÌ >Ì«ÕÀV >ÃiÕV >`Ã>VÃ`ÕÀ}Ý LÌ> ÕÀð 4. IS THERE ANYTHING TO DO AT NIGHT IN ATLANTIC CITY? There is so much going on in Atlantic City that we can’t keep up with it >°/ iVÌÞú>Ü>ÞÃÌÕÀi`]»ÜÌ } ÌvivÀ`>ViVÕLÃ>` comedy clubs to lounges and live entertainment—it’s all in Atlantic ÌÞ°ÀvÀ>ÌVviÀiViÃV>iÛiÌÃ]Ãii«>}iÈ° 6. FIRST TIME ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE; WHERE DO I GO; WHAT DO I DO? Start off your first Tri-State CAMP Conference by attending one of the /À-Ì>ÌiºÀÃÌ/iÀû"ÀiÌ>ÌÃiÃÃð MONDAY, MARCH 7 5:00–5:45 PM, ROOM 304 TUESDAY, MARCH 8 7:45–8:25 AM, ROOM 415 Join us for a brief introduction to Atlantic City and the Tri-State CAMP Conference, where you will discover the “must-attend” events that Ì>i«>Vi7i`iÃ`>ÞÌ ÀÕ} À`>Þ°/ ÃÕÌv>ViÌi`«À}À>Ü help you determine what goals are most important to you and your camp profession, and then match up the key educational sessions and iÌÜÀ}iÛiÌÃÞÕV>½ÌÃð ii>ÀvÀÌ iVviÀiVi `i >À`ð ACA Standards TRAINING—WHO NEEDS WHAT? Attendance at a Standards Course is required of camp directors/ administrators of any camps seeking accreditation when: 1. This is the first time the camp is to be visited; be scored 2. They are new directors of already accredited camps; > Basic risk management 3. There have been significant changes to the accreditation program (as in September 2015); or STANDARDS UPDATE COURSE: 4. An individual will be taking the Associate Visitor Course. Please continue reading to decide which course best fits your ii`ð"ivÀiiV«ÞvÌ iiÜÃÌ>`>À`ÃLƂVVÀi`Ì>Ì Process Guide—“APG”) will be provided to staff from each camp >ÌÌi`>Vi°"Ì iÀV«iÃÜLi>Û>>LiÌLÀÀÜvÀÕÃi `ÕÀ}V>Ãð If your camp has a visitor on staff who is coordinating the visit, the Visitor Update Course also satisfies your camp’s requirement for a -Ì>`>À`à ÕÀÃi°/ i6ÃÌÀ1«`>Ìi ÕÀÃiÃ>Û>>Lii° Visitors who wish to register can do so by emailing Kyle Medeiros >ÌÞiJ>V>Þ°À}]ÀV>} >ÌÓ£ÓΣxÓän° The purpose of this course is to update current Standards Personnel and/or camp directors about changes in standards and «ÀVi`ÕÀiÃ>Ã>ÀiÃÕÌvÀiViÌÀiÛÃð The Standards Update Course will highlight specific changes to the program as well as review the overall accreditation process to >``ÀiÃÃvÀiµÕiÌÞÃÃi`ÀÃÕ`iÀÃÌ`ÃÌ>`>À`ð/ ÃVÕÀÃi can be taken by any individual who has been actively involved with Ì i>VVÀi`Ì>Ì«ÀViÃÃvÀ>V>«Ì i«>ÃÌÌ ÀiiÞi>ÀðƂ Ƃ iLiÀà «ÃÌ>«ÀiÀiµÕÃÌivÀÌ ÃVÕÀÃi° COURSE INFORMATION MONDAY, MARCH 7 FULL STANDARDS COURSE: 11:00 AM–4:30 PM The purpose of the ACA Full Standards Course is to prepare camp `ÀiVÌÀÃ>`>`ÃÌÀ>ÌÀÃvÀÌ iÀ>VVÀi`Ì>ÌÛÃÌ°/ i«iÀà completing the ACA Standards Course is expected to actively assist the camp in preparation for the accreditation visit and fully «>ÀÌV«>ÌiÌ iÃÌiÛÃÌ°Ƃ ƂiLiÀà «ÃÌ>«ÀiÀiµÕÃÌivÀÌ ÃVÕÀÃi°/ ÃVÕÀÃi>ÃÃiÀÛiÃ>Ã>ÌÀ`ÕVÌÌ the Standards Program for persons interested in becoming -Ì>`>À`Ã6ÃÌÀð FULL STANDARDS COURSE, ROOM 421 Some of the items covered in the Full Standards Course include: > Introduction to the Accreditation Process Guide > Requirements for a camp to be accredited 12 > Mandatory standard and written documentation requirements > Determining areas of the camp operation that will need to TUESDAY, MARCH 8 12:45–1:45 PM STANDARDS AND ACCREDITATION MEET ‘N EAT, ROOM 420 4:00–5:30 PM STANDARDS UPDATE COURSE, ROOM 421 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 11:00 AM–4:30 PM FULL STANDARDS COURSE, ROOM 421 atlantic city SECOND LEVEL EXHIBIT HALL GENERAL SESSION ROOM SESSION ROOMS WALKWAY TO THE SHERATON REGISTRATION AREA ACA, NY & NJ LOUNGE THIRD LEVEL FOURTH LEVEL BEN APPELBAUM LOUNGE SPEAKER READY ROOM MEET ’N’ EAT LUNCH STATIONS CAMP TRADING POST LIVE MEET ’N’ EAT LUNCH STATIONS 13 atlantic city EXHIBIT HALL FLOOR PLAN – HALL B – SECOND LEVEL INTERACTIVE ZONE FOOD COURT GENERAL SESSION ROOM HALL A EPIC, SCOPE, ACA KEYSTONE SECTION, TOURO UNIVERSITY AND NY/NJ LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY BOOTH ACA BOOKSTORE EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION 14 HOSPITALITY (Bag pickup) ATTENDEE REGISTRATION One of the great benefits of the conference is our Exhibit Hall—the largest and the most extensive gathering of camp-focused exhibitors in the world. The Exhibit Hall boasts over 270 exhibitors, a food VÕÀÌ]Ì iÌiÀ>VÌÛi<i>`Ì iƂ ƂÃÌÀi° More importantly, the exhibit hall teams you up with potential partners for your camp who can provide not only a wide range of products and services at the most competitive prices, but also insights into improving ÞÕÀV>«iÝ«iÀiVi°/ iÃi«i«i>ÀiÕÀ«>ÀÌiÀð When you need help, advice, service or spare parts, Ì iÞ>ÀiÌ iÀivÀÞÕ°9ÕÜiÛiÀii`ÌiÝ«> how important it is to have what you need during the ÃÕiÀÌ>VviÀiViiÝ LÌÀ°7iÀiVi` that you have a plan to make the most of this ÕiµÕ>i`««ÀÌÕÌÞ°iÀi>ÀiÃiÀiVi`>tions to help you get the most out of the Exhibit Hall: > Plan on making several trips to the hall to be certain Ì >ÌÞÕÃiiiÛiÀÞÌ }°"iÎäq{xÕÌiÌÀ«Ü ÌLiiÕ} ÌÛiÜ>Ì iiÝ LÌðÛ`iÕ«Ì i hall by rows and plan to walk one or two rows per ÌÀ«ÃÞÕV>ÃiiiÛiÀÞÛi`À° > If you have any exhibitors you want to have a longer conversation with, schedule a time to meet when the hall is slower (perhaps during one of our educational sessions) to have a more substantive and relaxed V >Ì°ÌÃ`vvVÕÌÌÌ>i>`Û>Ì>}ivÌ iÀÜi`}i when everyone else is there at once, so give yourself a chance to ask questions and make your purchases >ÌÞÕÀÜ«>Vi° > They understand the natural cycle of camp from the business standpoint and are flexible to adjusted «>ÞiÌÀ`iÛiÀÞÃV i`ÕiÃvii`i`° > Finally, our vendors want you to know that most Tri-State iÝ LÌÀÃÜ>ÌV ÀLi>Ì>Þ«ÀViÞÕv`° Many exhibitors will also be offering Tri-State CAMP attendees onsite discounts—so be sure to take advantage! Our exhibitors are not only partners in camp, but >ë>ÀÌiÀÃ>ÌÌ iVviÀiVi°/ iÃiiÝ LÌÀà make it possible for this conference to have the amazing high-level educational and development ÃiÃÃÃÜiÛi°/>i>`Û>Ì>}ivÌ iÀÜi`}i of and belief in the summer V>«iÝ«iÀiVi°>iÃÕÀi you avail yourself of this powerful (but short-lived) opportunity while working with the exhibitors that ÃÕ««ÀÌÕÃÞi>À>vÌiÀÞi>À° JASON SAMUEL Exhibit Operations Chair 6* 12:30–5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Grand Opening 12:30–3:00 PM Unopposed time in Exhibit Hall 4:00–5:00 PM 6+ 10:45 AM–5:00 PM Free Coffee with the Exhibitors 10:45–11:45 AM Unopposed Time in Exhibit Hall 11:00 AM–2:00 PM 4:15–5:00 PM 6#, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM Free Coffee with the Exhibitors 9:30–10:00 AM Unopposed Time in Exhibit Hall 11:15 AM–12:00 PM 15 A world where work is fulfilling and life is fun. Join us... See what we’re up to at booths 531 & 533. 17 Booth EXHIBITOR 535 829 Studios Booth EXHIBITOR 319 Peter Ross 1330 Beacon Street, Suite 300 Brookline, MA 02446 Anthony Cataldo 2 Marlborough Rd. West Hempstead, NY 11552 Phone: (617) 933-9824 [email protected] www.829llc.com Phone: 516-284-1225 [email protected] www.acradiocom.com ACradiocom is a leading distributor of high-quality business communication products. We provide 2-way radios from Kenwood communications. ACradiocom is the Master ProTalk Distributor for New York, Northern New Jersey and New England. Capture the spirit of your camp with virtual visits by 829 studios! Using high resolution 360 degree images, this fun, interactive experience lets families tour your camp from their computer, smart phone or ipad. 112 9 Square in the Air Steve Otey 1239 Dorne Dr. Manchester, MO 63021 503, 505, Active Network, Camps 602, 604 Jon Ramer 717 N Harwood Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: 1-877-996-2267 [email protected] Www.ACTIVEcamps.com Phone: 877-672-3938 ext. 10 [email protected] www.9squareintheair.com 9 Square in the Air is the new addictive game that groups love! Many students like 9 Square on the ground, but this awesome new game takes it up a level! Imagine the favorite playground game combined with volleyball for 9 players at a time. This great game is height-adjustable, sets up easily, breaks down for storage and is great for indoor and outdoor use. This game accommodates over 50 players per hour, and is great for a tournament, main event or just set it up and let people play. A line always forms quickly! ACTIVE Network, Camps is the leading provider of camp management software. Our integrated technology includes online registration and management solutions to increase operational efficiencies. 507 Phone: (732) 536-1017 [email protected] www.iprintpromos.com Since your group hasn’t played this brand-new game, it levels the playing field and is great for campers of all skill levels. This game will be a huge hit at your camp this summer! See video and pictures of the game on our website. 857 a la Mode Shoppe We imprint your logo on anything—wearables and novelties. The specialist in camp specialties. 739 Adventure Network Marc Roth 360 East 55th St. New York, NY 10022 David Pastorok PO Box 309 Chalfont, PA 18914 Phone: (917) 639-3401 [email protected] http://alamodeshoppe.com Phone: (215) 997-9270 [email protected] www.adventure-network.net A La Mode Shoppe is a completely nut free, egg free, and gluten free facility catering to schools, camps, retail locations all across the country. Full-service challenge course provider. Installation, training and inspection of challenge courses and climbing walls and structures. ACCT Professional Vendor Member (accredited vendor). Adventure programs for camps. Academy Express, LLC John Kiely 111 Paterson Avenue Hoboken, NJ 07030 Phone: (201) 420-7000 [email protected] www.academybus.com Academy is the largest privately owned and operated coach transportation company in the United States, serving the entire east coast with locations in Florida, Virginia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Academy is the leading transportation provider to the camp industry, operating over 2,000 camp trips in 2013. Whether it’s transportation for campers and staff to and from camp, a field trip or a multiple day over-the-road tour, Academy knows the way! We feature full-sized 54-passenger coaches, 38-passenger coaches and 15-passenger mini-coaches for your convenience. Contact us at 800-442-7272, or online at www.academybus.com 18 Advance Specialties Bruce Schneider PO Box 76 Marlboro, NJ 07746 The goal of the game is to advance to the center “king” square and stay there as long as possible. Rules are very simple, and the game is easy for anyone to play. 848 ACradiocom 446 Adventureland Amusement Park Caitlin DiSclafani 2245 Broadhollow Rd Farmingdale, NY 11735 Phone: (631) 694-6868 [email protected] www.adventureland.us Long Island’s family amusement park since 1962, located on Route 110 in Farmingdale. Home to Long Island’s only spinning coaster, Turbulence! Rides and games for all ages! Parking and admission are always free! Group rates and food, game and arcade packages available. Park available for exclusive events. Booth EXHIBITOR Booth EXHIBITOR 435, 437 Aflex Technology 200 734 Steven Fisch 380 Fiske Street Holliston, MA 01746 Phone: +64-3-54 66747 [email protected] www.aflextechnology.com Phone: (508) 429-9000 [email protected] www.amerasport.com Leading designers and manufacturers of innovative inflatables, producing high-quality constant airflow obstacles for swimming pools, inflatable aquatic toys, modular waterparks, standalone units for beaches and lakes, land-based waterslides and customdesigned products. Amerasport is the nation’s leading web and mail-order supplier of camp uniforms through our custom webstores and color catalogs published specifically for your camp. Making your camp look great is our business! We produce all types of camp gear and accessories, from moisture-wicking products with your logos to staff uniforms. AfreSHeet Maxwell Cohen One Little West 12 St., Suite 607 New York, NY 10014 105 Phone: +44 1613123640 [email protected] www.AmeriCamp.co.uk AfreSHeet is the world’s first and only fitted sheet with 7 peel-away disposable top layers. AmeriCamp is the award-winning international recruitment agency providing a diversified range of highly qualified international staff via our visa sponsors. Verified on Twitter @AmeriCamp, we provide social media consultancy for the camping industry. Air Trampoline Sports Justin Stone 111 Route 35 Clifford, NJ 07721 321 Phone: 1-800-203-2507 [email protected] www.americanbeddingmfg.com Indoor trampoline park catering to individuals, parties, groups, schools, special need programs, fitness programs and dodgeball. Open arena with other various activities. Fluid-proof mattresses and replacement mattress covers in BEDBUG-PROOF DESIGNS, wood and metal bunk beds, folding cots, wood and metal furniture, linens, online with prices at www. americanbeddingmfg.com. Allied T-Shirts Joseph Shrem One 43rd Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 438 American Bedding Manufacturers, Inc Dale Reynolds PO Box 1048, 276 Dennis Street Athens, TN 37371 Phone: (732) 583-3000 [email protected] www.airtrampolinesports.com 235 AmeriCamp Cat Tomlinson 51 Bengal Street Manchester, England M4 6LN Phone: (516) 603-3116 [email protected] www.afresheet.com 704 Amerasport, Inc. Christie Horne 239 Haven Road Nelson, New Zealand 07040 621 American Camp and Work Experience Phone: 718-369-9614 [email protected] 347-525-8046 Gary Bauer One International Blvd., Suite 400 Mahwah, NJ 07495 T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, duffel bags, screen printing and embroidery. Phone: (866) 387-2448 [email protected] www.acawe.com Amazing Amusements & Entertainment International staffing specialists, authorized J1 sponsor. Expertise in general counselors, specialists, safety/security personnel, chefs and department heads. Specialized background checks meeting camp due-diligence standards. Eric Kivor 5 Kennedy Drive Marlboro, NJ 07746 Phone: (732) 577-1944 [email protected] www.amazingamusements.com We are one of the most experienced and reliable companies exhibiting here at Tri-State. Our inventory of mechanical rides, inflatables and carnival games is one of the largest in the industry. We are thankful for being able to have worked with many of you over the years and look forward to many more. For those we have not had the pleasure of working with, we look forward to meeting you! 106 American Marketing Eric Freedman 436 N. Springfield Rd. Clifton Heights, PA 19018 Phone: (484) 962-6340 [email protected] www.amermark.com Screen printed & embroidered apparel 19 Booth EXHIBITOR 816 Booth EXHIBITOR American Sail, Inc. 838 Carmen Reino Phone: (843) 552-8548 [email protected] www.americansail.com Phone: 800-585-1580 [email protected] anchorpestcontrol.net 155 Bedford Avenue Iselin, NJ 08830 Small sailboats specifically designed for use by camps for sail training and sailing introduction. Replacement sail and parts for many makes and models. 847 Pest control, preventive bed bug treatment plans, K-9 bed bug detection, heat treatment and heat box service plans 136 Amilia Phone: (860) 619-8010 [email protected] www.arborealedge.com Phone: (514) 862-6097 [email protected] www.amilia.com Arboreal Edge, LLC is a full-service challenge course vendor. We specialize in design, construction, training and inspection. We custom-build adventure from ropes courses to climbing structures. We offer a full line of adventure equipment from Petzl and Rock Exotica. Online registration and camp management software Amir Stef Bugasch 510 3rd St. Oakland, CA 94607 803 Phone: (717) 761-7411 [email protected] www.artisticimprints.com Amir inspires and empowers youth to serve others, and we use the garden as our classroom. We recruit outstanding young adults (Amir Farmers) from colleges and universities across the country and train them to be garden-educators at summer camp. Over the summer, participating campers experience the magic of maintaining life, and make crucial life-decisions all while working in their beautiful vegetable garden. Your one-stop shop for screen printed and embroidered apparel. Get your t-shirts, sweatshirts, caps and much more with your logo on it. We also do promotional products, which are fun giveaways for campers and staff members. With precise guidance and dedication from Amir Farmers, campers seed, prune, harvest and enjoy the fruits of their labor in a fun and meaningful way. Join our growing network of camps as we scale garden-education across the summer camping landscape! Our wide-format signage will also help you promote your camp with Coro Signs, banners and many other media types. Don’t forget to ask us about our websites that we can put up for your campers and staff members to buy your custom apparel. AMSkier Johanna Bush 209 Main Avenue Hawley, PA 18428 sponsor! 232 AMSkier is the largest direct insurer of children’s camps in the country. Insuring camps in over twenty-two states, AMSkier is proud to insure many of America’s finest camps. Anchor Industries John Fuchs 1100 Burch Drive Evansville, IN 47733 Phone: (812) 867-2421 [email protected] www.anchorinc.com Tents, camping tents, gymnastic tents, dining room tents, large umbrellas, portable flooring, awnings, pool covers, propane and charcoal BBQ frills 20 Bargoose Home Textiles Christopher Moskal 96 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Floor Lynbrook, NY 11563 Phone: (570) 226-4571 [email protected] www.amskier.com 749 Artistic Imprints Dan Buysse 823 Saint Johns Road Camp Hill, PA 17011 Phone: (415) 758-2647 [email protected] www.amirproject.org 239 Arboreal Edge Kevin Lawrence 12 Birch Dr Warren, CT 06754 Ashley Wood 1751 Richardson 3. 105 Montreal, Quebec H3K1G6 135 Anchor Pest Control David Stanton 7350 Pepperdam Avenue Charleston, SC 29418 Phone: (516) 255-1736 [email protected] www.bargoosebedding.com Protective bedding: waterproof, allergen proof and certified bed bug proof. We offer unparalleled customer service! 539 Beam Clay / Partac Peat Corporation Denise Pierce One Kelsey Park Great Meadows, NJ 07838 Phone: (908) 637-4191 [email protected] www.beamclay.com Beam Clay is the brand of infield materials that has been recognized as the standard of excellence for baseball and softball infields for many years. We also supply over 200 other sports turf products. Booth EXHIBITOR Booth EXHIBITOR 343, 345 BERG USA LLC 430 515, 517, 519 Rick Kazdin PO Box 2472 Palm City, FL 34990 Phone: (717) 626-4705 [email protected] www.bergtoys-usa.com Phone: (800) 321-5716 [email protected] www.brightwhitepaper.com Quality pedal go karts for the professional market: camps, rentals, schools. Ages 3 and up. Also innovative construction toy for ages 5–12. Make it moov it. Create, display and laminate on demand—posters and signage in just 70 seconds. Display with an Easyboard in 10 seconds or less, available in 9 sizes. Non-electric, no-heat laminators in 12 and 25 inches. Bisque Imports Tina Roberts 1 Belmont Ave Belmont, NC 28012 sponsor! 843 Phone: (800) 283-9490 [email protected] www.briscoapparel.com Your one-stop shop for your camp’s arts & crafts program. Shop our huge selection of ceramics, mosaics, fused glass, craft supplies, paints and more. Bisque Imports offers options for camps with and without kilns. Brisco Apparel is located in North Carolina, with a very creative art staff and a super low cost structure. Looking to design your custom camp logo apparel for your campers and staff? We do all work in our 200,000 square foot facility, both screen printing and embroidery, stocking a large variety of activewear apparel. We have the ability to create an online portal for your camp, allowing both campers and alumni to place orders and/or reorders. Our warm and friendly customer service and sales team are looking forward to working with you. Blick Art Materials Linda Carter 695 US Highway 150 East Galesburg, IL 61401 Phone: 800-447-8192 [email protected] www.dickblick.com 228 Phone: (888) 465-2267 [email protected] www.bunk1.com Boston Attractions Group Bunk1 offers ways for you to save time, save money, get organized and make your parents, campers and staff happy. With easy-to-use web-based tools and a staff whose background is camp, Bunk1 is the only web company you need. Contact us about online photos, one-way e-mail, online registration, camper management, camp alumni tools and more! Suzanne Taylor 99 Chauncy St., Ste 401 Boston, MA 02111 Phone: (617) 357-8300 ext 2 [email protected] www.bostonattractionsgroup.com 703 Bunk1.com Ari Ackerman 461 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Since 1911, Blick Art Materials has provided schools, camps and organizations with craft kits, paints, brushes, clays, books, videos, art room furniture, plus supplies for drawing, woodworking, sculpture, jewelry-making and more. Ask about account discounts. 804 Brisco Apparel Jeff Beja 637 Patterson Grove Rd. Ramseur, NC 27316 Phone: (704) 413-6906 [email protected] www.bisqueimports.com 406 Bright White Paper Kent Julye 45 N Broad Street Lititz, PA 17543 807 Bunkline Outfitters Boston’s best group-friendly attractions! Everything you need to plan your trip to Boston in one place. Sights, sounds and adventures! Zoos, museums, historical sites, boat rides and baseball! Let BAG share it with you! Ruth Barnett 2 Split Rock Drive Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 Bourdon’s Institutional Sales Phone: (800) 435-6888 [email protected] www.bunkline.com Tina Bergeron 85 Plains Road Claremont, NH 3743-4527 Phone: (603) 542-8709 [email protected] www.bourdons.com Serving the camping community for 85 years, Bourdons is your one-stop shop for bunks, cots, repair parts, bed linens, shower curtains, bath linens, mattresses, replacement covers, pillows and mosquito netting. Bedding and sleep related products nationally distributed—Bourdons is the leading supplier of camp bedding. Bunkline offers fantastic promotional products and apparel printed or embroidered with your camp name. You can count on us whether you want top-of-the-line or the least expensive. Our large volume of production offers you the finest work at the most desirable prices. Once you get to know us, you might want to enter our FREE custom catalog or brochure program AND/OR get a website store link. Your campers can purchase all the items needed for camp, including clothing with your name printed on them. Our program takes away the parents’ stress in preparing their child for camp. Parents order direct through us, and we handle everything! The best part is that you receive commissions on all sales. It’s that simple! 21 Booth EXHIBITOR 412, 414 Booth EXHIBITOR C.C. Creations 730 Becky Biehler 1800 Shiloh Ave. Bryan, TX 77803 Rodney Auth PO Box 1166 Medina, OH 44258-1166 Phone: 800-324-1268 [email protected] www.cccreationsusa.com Phone: (866) 444-4216 [email protected] www.camp-business.com With stellar service and incomparable quality, C.C. Creations provides camps and organizations with custom apparel, headwear and promotional products. Our prices are competitive, and our turnaround is quick!. Find out why camps all over the nation have chosen C.C.Creations for their custom merchandise needs! 616 Camp Business is a magazine for children’s camp directors and administrators written by children’s camp directors and administrators, which means it’s chock full of common-sense solutions to everyday problems—and it’s a fun read. Visit www.camp-business. com to sign up for your free subscription today! Camelback Resort 700 Linda Galante 301 Resort Drive Tannersville, PA 18372 Phone: (800) 999-2267 [email protected] www.ccusa.com Northeast’s biggest indoor waterpark and Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor waterpark. 453-room hotel. Zippiness, mountain coaster, TreeTops Course, skiing and snowboarding. We are also the biggest snow tubing park in the country. Countless adventures— One Resort! The NEW Camelback Resort! Camp America Andrew Newberry River Plaza - 9 West Broad Street Stamford, CT 06902 The CCUSA Camp Counselors program provides international staffing services of the highest quality for American summer camps. Recruiting from over 40 countries worldwide, CCUSA is dedicated to providing camps with first-rate international counselors and support staff, all thoroughly screened for quality skills and experience, as well as English proficiency. For over 20 years, CCUSA has strived to maintain excellence by continually providing personal service to camps and dependable support for all participants. sponsor! 311 International staffing service providing qualified staff for virtually every position at camp, from activity leaders and specialist and general counselors to kitchen, maintenance and office staff. We serve every type of camp and have brought thousands of applications for consideration right here to the conference. We aim to be your easiest and friendliest option for quality matches and smooth logistics. We specialize in serving camp directors who are new to the international staffing process. Camp Leaders helps camps find quality International counselors and support staff from around the globe! 218 Camp Outfitters by Lands’ End Jessica Petersen 6 Lands’ End Lane Dodgeville, WI 53595 Ed Horowitz 2046 County Route #7 Ancram, NY 12502 Phone: (800) 960-9441 [email protected] www.landsend.com/camp Phone: (800) 207-4446 [email protected] www.campathletic.com Major manufacturers we represent: Jugs, Champion, Bear/Indian archery, Cascade lax helmets, Gait Lax, Dick Martin, Goal Sports, Voit, Mylec and Goalrilla. Largest supplier of used golf and tennis balls. Operated by former camp owner/director who understands the business. Our service and prices are not matched. Just ask the 350 camps we serve. We also represent 5 Star Media Magic, who does video shooting and duplication for over 40 ACA camps. sponsor! Phone: (866) 803-7643 [email protected] www.campleaders.com Camp Athletic Supply Baseball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, volleyball and waterfront equipment. Goals for soccer, hockey, lacrosse and basketball. Nets for tennis, volleyball, basketball and soccer. Just about every thing a camp needs for their athletic programs. Camp Leaders Andy Callender Camp Leaders Stamford, CT 06905 Phone: (203) 399-5117 [email protected] www.campamerica.aifs.com 743 Camp Counselors USA Ashley Kimball 901 E Street, Suite 300 San Rafael, CA 94901 Phone: (570) 629-1661 [email protected] www.camelbackresort.com 529, 628 Camp Business Magazine – Northstar Publishing The place where kids get the comfortable, durable clothing they want, and parents get exceptional value, backed by an unbeatable promise of satisfaction. Guaranteed. Period. 432 Camp Spot, The Howard Hoffman 4 Vreeland Rd. Florham Park, NJ 07032 Phone: (973) 994-7416 [email protected] www.thecampspot.com The Camp Spot has been outfitting campers and counselors for more than 50 years. Solutions can include a full-color custom catalog, an easy-to-use online web store and a traveling road show from Boston to Boca Raton. Camps earn generous commissions on every item sold to their campers. 22 Booth EXHIBITOR 339 Camp Trucking Booth EXHIBITOR 559 Camper Glow & Camper Quest Stuart Seller PO Box 6310 Avon, CO 81620 Alex Zebede 2 Timber Lane Marlboro, NJ 07746 Phone: (970) 949-0690 [email protected] www.camptrucking.com Phone: 732-446-1329 [email protected] www.camperglow.com For over 30 years, Camp Trucking has been the leader in private baggage delivery. Camp Trucking is YOUR premier door-to-door camp duffel delivery service. We have exclusively provided transport of camp baggage from home, to camp and back from anywhere in the U.S. and parts of Canada. Camper Glow and Camper Quest, are the new and exciting, all-inclusive Neon Glow Dance Party and summer camp Game Show including full professional sound and lighting systems, skilled high-energy entertainers with giveaways & prizes for all of your campers. Count on Camp Trucking for your baggage service needs! 121 607 CampBrain Dana Godel PO Box 267037 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33326-7037 Rob Carmichael 411-366 Adelaide Street East Toronto, Ontario M5A3X9 Phone: (954) 577-0025 [email protected] www.campmeds.com Phone: (866) 485-8885 [email protected] www.campbrain.com Founded by a former camp nurse, CampMeds has been servicing the camping industry since 2003. Unique service of packaging medications for campers. Meds are individually packaged and labeled in multi-dose compliance packets. Minimizes risk of potential medication errors, reduces liability of camp. NO COST TO CAMP. Web-based and locally-hosted management software, online registration, camper photo galleries and email for camps and conference centers. Serving over 1000 camps since 1994. 832 CampDirectorsResources.com - Family Publications 531, 533 Gail Velez 325 West 38th Street, Suite 305 New York, NY 10018 CampMinder is a web-based camp management and communication system designed by former campers, staff and you—the camp professional. For nearly a decade, CampMinder has been collaborating with leading camp owners and directors to identify the best practices in camp administration.Our intuitive system is designed around these practices to help you operate your camp at peak efficiency. CampDoc.com Michael Ambrose, M.D. 526 S Maple Rd Ann Arbor, MI 48103 CampDoc.com is the leading electronic health record system for camps, also offering free online camp registration, travel and emergency medical protection for children at summer camp and pre-packaged medications. Designed by camp doctors, nurses and directors, our secure, easy-to-use web-based solution manages health forms, medications/allergies and illness/injury tracking for your camp throughout the summer. CampDoc.com can provide camp health staff instant access to vital medical information, decrease the time and energy spent during initial camper check-in, reduce risk and liability, and help keep safety in the forefront of camp operations. sponsor! Phone: (303) 444-2267 [email protected] www.campminder.com The Camp Directors Resource Directory contains over 400 day and overnight trips for camp groups in CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI and VT. CampDirectorsResources.com allows users to search trips by subject and geographic area. Phone: (734) 636-1000 [email protected] www.campdoc.com CampMinder, LLC Katie Milne PO Box 36 Boulder, CO 80306 Phone: (212) 947-2127 [email protected] www.familypublications.com 717 CampMeds, Inc. Join us to save time, save money, breathe easier and become a part of the most valuable exchange of ideas in camping. 206 CampRX Jim Hennig 255 Valley Blvd Woodridge, NJ 07075 Phone: (201) 430-7300 [email protected] www.camprx.com CampRX is the leader in providing camps with a safe and effective medication management method. Our system is an easy, convenient and organized way to account for and administer your campers’ daily medicine regimens. 23 Booth EXHIBITOR 630, 632 CampSite Todd Browning 67 Froehlich Farm Blvd Woodbury, NY 11797 Booth EXHIBITOR sponsor! 102 Nick Muzzatti 2122 University Blvd W. Silver Spring, MD 20902 Phone: (301) 933-6881 [email protected] www.illuminationstation.net Phone: 855-599-CAMP [email protected] www.campmanagement.com The Illumination Station is a giant interactive Lite Brite. This addition to your camp program is sure to wow your campers and their parents. Camp management software designed by camp directors, for camp directors. CampSite is a leading provider of web-based camp management software to the camp industry for: 139 Online Registration, Billing, Marketing & Analytics, Medical Management, Staff Recruiting, Transportation, Attendance & Check In, Activity Scheduling and Retreat Management Phone: (732) 793-6488 [email protected] www.casinopiernj.com Camp-U-Tech Two family fun parks in the heart of the Jersey Shore. Fun for all ages on our property: a waterpark, amusement rides, arcade, go-karts, mini golf, midway games of chance and more! Dennis Mamchur 6 Provost Square Caldwell, NJ 07006 Phone: (973) 403-8755 [email protected] Summer computer rentals: PCs and Macs for use as a camper activity. Games and office software included. Affordable short-term and long-term rentals to camps and other summer programs. 214 Group rates for camps! Great place for field trips and day trips! 444 Phone: (910) 815-3880 [email protected] www.certifiedbackground.com David Doyle 94 Industrial Dr. Mashpee, MA 02649 CertifiedBackground has taken the name of our parent company, CastleBranch. We offer extensive employment and volunteer screening with a wide array of useful and cost effective products and services. Services include background checks, drug testing, document management and more. Phone: (508) 477-1188 [email protected] www.capecodbelt.com 534 733 Phone: (610) 324-5661 [email protected] www.centerforlicecontrol.com Erick Weinstein 101 Crossways Park West Woodbury, NY 11797 CardWorks Merchant Services provides a FREE analysis of your credit card merchant statement to highlight the GURANTEED savings this program will bring to your bottom-line number. Center for Lice Control Eddie Steinberg PO Box 622 Wynnewood, PA 19096 CardWorks Merchant Services Phone: 516-864-6679 [email protected] www.cardworksacquiring.com CastleBranch Amber King 1844 Sir Tyler Dr. Wilmington, NC 28405 Cape Cod Belt Co. Cape Cod Belt Co. is a manufacturer of high quality custom woven ribbon products. Products include belts, keytags, canvas tote bags, dog collars and leashes, flip flops, luggage tags, croakies, headbands, fleece blankets, straw hats, neckties and bowties and lanyards. Please stop by Booth # 214 and get your FREE Cape Cod keytag. Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach Waterpark Maria Mastoris 800 Ocean Terrace Seaside Heights, NJ 08751 We offer the most robust and user-friendly software available, designed specifically for day and residential camps! Visit us at www.campmanagement.com to schedule your demo today! 819 Carnival Day Got Lice issues? Stop by booth our booth for a quick lice audit! Get tips and expertise. Center for Lice Control has the right plan to partner with you and make it a lice-controlled summer for everyone! 335 Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises Gina Kelly Pier 83, West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 Phone: (877) 338-2542 [email protected] www.circleline42.com What do you get when you cross an educational sightseeing cruise or a thrilling speedboat ride with an entertaining tour guide? An informative and fun-filled excursion for you and your students. 24 Booth EXHIBITOR 314 713 CircuiTree Solutions Booth EXHIBITOR 306 Ivy Fife 28 West South 4th Street Montrose, CO 81401 Phone: (417) 266-3423 [email protected] www.circuitreesolutions.org Phone: (970) 240-2111 [email protected] www.coloradoyurt.com CircuiTree is the premier comprehensive camp & conference center management software in the industry. From a single, private cloud, database you can keep track of your campers, families, donors, staff, and alumni. We help you process & manage registrations, health records, staff applications and hiring, group contracts and rentals, donations and donor tracking, sub-ledger accounting, online store, mobile check-in, activity scheduling, transportation, mass and scheduled emails, payments, billing, hundreds of reports & a report builder, point-of-sale, & much more with you computer or mobile device. This allows you and your CircuiTree analyst to look at the entire organization from 30,000 feet and help you make smart decisions with our decades of camp insights and best practices. CircuiTree helps you run camp, and not let it run all over you. CircuiTree was created by Kanakuk Kamps in 1995 and has been serving the largest camps in North America since 2005. Let’s chat today and see how we might be able to serve you and your organization. Affordable, durable and low-maintenance structures. Easy to setup, easy to take down. Made in Colorado and shipped all over the world. Colorado Yurts, Eathworks Tipis and Cimarron Tents. Get out in one! 806 Phone: (516) 377-8430 [email protected] www.colortime.com Colortime crafts and markers are screen-printed t-shirts, pillowcases, totes and bandanas that over 1,000,000 children have colored with our special permanent fabric markers. Selected designs can have your camp name on them. Custom designs available. 830 Phone: (516) 294-7985 [email protected] www.911pool.com A rental amusement company featuring inflatables, rides, games, water activities and fun foods. Commercial pool company specializing in automatic chemical controllers, dry chlorine feed systems, salt water systems and ultra-violet (UV) systems. Full line of pool supplies and equipment. Americans with Disabilities new regulation information, equipment and installation. Class Act Performing Artists & Speakers, Inc. Rosemary Hable 1690 Cottage Drive Lake Geneva, WI 53147 Class Act Performing Artists & Speakers, Inc. is a full-service entertainment company. Serving camps throughout the country for more than 20 years, we will work with you on choosing the right act for your camp. All performers are pre-screened and chosen for their ability to relate to camp audiences. Acrobatic, music, variety, comedy, sports shows, animal acts, as well as workshops and hands-on clinics are available. Discounted fees for block bookings. 821 201, 300, Commercial Recreation Specialists 416, 418, Carrie Flesher 420 807 Liberty Drive Verona, WI 53593 Phone: (608) 848-8781 [email protected] www.crs4rec.com Commercial Recreation Specialists, Inc. provides pedal boats, kayaks, waterfront inflatables, dock systems, splash pads, pool slides, playgrounds, safety surfaces and a wide variety of other recreational products and services for the commercial camp market. Club Getaway David Schreiber 59 South Kent Road, PO Box 737 Kent, CT 06757 Phone: (860) 927-3664 [email protected] www.clubgetaway.com The sports vacation just for kids! We specialize in overnight and day trips—a service must for day and travel camps. We feature activities that are not available at your camp. Commercial Clearwater Company, Inc. Paul Meilink PO Box 909 Plandome, NY 11030 Phone: (856) 662-1662 [email protected] www.circustime.net Phone: (262) 245-0700 [email protected] www.class-act.com Colortime Crafts Michael Platt 1842 Glenn Lane Merrick, NY 11566 Circus Time Amusements & Entertainment Dianna Frazier 900 Sherman Avenue Pennsauken, NJ 08110 138 Colorado Yurt Company Anderson Wilkins 1353 Lakeshore Drive Branson, MO 65616 244 Connect-A-Dock Steve Teague 1501 Owner Ave Atlantic, IA 50022 Phone: (712) 243-2430 [email protected] www.connectadock.com Modular Floating Docks and PWC Drive-on 25 Booth EXHIBITOR 332 207 Connect One Bank Booth EXHIBITOR 331 John Passaro 20130 Lakeview Center Plaza, Suite 400 Ashburn, VA 20147 Phone: (908) 206-2860 [email protected] www.connectonebank.com Phone: (703) 450-0806 [email protected] http://www.compassawards.com Connect One Bank is a $4 billion commercial bank based in Northern New Jersey, with a focus on financing real estate and business acquisition, refinancing costly debt and providing superior cash management solutions in a cost-reflective manner. Compass Awards is a patch-based recognition program to highlight a child’s personal achievements. This merit badgestyle program has been used by private camps, after school programs and several national youth organizations since 1999. Connelly Skis 611 Jay Quam 20621 52nd Ave. West Lunwood, WA 98036 Phone: 207-553-4011 [email protected] www.ciee.org Watersports, stand up paddle boards, water skis, wake boards, knee boards, combo skis, life jackets, ropes, gloves tubes and float islands. CIEE is the largest J1 Visa sponsor in the USA, advocating for educational cultural experiences throughout the world since 1947. We have launched a new international camp counselor exchange program to place camp counselors at high quality summer camps throughout the United States. Our program follows our mission to help people acquire skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. Cookies & More Mark Abruscato 145 Price Parkway Farmingdale, NY 11735 Phone: 631-501-9141 [email protected] www.cookiesandmoreinc.com 714 [email protected] www.americansummercamps.com www.covecreekproductions.com Cove Creek Productions is a marketing firm specializing in high-end promotional videos, 360-degree aerial virtual tours and international camper recruitment. Copeland Coating Co., Inc. Mike Edgerton PO Box 595, 3600 US Route 20 Nassau, NY 12123 428 Phone: (718) 431-0301 [email protected] www.thecraftshoponline.com For over fifty years, Copeland Coating Co., Inc. has manufactured and applied ACTION-PAVE ACRYLIC COLOR SYSTEMS to new and old athletic surfaces, including tennis courts, basketball courts, hockey rinks and running tracks. CORCL Boats Carter Brigham 732 Deepdene Rd Baltimore, MD 21210 Phone: (855) 932-6725 [email protected] www.corcl.com Corcl—the fun way to get around. Our round boats are both a gentle introduction to the water for younger campers and a durable, spinning fun machine for your most active, athletic participants. 26 Craft Shop, The Sam Neiger 699 East 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11218 Phone: (518) 766-2932 [email protected] www.copelandcoating.com 248 Cove Creek Productions Brad Magill Tempe, AZ and New York, NY Phone: 615-749-4583 For over 50 years, Cookies & More,Inc., a family owned business, has been one of the largest specialty snack and beverage distributors, supplying camps and schools in the North East & throughout the U.S. We take great pride in providing excellent service with great prices on candy, snacks and beverages.We also carry a large variety of healthy products including nut-free, gluten-free and kosher snacks. We have all your snack and canteen items! 238 Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Katie Harrigan 300 Fore St. Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (425) 775-5416 [email protected] www.connellyskis.com 738 Corporate Image Promotions Mark Cardone 301 Sylvan Ave. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 The Craft Shop is a leading manufacturer and distributor to America’s camps and schools of quality office and school supplies, craft supplies, craft kits, games, sporting goods and much more at discounted prices and with superior customer service. 220 Creative Alternatives Kenny Scher 25 Yaphank Rd. Patchogue, NY 11772 Phone: (631) 425-5999 [email protected] www.creativealternatives.biz Show special of 100% cotton tees for $2.50. Please visit us and ask for a reference list of other camps that use our services. Guaranteed lowest prices in the promotion-product business. Booth EXHIBITOR 836 801 crimcheck.com Booth EXHIBITOR 318 Matthew Joseph P.O. Box 206 Old Westbury, NY 11568 Phone: (440) 816-9920 [email protected] www.crimcheck.com Phone: (516) 809-8399 [email protected] www.designernoodle.com Crimcheck.com is committed to protecting our clients’ brands, reputations, employees and customers by providing comprehensive, expert background checks and innovative business and technology solutions that facilitate a brilliant customer service experience. The original Designer Noodle can depict the hottest brands and logos. What better way to promote your camp? 219 3024 Avenue U Brooklyn, NY 11229 Phone: (701) 742-2351 [email protected] www.digigames.com Phone: (718) 769-4111 [email protected] People of all ages love TV game shows. It’s fun, entertaining, educational and addictive. Supplier of all your awards: trophies, medals, plaques, ribbons, etc. Minute to Win It, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader—people cannot get enough of TV-Style trivia games. And now you can involve youths by offering similar TV trivia games at your camps. Culinary Depot Michael Lichter 2 Melnick Drive Monsey, NY 10952 DigiGames produces a variety of wireless buzzer options and gaming consoles. A small investment can bring you a great return with systems starting at only $500. Phone: (845) 352-8200 [email protected] www.culinarydepotinc.com Culinary Depot provides a full design & layout team for your commercial kitchen needs. We are an Authorized Dealer for all major commercial kitchen equipment. We work closely with your staff on all small ware orders as well. 701 Call today for more information about how you can add something fresh and exciting during your next camp season. 118 Custom Concentrates Milt Becker 1 Madison Street East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Phone: (800) 836-9515 [email protected] www.discountschoolsupply.com Phone: (973) 773-9224 [email protected] www.customconcentrates.com For over 25 years, Discount School Supply has offered the lowest prices guaranteed on quality arts and crafts materials, school supplies and educational products—visit us online. 115 Phone: (646) 619-8625 [email protected] www.discoverytsx.com Custom Pools of Rockland More than a museum, Discovery Times Square is the New York destination for unique and immersive exhibits. Here, events epic and rare come to life, connecting you to the greatest human stories ever told. Phone: (845) 268-4388 Day and residental camp vinyl liner pool specialist. Conversion of old concrete pools to vinyl liners. Vinyl liners are the most effective and easy to maintain. We are specialists in covers, aquatic splash parks and equipment. We do our own work. DeIorio Foods Inc. John Tackabury 2200 Bleecker Street Utica, NY 13501 Phone: 315-732-7612 [email protected] www.deiorios.com Supplier of pizza dough, topped pizza, par-baked shells and dough balls (shells and flat). Discovery Times Square Kris Fiore 226 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 Joyce Leonakis 31 Liberty Street Congers, NY 10920 753 Discount School Supply Dave Mebs 2 Lower Ragsdale Drive Monterey, CA 93940 Manufacturer and distributor of beverages for camp. The full line includes fruit drink mixes, decaffeinated iced teas, juice bases, 100% juice concentrates, Gatorade and classic coffees. Our featured beverage program motto continues to be “Keep it simple—let it flow.” 328 DigiGames, Inc. Thomas Dorsher 31 Main Avenue Oakes, ND 58474 Crown Trophy Linda Feller 233 Designer Noodle Jeff Sosic 17295 Foltz Industrial Parkway Strongsville, OH 44149 558 Dixie Seating Company Dirk Baker PO Box 17 Scotts, NC 28699 Phone: (980) 223-2270 [email protected] www.dixieseating.com USA manufacturer of camp chairs and rockers since 1931. We have supplied solid hardwood seating products from 2 to 2000 pieces to camps, see our full line at www.dixieseating.com 27 Booth EXHIBITOR Booth EXHIBITOR 634, 636 Driscoll Foods 620 814 Jessica Jacobs 37 West 39th St., Suite 402 New York, NY 10018 Phone: (973) 672-9400 [email protected] www.driscollfoods.com Phone: (516) 450-5288 [email protected] www.everythingcamper.com Full-line food service distributor: groceries, dairy, frozen, meats, seafood, nonfoods, equipment and supplies, produce. Camp clothing outfitter E & R Cleaners – The Camper’s Laundry 537 Phone: (866) 304-5362 ext.1553 [email protected] www.everythingsummercamp.com Phone: (603) 627-7661 [email protected] www.eandrcleaners.com E&R Cleaners provides a wash-dry-fold laundry service to staff and campers, We also launder other items that camps may need for their kitchens and infirmaries. One shop for summer camp gear and a customized apparel. Stop at our booth to get your free online store today. 530 Phone: (877) 237-3931 [email protected] www.expertonlinetraining.com Phone: (800) 216-1601 [email protected] www.economyhandicrafts.com ExpertOnlineTraining.com is the camping industry’s most popular and trusted online training platform. Featuring over 100 video modules hosted by leading camp educators, ExpertOnlineTraining. com is the tool that leading camps utilize to enhance their staff performance and camp safety. Looking for exciting craft ideas? Economy Handicrafts is the source! We offer a complete selection of arts and crafts materials for all ages and abilities; basic supplies in bulk and creative group pack projects for your campers. Ed Hoy’s International 833 Phone: (516) 374-6186 [email protected] www.ExtremeMagicOfEric.com Phone: (630) 836-1353 [email protected] www.edhoy.com The most requested magic show in the camping industry! Combining big stage illusions, daring escapes, heart-racing stunts, live animals, special effects, cool music and more, awardwinning illusionist Eric Wilzig brings a professional, theater-style experience to your camp. With over 250 camp shows in each of the past 4 summers... with appearances on NBC’s hit TV show America’s Got Talent... with headline performances around the world... The Extreme Magic of Eric guarantees a show your camp will never forget! Ed Hoy’s International has been supplying and supporting art teachers all over the country for over 40 years. Whether you are new to art glass or simply looking for ways to stretch your budget, Ed Hoy’s can help you. We offer the largest selection of art glass in North America and offer it to all non-profits at true wholesale pricing. Everlast Climbing Sarah Howard 1335 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Phone: (651) 665-9131 [email protected] www.everlastclimbing.com Everlast Climbing is committed to improving youth fitness with dynamic and innovative climbing walls that engage the children and inspire physical activity. 28 Extreme Magic of Eric Wilzig, The David Wilzig 544 Church Avenue Woodmere, NY 11598 Maria Moran 27625 Diehl Rd. Warrenville, IL 60555 633 ExpertOnlineTraining.com Evan Heltay 65 Samor Road Toronto, Ontario M6A 1J2 EconoCrafts Jacob Friedman 29 Riverside Ave. Newark, NJ 07104 705 Everything Summer Camp Matthew DeMuth 501 S Clark St Boyd, WI 54726 Kathy Paquette 565 Gold Street Manchester, NH 03103 606 Everything Camper Apparel Ron Pereen 174 Delawanna Avenue Clifton, NJ 07014 601 EZ-CAMP2 by SofterWare Sam Goldenberg 132 Welsh Road Horsham, PA 19044 Phone: (800) 220-4111 [email protected] www.ezcamp2.com Easy-to-learn, flexible and fast, EZCAMP2 provides all aspects of camp management including: online registration, flexible reporting, fully integrated accounting, custom enrollment analysis, camper and staff data, activity scheduling, credit card and bank draft processing, and more! We also provide hosting for anywhere, anytime access and full IT management. Booth EXHIBITOR 805 721 Fantastic Tours & Travel Booth EXHIBITOR 854 Jeremy Erlich 2227 US Highway 1, Ste. 292 North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Phone: (631) 462-6262 [email protected] www.fantastictours.com Phone: (888) 349-2567 [email protected] www.foracleanerpool.com Fantastic Tours was founded in 1984 as a student tour company. Today we are a full service agency that includes a very active student tour business, an exciting summer camp travel program, kosher tours, African American history tours, Girl Scout tours, adult tours and a travel agency. All of our tours are customized for our clients to meet your individual needs. We use experienced deluxe motor coach companies that enhance our tours with their new equipment and professional drivers. Distributor of robotic pool cleaners. Camp and poolside equipment. 844 Phone: (917) 488-7978 [email protected] www.wearefreshkids.com First Take Productions, Inc. Phone: (561) 455-4364 [email protected] www.firsttake.com Fresh Kids is an independent food company creating healthful and natural snacks for kids. Clean label, Non-GMO, Kosher, nut-free snacks. 107 Josh Mason 4206 South 108th Street Omaha, NE 68137 FlagHouse Phone: (800) 228-2003 [email protected] www.funexpress.com/corporate Phone: (800) 793-7900 [email protected] www.flaghouse.com Make every day fun with Oriental Trading Company products from Fun Express! We offer an amazing selection of crafts, novelties, holiday and party supplies—all at ACA discounted prices. 735 For over 56 years, FlagHouse has been dedicated to providing the best in recreational products, programs and equipment, including team and individual sports as well as a full line of fitness, aquatics, games, game tables and more. Visit us @ FlagHouse.com to view our complete line of solutions to fit your needs, at great values to fit your budget. Phone: (561) 297-4523 [email protected] http://www.fau.edu/publicservice/pre-collegiateprograms/initiatives/ Phone: (914) 637-7575 [email protected] www.funfuzion.com Westchester’s largest family entertainment center. 449, 451, 453, 455, 548, 550, 552, 554 FAU Summer Ambassadors, are hand-selected, to complete and intensive 40-hour training course before they are assigned to summer programs to work with youth. In addition to various leadership and youth-specific skills, Ambassadors are CPR, AED and wilderness first aid vertified. Ambassadors are prepared to serve the youth in your program. Food & Beverage Associates Frank J Ferrara 8 West Main Street, Suite 1-F Farmingdale, NJ 07727 Phone: (732) 751-1780 [email protected] www.fba-usa.com Food & Beverage Associates is a food-service provider specializing in children’s summer camps. We provide quality food safely while maintaining your budget. Our professional staff will work together with your camp to customize your food-service needs. Fun Fuzion @ New Roc City Ann Jelito 19 LeCount Place New Rochelle, NY 10801 Florida Atlantic University Greta Bost 777 Glades Rd., Suite 286 Boca Raton, FL 33065 119 Fun Express, a subsidiary of Oriental Trading Company 30 years producing quality and creative video productions for the camp industry. Promotional videos, DVD yearbooks, streaming video. commercials. John Ruggiero 601 FlagHouse Drive Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 236 Fresh Kids Susanne Brose PO Box 122 Hume, VA 22639 Jake Packard 225 NE 1st Street, PH14 Delray Beach, FL 33444 401, 500 For a Cleaner Pool Geri Shumer 6143 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 101 Commack, NY 11725 FunAir Scott Webster 3801 N Cap TX Highway, Ste E-240-308 Austin, TX 78746 Phone: (800) 928-4042 [email protected] www.funair.com FunAir creates awesome inflatable recreational products that keep kids active and entertained for hours. Our commercial grade water slides, playgrounds and gaga ball pits are designed to last for years of fun! Inflate the fun and keep campers coming back year after year. 149 GagaBallPits.com Coach Cliff Silverman 95 Noll Street Waukegan, IL 60085 Phone: (847) 573-2377 [email protected] www.gagaballpits.com Portable and semi-portable gaga ball pits. We supply the corner brackets and fasteners. You just purchase your lumber locally, drill the holes and bolt them together. Fast, easy, affordable and extremely well built! 4 model types available, along with various accessories. 29 Booth EXHIBITOR 846 745 Gatehouse Media / Propel Marketing Booth EXHIBITOR 605 Kendra Dolton 729 7th Avenue New York, NY 10019 Phone: (570) 253-3055 [email protected] www.propelmarketing.com Phone: 1.800.BROADWAY x2 [email protected] www.broadway.com/groups “Connecting businesses with the people who matter most.” Providing digital marketing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. SEM/SEO, responsive design, digital display marketing, retargeting, direct/custom email, Facebook, call tracking, chat leads and more! Group Sales Box Office/Broadway.com and Broadway Across America offer the widest range of Broadway ticketing services, including individual and group tickets for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows in New York City, as well as tickets for Broadway touring productions in over 35 cities across the United States and Canada. We provide unparalleled customer service to our clients, while offering the most competitive group discount pricing. Visit our website for comprehensive trip-planning information including show descriptions, performance schedules, ticket prices, Broadway Classroom workshops, restaurant guides, NYC attractions, easy online ordering and more. A one-stop shop for planning your group’s itinerary! Geoscape Solar Jeff Chavkin 160 South Livingston Ave., Suite 113 Livingston, NJ 07039 Phone: (973) 535-4361 [email protected] www.geoscapesolar.com 815 Phone: (818) 510-3116 [email protected] www.gruvywear.com GrUVywear manufactures UV protective swimshirts for campers and staff, which we can customize with your camp logo. Available in a variety of colors, our SPF 50+ swimshirts are breathable and lightweight, so they can be worn all day for added protection. Purchase wholesale for campers, staff and store AND/OR have parents purchase your custom shirts from our user-friendly website (that can link directly from your camp site). Get Ready, Inc. John Haug 1432 Route 179, #C4 Lambertville, NJ 08530 Phone: (800) 682-1665 [email protected] www.teddygetready.com 307 Phone: (561) 444-2521 [email protected] www.hhpurchasing.com We provide savings opportunities in food, health supplies, sporting equipment, arts and crafts, and paints. We are a professional outsourcing company. Got Color, Inc. Erin Kaczynski 38 Villas Circle Melville, NY 11747 637 Phone: 877-565-6885 [email protected] http://www.headrushtech.com GOT COLOR? WE DO!! Come visit our booth to meet the colorgirls and hear about our exciting, fast-growing company. Head Rush Technologies Steve Colberg 1835 38th Street Boulder, CO 80301 Phone: 631-807-4194 [email protected] www.gotcolorwedo.info Color war boxes are here! Camp owners get on board and join our growing list of camps that have alleviated the need for their parents to unnecessarily purchase both team colors. Parents are overwhelmed by spending time and money purchasing spirit wear for 2 teams. Through your camp, parents can now pre-order a single color spirit box for their children to be delivered the day the festivities break out. H&H Purchasing Services Josh Cohen 8895 North Military Trail, Suite D-301 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 Teddy Get Ready is a line of stuff-your-own plush that lets kids create their very own plush toys. These toys have a unique, patented navel drawstring closure. Children just love stuffing the animals through their belly buttons and then being able to pull on the drawstring and close it up with no sewing at all. Just safe, easy and fun. 758 GrUVywear LLC Mara Levin 9854 National Blvd #105 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Geoscape Solar is a New Jersey-based solar energy company specializing in the installation of solar panels in residential, commercial, non-profit and community solar power projects. Solar is not a side business. Geoscape Solar was created from the ground up to be a great solar company. There is a difference in NJ solar installers. Experience solar done right! 657 Group Sales Box Office / Broadway.com Michelle Fleece 220 8th St. Honesdale, PA 18431 We apply innovative technologies to bring new adventure recreation equipment to the climbing, zip line, adventure and amusement industries. Head Rush products make adventure activities safer, while increasing throughput and enhancing customer experience. 116 Health Center Help Paula Saltzman 28 Walter Court Commack, NY 11725 Phone: (631) 774-8388 [email protected] Offering high-quality help and advice for your health center. Inspection readiness, training in nurse hiring practices and standard operating procedures, design set up and staff education. Proven track record with 20 years of camp nurse experience. 30 Booth EXHIBITOR 631 Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau Booth EXHIBITOR 434 Jason Beaudry PO Box 1363 Claremont, NH 03743 Sandy Wenner 3211 N. Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 Phone: 603-558-1463 [email protected] www.institutionalbedz.com Phone: 717-231-2988 [email protected] www.groups.visithersheyharrisburg.org The Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau is the officially designated tourism promotion agency for Hershey, Chocolatetown USA, and Harrisburg, the state capital of PA, and the surrounding areas. We would be happy to assist you with whatever you need to make your visit a pleasant one. 113 Camp metal bunks, wood bunks, cots, guardrails, ladder, furniture, mattresses, replacement covers, linens. We are servicing camps across the U.S., delivering products of outstanding quality and great service at a competitive price. 603 Peter Shapiro PO Box 466 Jericho, NY 11753 Phone: (800) 597-1722 [email protected] www.interexchange.org/campusa Phone: 516-364-5408 [email protected] www.hollyrockentertainment.com 210, 212 InterExchange Camp USA offers quality prescreened international candidates for both counselor and support staff positions. We also arrange J-1 visa sponsorship for returning staff or camps who have found staff on their own. 317 Phone: (913) 906-0111 [email protected] www.imgcoach.com Matt Buczek 16 Edgemere Terrace Washington, NJ 07882 Welcome to 3 Adventures! Are you looking for high-quality international staff for your camp? Look no further and let your adventure begin with 3 Adventures! The 3 Adventures camp program is owned and operated by IENA, a US Dept of State designated J-1 visa sponsor. We have over 50 years combined experience placing international staff at a wide variety of American summer camps. By choosing to partner with the 3 Adventures Experience, you will always have access to friendly, experienced placement professionals and the highest quality of people waiting to become your next great camp staff! Whatever your staffing needs may be, from support staff to activity/cabin and specialist counselors, check out our searchable database and let 3 Adventures work for you in providing outstanding, ridiculously fun, creative staff! We can take care of your returners and direct placements too! 3 Adventures was created for camp directors by camp directors! 811 Inside Out Tours Stacey Toussaint 25 Broadway, 9th Fl. New York, NY 10004 Phone: (646) 723-4692 [email protected] www.insideouttours.com Inside Out Tours offers off-the-path and hidden history tours of NYC. We conduct music, educational, ethnic, immigrant, street art, September 11th and food-related tours and workshops. International Motor Coach Group Mike Mattison 8695 College Boulevard, Suite 260 Overland Park, KS 66210 IENA’s 3 Adventures International Camp Staff Program Phone: (845) 706-1603 [email protected] www.3adventures.com InterExchange Camp USA Christian Smith 161 Sixth Avenue, 10th Floor New York, NY 10013 Hollyrock Entertainment For over 35 years, Hollyrock Entertainment has been the premier party entertainment source for every occasion. Hollyrock is a full-time party production company with availability 7 days a week. From start to finish, each event is customized and personally tailored to your entertainment needs. We know we can create the perfect entertainment event that everyone will remember for many years to come. Our goal is to allow you to kick back while we ensure that you and your campers have the time of your lives! Institutional Bedz International Motor Coach Group (IMG) is a network of independently owned and operated tour and charter companies who work together to provide premier ground transportation throughout North America. IMG is represented at American Camp by Brown Coach, Hampton Jitney, and STARR. 330 iPlay America, LLC Scott Hostutler 110 Schanck Road Freehold, NJ 07728 Phone: (732) 577-8200 [email protected] www.iplayamerica.com iPlay America is New Jersey’s premier indoor amusement park. Spend a day in our climate-controlled city that features rides, games, attractions, food and entertainment for all ages. Free on-site parking. Group packages are available. 729 Irvin Simon Photographers Eric Miller 146 Meacham Avenue Elmont, NY 11003 conference partner! Phone: (516) 437-4700 [email protected] www.irvinsimon.com The leading camp photographer since 1946! Customized solutions to meet your specific needs. 100% digital. 100% beautiful. 31 Booth EXHIBITOR 556 536 217 333 Israel Emergency Medical Services Booth EXHIBITOR 103 Mark Kleinman 413 Bloomfield Dr., Unit 5 West Berlin, NJ 08081 Phone: 516-350-0151 [email protected] www.israelEMS.com Phone: (856) 336-2585 [email protected] www.j-dogs.com Medical supply company that specializes in camp infirmaries. Let our knowledgeable medical staff with first-hand experience of camp infirmaries custom tailor a program that works for your organization. J-Dogs is a full-service amusement, catering and entertainment company. We are fully insured, and state inspectors are on staff. Call us for the best price! JA Foodservice 139 Jessica Corring 281 Princeton Ave. Brick, NJ 08724 Phone: (800) 592-1173 ext.1 [email protected] www.packagedmealkits.com Phone: (732) 899-6100 [email protected] www.jerseyshorepirates.com JA Foodservice provides custom meal and essential item kits to keep kids well fed, comfortable and safe on the go. We can help your campers be better prepared while increasing your revenue. Jersey Shore Pirates is an interactive treasure hunt onboard a custom-built pirate ship designed specifically for kids. Let us turn your campers into pirates for a day! JA Media 407 Jess Crate Furniture & Supplies Joe Gravagna 2 Van Alstine Ave. Suffern, NY 10601 Steve Silver 525 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 Phone: (917) 476-9935 [email protected] www.jamediallc.com Phone: (215) 625-3600 [email protected] www.jesscrate.com Full service website design and ad agency. High-quality, low-maintenance solid wood furniture, bunk beds, chests, wardrobes, sofas, loveseats, cots, mattresses, mattress covers. Jamac Frozen Foods 410 Phone: (973) 227-4590 [email protected] www.jhpaperco.com Jamac Frozen Foods is a New Jersey based Full-Line Regional Food Distributor. We have been proudly family-owned and operated since 1955. Our mission is to provide the highest quality one-onone personal service with each of our clients. We carry a wide variety of camp-oriented products! We are PROUD to be back for our TWENTY-SEVENTH year! Please see our diverse selection of foodservice disposables, maintenance supplies, and GREEN PRODUCTS. We deliver on our own fleet of trucks throughout NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA and DE. We would appreciate the opportunity to introduce our family to yours!! Jasienowski Studio, Inc. Portrait Photographers Patrick T. Jasienowski 6701 Myrtle Ave Glendale, NY 11385 Phone: (718) 417-4317 [email protected] www.jasienowskistudios.com Founded in 1990. We provide customised group photos with your camp logo, creative activity photos and beautiful individual photos with no-hassle purchasing ONLINE services and camp annuals. Our goal is to meet your highest expectations! JH Paper Company Carrie Halper 1 Washington Avenue Fairfield, NJ 07004 Phone: (201) 275-2298 [email protected] 32 Jersey Shore Pirates Broderick Leitz 455 Post Rd. Buchanan, MI 49107 John Clary 570 Grand St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 737 J-Dogs Amusements & Catering Michael Pelikow 3214 Perry Ave Oceanside, NY 11572 817 K&K Insurance Group, Inc. Linda Parks 1712 Magnavox Way Fort Wayne, IN 46804 Phone: (260) 459-5000 [email protected] www.kandkinsurance.com “Insuring the world’s fun” for more than 60 years, K &K has designed insurance specifically for camps. From resident camps to day camps, we are your one-stop resource for camp insurance needs. Booth EXHIBITOR 728 146 KampKits.com Booth EXHIBITOR 129 Joel Rappelfeld 103 Gedney St. Nyack, NY 10960 Phone: (855) 545-5444 [email protected] kampkits.com Phone: (212) 744-4444 [email protected] www.rollamerica.com Ready-to-assemble project kits! Hands-on projects campers take home. Easy for staff; includes materials, instructions, safety guidelines and lesson plans. STEM curriculum transforms camp into an extraordinary classroom. Slingshots, water balloon launchers, boomerangs and drawing machines! Joel Rappelfeld’s Kids on Wheels skating program is the most interactive fun, on or off skates. We come to your camp with a truck filled with in-line skates for all your campers and staff, full protective gear—including wrist, knee, elbow pads and helmets with helmet schmatahs—sound system, ramps and SUPER HIGH ENERGY. The three-hour program is filled with non-stop rolling activities, great music, lessons for all levels and everyone catches some air on THE RAMP. Don’t forget to see Joel and kids at the showcase. Katker 2005 Sandor Nagy Furedi Street 49-51 Debrecen, Hajdu-Bihar, Hungry 04027 338 Phone: 717-653-9074 [email protected] BeStrong Fitness Park is a versatile and safe outdoor sport station. It is basically an outdoor fitness park. It can be used starting at a young age with playful exercises to improve various children’s skills. Kinsey’s Recreational Program has everything that you’ll need to build an exciting and successful archery program that will leave a lasting impression for years to come. We take pride in staffing the most knowledgeable technicians in the archery business. Our reputable company continues to build upon the basic values that Vernon Kinsey established in 1952: to help others with outstanding service, quality and dedication that knows no bounds. 347, 349 Kay Park & Recreation Corp. Chad DeBoer 1301 Pine Street Janesville, IA 50647 Phone: (800) 553-2476 [email protected] www.kaypark.com INTERACTIVE Knockerballs ZONE Michael Cannizzaro 26 Hillcrest Road Holmdel, NJ 07733 Phone: (732) 690-5670 [email protected] Manufacturer of commercial-quality fiberglass pedal boats. Kay Park also has a complete line of site furnishings that are perfect for any outdoor settings. Made in the U.S.A. since 1954. Keansburg Amusement Park & Runaway Rapids Water Park www.knockerballNJ.com 405 Phone: (818) 888-2916 [email protected] www.labeldaddy.com Phone: (732) 495-1400 [email protected] www.keansburgamusementpark.com Label Daddy brings a fun, stylish, simple and convenient way to label all of your things! Label Daddy’s peel and stick washable labels are easy to use and ideal for identifying all your belongings! Custom design your own labels. Choose from fun and colorful designs, including popular Disney and Marvel characters! Plus our MLB, NBA and NHL icons! Our exclusive lamination options add an extra layer of protection. Full-size amusement park and waterpark, each with a wide range of rides for all ages, toddler to adult. 2016 will be an exciting year: 2 brand new water slides and an all new amusement park! Great changes you can not imagine. Our waterpark has 17 waterslides, Crazy Lazy River, 10,000-square-foot kiddy area, food, wheel of chance and much more. Key Log Rolling Carole McNaughton-Commers 626 Mendelssohn Ave N. Minneapolis, MN 55427 Phone: (763) 544-0047 [email protected] www.keylogrolling.com Log rolling is a safe and unique activity for waterfronts and pools, featuring many individual and group benefits. The 65-pound Key Log is easy to ship and transport from storage or between sites. The patented “training wheels” that come with the Key Log allow progression from beginner to advanced, and bring campers endless hours of fun with a sense of accomplishment! LabelDaddy.com Scott Mehlman 20631 Ventura Blvd., #200 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Betty Anghelone 275 Beachway Keansburg, NJ 07734 448 Kinsey’s Inc Dakota Royer 1660 Steel Way Dr. Mount Joy, PA 17552 Phone: +00 36 70 372 5000 [email protected] www.kondipark.hu 828 Kids on Wheels Andy Kasanicky 3563 Sunflower Way Ft Collins, CO 80521 133 Lake Education Josh Lake 1849 SE 54th Ave Portland, OR 97215 Phone: (310) 779-7070 [email protected] The Nature Kit: Empower your counselors and staff to provide great nature programs for your campers. Basic, explorer and advanced explorer kits available. Training also available. 33 Booth EXHIBITOR 800 Liberty Clothing Co. Booth EXHIBITOR 732 Heather O’Rourke 7370 Bramalea Road Unit 25 Mississauga, ON, Canada L5S1N6 Katie Clarke PO Box 33561, RPO Dundurn Hamilton, ON, Canada L8P 4X4 Phone: (905) 671-2335 [email protected] www.libertyclothing.com Phone: (866) 306-2235 [email protected] www.mabelslabels.com Custom clothing and specialty items perfect for camp. 720 Mabel’s Labels are personalized, peel and stick, super-durable labels that safely go in the laundry, dishwasher and microwave. They’re loved by parents and kids alike, and they’re a camp essential! Encourage labeling before camp starts to reduce your lost and found and raise funds. It’s a win/win! Liberty Science Center Mary McDonald 222 Jersey City Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07305 Phone: (201) 253-1214 [email protected] www.lsc.org We love groups! Twelve galleries of hands-on fun include a pitch-black maze, a 64-platform climbing gym hanging 35 feet above the floor, real lab experiments on DNA and marine science, live surgery programs and more. Don’t forget to visit the nation’s largest IMAX Dome Theater! LSC.org. 504 Our easy fundraising program offers direct delivery to your supporters/campers—no sorting, distributing or collecting funds. We do all the work! Start a campaign today in just minutes! 215 Phone: (516) 707-8075 [email protected] www.themachofoundation.org Lice Treatment Center, The The M.A.C.H.O. Foundation, based on the acronym My Actions Can Help Others, is a non-for-profit organization that inspires children, teens and adults to infuse kindness into their daily lives. Over the past two years our multiple creative initiatives have helped successfully bring the M.A.C.H.O. movement to numerous schools and summer camps. We offer a fun, interactive M.A.C.H.O. program for campers throughout the camp season as well as pre-season staff motivational speeches which are guaranteed to leave your counselors ready to be their very best selves. Our M.A.C.H.O. summer camp affiliates continue to grow and our M.A.C.H.O. Awards program is a fantastic way to culminate the summer season. Swing by to find out more information and visit us on our social media pages. Phone: (917) 648-3789 [email protected] www.licetreatmentcenter.net The Lice Treatment Center is dedicated to providing effective programs to prevent and treat head lice. Our Bon Cheveux prevention and treatment products are all natural and peditrician formulated. Our services include on-site consulting, lice checks and treatment services. 145 LogoTags 204 Madame Tussauds New York Dawn Milanese 741 South Fulton Avenue Mount Vernon, NY 10550 Karen Shiers 234 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 Phone: (914) 664-2000 [email protected] www.logotags.com Phone: (866) 841-3660 [email protected] www.nycwax.com The leader in dog tags and custom-shaped metal tags. We promise the best pricing, quality, service and delivery. Tags are fun keepsakes, plus are a great and inexpensive way to show camp pride! Get up close and personal with over 220 life-like wax figures of the world’s most fascinating historical, political and iconic figures of our time in the heart of Times Square. Luna Park at Coney Island Jeff Klein 1000 Surf Ave Brooklyn, NY 11224 Phone: 718-373-5862 ext.111 [email protected] www.lunaparknyc.com Located in historic CONEY ISLAND, built in 2010, with over 40 new and fun rides; ranging from kiddy to high thrill attractions, roller coasters, games, educational programs, an arcade, go-karts, restaurants, food stands, the historic Cyclone Roller Coaster and the new Thunderbolt Roller Coaster. 34 M.A.C.H.O Foundation, The Cary Epstein 250 E. 63rd St., Suite 809 New York, NY 10065 Adrian Picheny PO Box 4 Easton, CT 06612 436 Mabel’s Labels 849 Madison Square Garden & Radio City Entertainment Ashley Oster 2 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10121 Phone: (212) 465-4448 [email protected] www.msggroupsales.com Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall host the very best in sports and entertainment! We are home to the Knicks, Rangers, Liberty and the NEW Summer show “Rockettes New York Spectacular.” Booth EXHIBITOR 842 110 Magic Mehl Illusions Booth EXHIBITOR 718 Phone: (516) 415-2418 [email protected] www.magicmehl.com Phone: (800) 921-0832 [email protected] www.mascotrun.com Magic Mehl is known for his ability to perform complex illusions using magic and comedy. From children’s parties to camps and events, Magic Mehl consistently receives high praise for his unique style and illusions. Mascot run is designed to focus kids’ attentions on building a foundation for life-long fitness to benefit their health, education and teamwork skills. Campers participate in activies that culminate with a camp-wide fun run! Magical Memories Entertainment 114 Magical Memories Entertainment specializes in children’s entertainment and employs only the most qualified professionals. All shows are designed to create a fun and friendly atmosphere where the campers are the ones who are empowered. Full-season camp entertainment packages are available, which give you a custom entertainment calendar while saving you time and money! Phone: 718-601-3274 [email protected] www.elliotzimet.com Master Illusionist Elliot Zimet has been featured on America’s Got Talent, MTV, VH1 and The Early Show on CBS to name a few. This action-packed show features exotic birds, magic, illusions, mind reading, comedy, audience participation and today’s hottest music. 132 Matt Dorter 21-33 29th Avenue, 2nd Fl. Astoria, NY 11102 Phone: (800) 926-3539 [email protected] www.mateflex.com Phone: 347-878-2431 [email protected] www.mainstages.com Modular Surfaces: Sport indoor and outdoor, waterfront deck and dock, pool decks. Lite commercial decors and office, aerobics and dance floors. 618 Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament Ricardo Salazar 149 Polito Avenue Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Phone: (201) 933-2220 [email protected] www.medievaltimes.com 447, 546 Mamba GaGa Adrienne Gentles 1802 State Route 31, Box 203 Clinton, NJ 08809 Mateflex Gabe Martini 2007 Beechgrove Place Utica, NY 13501 mainstages mainstages is an educational theater company for children. Every summer, we run theater classes and produce shows at sleep-away and day camps across the nation. We also tour nationwide with interactive game shows and performances. We provide all the tools for high-impact theatrical experiences, including dynamic staff, innovative activities, costumes, sets, fun giveaways and ongoing support to ensure success. Master Illusionist Elliot Zimet Elliot Zimet 5800 Arlington Ave, #16-O Bronx, NY 10471 Phone: (914) 548-2048 [email protected] www.mme123.com 104 sponsor! Jared Robinson 54 W. 40th St. New York, NY 10018 Steven Burchard 210 Marble Avenue Pleasantville, NY 10570 108 Mascot Run Alexander Mehl 880 Barberry Lane Woodmere, NY 11598 North America’s #1 dinner and show attraction 706 MedMattress.com Phone: (855) 626-2242 [email protected] www.mambagaga.com Gillian Williams 5807 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield, MI 48322 We sell GaGa pits that are TRULY portable. Indoor/outdoor, light-weight, storable and adjustable. The only GaGa pit that allows you to view the action while supervising the kids. Phone: 248-855-3966 [email protected] www.medmattress.com/camp-mattresses Marathon Kids MedMattress.com combines superior mattresses and durable bunk beds with affordable prices to become the most reliable camp supplier in the US. Lindsey Picard 2512 S. IH 35, Suite 350 Austin, TX 78704 Phone: (512) 477-1259 [email protected] www.marathonkids.org Marathon Kids running clubs have proven effective for millions of kids. Kids of all levels and abilities run a lap at a time, and before they know it they’ve gone farther than they ever dreamed. 303 Merchants Short Term Solutions wed night event sponsor! Jennifer Gordon 1278 Hooksett Road Hooksett, NH 03106 Phone: (603) 695-4100 [email protected] www.merchantsleasing.com Merchants Van and Truck’s short-term leasing is a national provider of multi-passenger vehicles; including 14-passenger buses, SUVs and mini-vans for both summer and adventure camps. 35 Booth EXHIBITOR 850 638 Booth EXHIBITOR Monsey Tours 117 Sam Perkel 16 Sutton Place Englewood, NJ 07631 Phone: (718) 623-9000 [email protected] www.monseytours.com Phone: (201) 735-9222 [email protected] www.mus-iq.com Monsey Tours is a reputable transportation company with over 35 years experience. We specialize in camps and chartered tours with 49 to 58-passenger coach buses. We charter for group tours, weddings, school trips, bar mitzvahs, casino trips and many more! Our drivers are experienced and are all 19-A certified by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. Our fleet of buses can come equipped with air conditioning, DVD player, microphone, reclining seats, lifts and capabilities for wheelchair passengers, and more! Our buses are all DOT inspected and certified, and we hold safety and security as our number one priority. Monsey Tours will make your next trip the most enjoyable you’ve ever had! “Ride with pride, ride with Monsey Tours!” Musical IQ offers sensational musical workshops and performances. Our programs are interactive and strongly educational. Explore and discover the world through the eyes and ears of music and drumming. Join us as we bring the arts to life. Motorola / Kew Forest Bob Silverstein 22 Lillian Place Patchogue, NY 11772 313, 315 Phone: (631) 273-8020 [email protected] www.mvsport.com conference partner! Printed and embroidered sportswear and outerwear. 839 www.mei-corp.com Phone: (917) 716-7879 [email protected] www.mycamplink.com Motorola on-site business two-way radios and accessories 702 36 My Camp Link Aaron Jonas 1146 Beach 9th St. Far Rockaway, NY 11691 [email protected] My Camp Link is a must-have mobile app for camp staff, campers, and parents of campers. We offer a simple to use app that will not only give parents the peace of mind they are looking for while their kids are away, but also allow camps to build a sense of community and market their offerings throughout that community by word of mouth. Mountain Creek Waterpark Evan Kovach 200 Route 94 Vernon, NJ 07491 MV Sport/Weatherproof Jennifer Piombino 88 Spence Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 Phone: (631) 687-5890 242 Musical IQ Isaac Lunger 870 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY 11238 639 Name Beads USA Inc. Phone: (862) 307-7371 [email protected] www.mountaincreek.com Andrew Platts 160 N. Main St. St. Clair, MO 63077 Winter’s white slopes turn into summer’s white water at Mountain Creek Waterpark. The largest waterpark in New Jersey offers a variety of rides, slides and attractions, with packages for any budget. Mountain Creek is the ideal destination for camps and group outings! Phone: (636) 629-6544 [email protected] www.namebeads.com Mr. D’s Tees Custom logo beads for camps. 756 National Camp Group Kenn Dranoff 2446 Huckleberry Way Jamison, PA 18929 Bjorn Waldron 25 Greenway Drive Leesburg, VA 20175 Phone: (888) 343-8337 [email protected] www.mrdstees.com Phone: (800) 456-6624 [email protected] www.ncginsurance.com Supplier of custom-imprinted tees, sweats, hats, bags, jackets, polos and assorted sportswear. Embroidery available. Licensed GSUSA and 4H vendor. ACA business member. Celebrating our 36th year in the camping industry! One-week reorder policy. National Camp Group provides risk-management solutions to protect your camp, campers and camping experience. Our camp-specific insurance policies protect your organization, so you can focus on your life-changing activities. Our mission is to protect your mission! Booth EXHIBITOR 731 221 823 National Circus Project Booth EXHIBITOR 511, 610 Kevin Mattice 1901 Diplomat Drive Farmers Branch, TX 75234 Phone: (516) 334-2123 [email protected] www.nationalcircusproject.com Phone: 214-459-9035 [email protected] www.campexpress.com The National Circus Project provides the highest quality circus arts performances, hands-on circus skill workshops and residency programs for campers to perform in their very own circus. New England Camp Discounter is the complete source for all your camp and recreation needs. We offer outstanding values on archery, game tables, waterfront, kayaking, rescue, team sports, water safety and much more! Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education 134 OC Waterpark Dr. Chris Byron 1 Gate Court Dix Hills, NY 11746 Kristen Fitzpatrick 728 Boardwalk Ocean City, NJ 08226 Phone: (631) 643-9896 [email protected] www.niceheart.com Phone: (609) 399-0483 [email protected] www.ocwaterpark.com AED, CPR, First Aid, RTE, EpiPen, all medical direction, instruction, certification, inspection and equipment. AEDs, first aid kits, EpiPen, O-2, Rx, QC, Bloodborne Transmission, etc. A family-friendly water park for all ages, featuring adventurous slides, pools and Lil Bucs’ Bay for the younger campers! Now presenting extreme challenges such as New Jersey’s tallest mobile rock climbing wall and extreme Air Jumpers. Nature Watch Harold Gordon 5312 Derry Ave, #R Agoura Hills, CA 91301 712 Fun, hands-on activities about nature, ecology, animals, Native American games, science and much more about the world around us! Nature Watch has been providing camps with engaging and enlightening activities around the country since 1985. One Beat CPR and AED Lisette Rodrguez 4350 Oakes Rd., Suite 500 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: (800) 228-5816 [email protected] www.nature-watch.com 205 New England Camp Discounter Robyn Langella 56 Lion Lane Westbury, NY 11590 Phone: (954) 321-5305 [email protected] www.onebeatcpr.com Philips defibrillators and emergency resuscitative care certification. 402, 404 Outfit Your Logo conference partner! Brian McGarry Sarah Williams 6565 Kinne Rd., Suite 4 Syracuse, NY 13214 12165 West Couter Rd. Omaha, NE 68144 Phone: (402) 609-5076 Phone: (315) 446-5252 [email protected] www.outfityourlogo.com [email protected] www.ntspay.com For over 20 YEARS, customers in every state have faithfully relied on Outfit Your Logo to provide the most innovative, comprehensive, high-quality product line of logoed products. Coupling unparalleled customer service and free product selection consulting, we can outfit your logo with the perfect imprinted products for all your needs: t-Shirts, Nalgene bottles, Camelbak bottles, carabiners, journals, patches, silicone wristlets, bags, stuffed animals, school supplies, any apparel item, staff gifts, retail items, novelties and more! Nelnet Pay Nelnet Transaction Solutions has over 15 years’ experience processing credit card and ACH payments for our camp, religious, nonprofit and education clients. Our suite of products support online, POS, terminal and mobile payment processing. 902, 904 New Dimensions Lindsay Gosch 332 Fayette Street Manlius, NY 13104 Phone: (315) 682-7760 [email protected] www.newdimensions1.com With over 30 years of service to the camping industry, New Dimensions has the experience to help make your camp store profitable and successful. Stop by our booth to see the most innovative and trendy products! 329 Pacific Yurts, Inc. Pete Dolan 77456 Hwy 99 South Cottage Grove, OR 97424 sponsor! Phone: (800) 944-0240 [email protected] www.yurts.com Campers will love the experience of unique, cozy accommodations that will keep them coming back. As the world’s leading manufacturer, Pacific Yurts has an enviable reputation for quality and outstanding service. Nobody knows yurts like Pacific Yurts! 37 Booth EXHIBITOR 101 506 Panaram/USA-TOWL Booth EXHIBITOR 513 Carrie Gordon 900C Tryens Road Aston, PA 19014 Phone: (973) 751-1100 [email protected] www.usatowl.com Phone: (610) 637-8004 [email protected] www.pestheat.com Washing machines and towels. Heat treatment systems for the eradication of bed bugs. We provide 100% clean and safe alternatives for your bed bug concerns. Pest-Heat is your modern day solution for all insect eradication. Party Perfect Rentals Michael Bain 312 Squankum Yellowbrook Rd. Farmingdale, NJ 07727 129 Phone: (973) 482-2536 [email protected] www.plastercraft.com Party Perfect Rentals is your one-stop shop for rides, attractions, entertainment and all your event needs—from inflatables to casino nights, from carnivals to photo-booths, we have it all! 148 Manufacturer of ready-to-paint plastercraft statues, wall art plaques, super cute pencil holders and more. Huge selection and great prices. The number one supplier of plaster craft since 1962. Brushes, small bottles of paint or paint by the gallon, spray sealers, brush-on sealers, glitter... everything necessary. Partymachines.com Greg Gordon 503 E Market St Lockhart, TX 78644 719 Sue Nasri 1177 Sunrise Hwy Copiague, NY 11726 Super E Foam Machine, Dr. Party Dance Foam Concentrate and Powder, foam pits, Continuous Flow Confetti Cannon and snow machine rentals. Phone: (631) 789-2733 [email protected] www.plastercraftonline.com We are a plaster craft manufacturing company in Long Island, New York with 25 years of experience carrying over 5,000 pieces just for children. We supply to camps, party stores, art studios, after-school programs, psychiatric centers and hospitals in retail and wholesale throughout the U.S. and Canada. We also carry all related supplies such as paints, brushes, glitter and glaze. Performance Food Group - AFI Phone: (800) 275-9500 [email protected] www.performancefoodservice.com 834 Phone: (800) 784-4442 [email protected] www.poconomountainadventures.com Pocono Mountain Adventures consists of Pocono TreeVentures aerial ropes course, Pocono Zip Racer (two 1,000-ft dualing zip lines) and Blue or White Lightning all-season tubing. Great for groups or team-building events. Perlow Productions Mike Perlow 1 Eves Drive, Suite 141 Marlton, NJ 08053 Phone: (856) 669-1669 [email protected] www.perlowproductions.com Perlow Productions creates promotional videos for resident and day camps throughout the United States. We also work with a wide range of corporate and non-profit clients. Perlow Productions combines creative HD ground level and aerial videography, video editing and customized 3D and motion graphics along with powerful storytelling crafted by long-time TV sportscaster and company founder Mike Perlow. You can see our latest camp videos here: http://www.perlowproductions.com/services/summer-camp-videos/ Pocono Mountain Adventures Ken Bird 1575 Fairway Blvd. East Stroudsburg, PA 18302 Not only does Performance Foodservice deliver more than 125,000 food and food-related products to every kind of eatery, but with over 80,000 customer locations, we touch the lives of millions of people every day. At Performance Foodservice, we maintain a unique relationship with a variety of local customers— from independent restaurants and hotels to healthcare facilities, schools and quick-service eateries. These operators rely on their Performance Foodservice distributor for the quality and consistency they have come to trust. 38 Plastercraft Factory Phone: (512) 377-2789 [email protected] www.partymachines.com Jim Callahan 1 Ikea Drive Elizabeth, NJ 07207 138 Plaque Art Creations Belinda Kalthoff 401 South 2nd Street Harrison, NJ 07029 Phone: (732) 303-8211 [email protected] www.partyperfectrentals.com 203 Pest Heat Ira Feinberg 126 Greylock Avenue Belleville, NJ 07109 812 Pocono Whitewater Nikki Hurley 1519 State Route 903 Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 Phone: (570) 325-3654 [email protected] www.poconowhitewater.com Whitewater and family-style rafting, easy rail-trail biking and skirmish paintball in Jim Thorpe, PA. Youth programs with discounted rates and free camping. Booth EXHIBITOR 403 Pole Position Raceway Booth EXHIBITOR 336 Rick Olson 1 Carter Hill Rd. Canterbury, NH 03244 Phone: (201) 333-7223 [email protected] www.polepositionracewayny.com Phone: (800) 892- 6224 [email protected] www.raisels.com www.chortles.com Pole Position is the premier indoor motorsports entertainment facility in Liberty State Park, Jersey City. Our 80,000 sq. ft. building is home to the fastest, safest and most exhilarating electric go-karting experience for adults and children. With two tracks, Pole Position accommodates walk-in business 7 days a week and corporate and private events from 10–525 people. 716 Progressive Bike Ramps Raisels: Fruit flavored sour and non-sour raisins. Shelf stable and equals half-a-cup of fruit. Chortles: Whole-grain mini-mini graham crackers. Chocolate chip and cinnamon also available. 810 Phone: (413) 499-9914 [email protected] www.ramblewild.com Phone: (855) 727-7267 [email protected] www.progressivebikeramps.com The premier aerial adventure park in New England. 8 elevated trails, over 150 different types of climbing elements. 2015 Best Attraction in New England by Yankee Magazine. Sustainable, purpose-built mountain bike features and modular pumptracks. R F Design & Integration Robin Albert 792 Haunted lane Bensalem, PA 19020 211, 213, 308, 312 Phone: 215-331-5722 [email protected] www.rfdesign-int.com RAVE Sports is the premier supplier of water recreation products to the commercial market. We offer a full breadth of products, including new Stand-Up Paddle Boards, the Aqua Jump Eclipse water trampoline, Bongo Bouncers, Iceberg Mountains, Water Whoosh Activity Mat, and the Splash Trax—the ultimate activity course! RadioBoss 2-Way Radios Adam Smith 28 Baiting Place Road Farmingdale, NY 11735 Phone: (516) 694-6000 [email protected] www.radioboss.com 502 Phone: (800) 463-8546 [email protected] www.redwoodsgroup.com The Redwoods Group is a social enterprise using insuring and risk-management solutions to make the world better. We measure our success by how we care for our communities. The injuries we prevent. The children we protect. And when the unthinkable happens, we are a path to healing. Radtagz Robyn Hochglaube 39 Astor Ave Toronto, ON, Canada, M4G3M1 Phone: 416-881-4522 [email protected] www.radtagz.ca The new camp tradition that has everyone talking! Promoting positive word of mouth 365 days a year through our amazing branded product. Multi-purpose swag that stays on your campers’ wrists yearround—next best thing to a permanent tattoo! RaDTaGZ keeps people talking about your camp with our fun and fashion-forward bracelets. With RaDTaGZ your campers and staff will be showing you off 365 days of the year! Used for: staff and camper recognition and awards, giveaways, lead generators, collectibles, tradeables, special events and contests! Redwoods Group, The Kara Japhet 2801 Slater Rd, Suite 220 Morrisville, NC 27560 Radioboss is a 2-way radio manufacturer that helps manage wireless communications for camps, schools, government, retail and much more. We specialize in sales and summer rentals. RadioBoss has the world’s quickest turnaround time, which is why all camp repairs will be finished within 24–48 hours of receipt. 557 RAVE Sports Tanya Rausch 3325 Labore Road St. Paul, MN 55110 Phone: (651) 255-4811 [email protected] www.ravesports.com Two-way radios, services and repair and public address systems 635 Ramblewild Luke Bloom 110 Brodie Mt Road Lanesborough, MA 01207 Jason Stouder 601 S. McKinley Ave Jeplin, MO 64801 231 Raisel - Chortles Karen Davis-Furage 99 Caven Point Road Jersey City, NJ 07305 204 Ride, The Renee Wilson 545 8th Ave., Suite 14S New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 244-2551 [email protected] www.experiencetheride.com THE RIDE is a theatrical show on wheels! Guests enjoy everything from trivia to karaoke on board in between viewing 5–7 live street performance acts. Be sure to ask about our sister product, THE TOUR! 39 Booth EXHIBITOR 202 718 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Booth EXHIBITOR 900 David Erickson 14700 W. 66th Place Arvada, CO 80004 Phone: (212) 398-3133 [email protected] www.ripleysnewyork.com Phone: (888) 356-8899 [email protected] www.rmsunscreen.com The most unbelievable attraction in NYC! Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Times Square invites guests of all ages to experience the unbelievable mysteries of our world. Home to rare artifacts and thrilling interactive exhibits. Bulk Sunscreen Prevents Skin Damage & Sun Burning Rocky Mountain Sunscreen manufactures fragrance-free, FDA-certified broad-spectrum sunscreen in bulk gallon and quart pump dispensers. Cost effective ($ .10 per application) bulk sunscreen ensures your campers won’t burn during their outdoor activities and throughout their stay at your camp. All of Rocky Mountain Sunscreen products meet or exceed the new FDA 2012 Sunscreen Guidelines with broad spectrum protection in SPF factors of 30, 50 or 70. Rock Paper Team Dan Colgan 54 W. 40th St. New York, NY 10018 For more than 20 years, Rocky Mountain Sunscreen has been protecting camps, schools and outdoor enthusiasts all across the country. Take the burning out of your camper’s experience with Rocky Mountain Sunscreen. Phone: (212) 925-5604 [email protected] www.rockpaperteam.com Rock Paper Team provides interactive team-building exercises and activities for leadership and staff training as well as campers’ activities, ranging from picture scavenger hunts, facilitated workshops and wacky olympics. 613, 615, 617, 619 302, 304 Rock Star Camp Phone: (917) 893-2173 [email protected] www.rockstarcampexperience.com 736 Ropes Park Equipment Ben Haase 1700 Post Rd. Suite C-16 Fairfield, CT 06890 Phone: (203) 692-4644 [email protected] www.ropesparkequipment.com Rocket Age Enterprises, LLC Ropes Park Equipment—your one-stop-source for Monkey Hardware™. “Turns a tree into a climbing wall,” plus all your ropes course and zip line equipment needs. Cathy Twanmoh PO Box 505 Oldwick, NJ 08858 Rocket Age Enterprises is an ACA vendor with trustworthy service to camps and schools for over 35 years. Complete line of Estes, Quest and custom model rockets, accessories and publications. Engage kids in fun group-oriented building, painting and flying of model rockets through this week-long program. Build and fly white-wing gliders and water bottle rockets. Educational discounts and fast, reliable service. Training of counselors in model rocketry is also a service that we provide. Order model rockets in bulk packs for a savings of 50% over individual retail prices. No time to do your model rocket order? Just send us a list of your inventory, number of campers per age group and number of sessions/duration. We will construct a great assortment of economical and fun rockets for your program as part of our service! Joe Cirone 268 Bowery St. New York, NY 10012 Food service equipment and supplies! Rock Star Camp is an exciting program that allows your campers to become rock stars through participation in an educational and high-energy performance, complete with a full band, lights, professional sound equipment and more! Phone: (908) 439-3559 [email protected] www.rocketageenterprises.com Roger and Sons, Inc. Phone: 212-226-4734 [email protected] www.rogerandsons.net Erin Coles 36-14 28th Ave., Suite 2R Astoria, NY 11103 721 Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Jonathan Elkoubi 234 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 820 RPS Bollinger - Sports & Leisure Ed Schirick 196 Bridgeville Rd Monticello, NY 12701 Phone: (845) 794-3113 [email protected] www.campinsurancepro.com Camp insurance brokers, risk management and insurance consultants with over 30 years experience. We offer tomorrow’s solutions for today’s challenges. 301, 400 S&S Worldwide Sandra Cervini PO Box 513 Colchester, CT 06415 Phone: (800) 243-9232 [email protected] www.ssww.com One-stop shopping for arts & crafts, craft kits, party & novelty, sports & recreation, games and janitorial. Exclusive new products, especially Easy Packs! Visit ssww.com and search STEM for 10 awesome ideas of how to use bricks in your summer camp. 40 Booth EXHIBITOR 334 320 Saddle River Tours Booth EXHIBITOR 230 Nancy Crouch 2705 Hawes Avenue Dallas, TX 75235 Phone: (973) 777-1900 ext. 203 [email protected] www.srtbus.com Phone: (214) 466-2043 [email protected] www.signatureservices.com Safe reliable motor coach transportation service. Providing charter bus service to groups in the Tri-State area and beyond. Local company, local focus! We specialize in providing food service for camps, conference centers and educational venues. We do it all—turn key and professional. Let our professional and well-trained staff make your camp dining service a memorable and enjoyable experience. Our goal is to encourage and support healthy eating with appealing food that meets the nutritional needs of your energetic and active guests. Learn more about what Signature Services can do for your food service. Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park and Diggerland USA Beth Twisler 535 N Route 73 West Berlin, NJ 08091 853 Sahara Sam’s Oasis & Diggerland USA! Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park EXPANDED! Now featuring 80,000 sq ft of water amusements, mostly under a RETRACTABLE ROOF! Sahara Sam’s has an attached 2-acre outdoor water park for an extra splashtastic time! Ellis Certified Lifeguards! Diggerland USA is a construction-themed adventure park where campers can operate REAL construction equipment, including skid-steer loaders, backhoes, tractors, mini dumpers and small excavators; Climb a 66ft-tall ropes adventure and 32ft-tall rock wall and enjoy a machinery stunt show! All camps receive 1:10 comps; FREE parking; “brown bag it”option. Phone: (516) 338-1630 [email protected] www.sitespecialists.net Playground and site furnishing representatives. 855 Phone: (518) 792-3500 [email protected] www.sixflags.com Joel Eros 438 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 110 San Diego, CA 92108 Your one stop shop for all your camp needs! Shop Art, PE, Special Needs, Science and more! Visit Booth #612 to learn more. 202 Señor Frog’s Taylor Spoelstra 11 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 221-3833 [email protected] www.senorfrogs.com/newyork Camp groups looking for affordable pricing, food selections from American standards to Mexican specialties, comfortable seating and professional entertainment: Look no further than Señor Frog’s. 802 Shear Madness Lisa Field 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1012 Boston, MA 02116 Phone: (617) 451-0195 [email protected] www.shearmadness.com Six Flags Great Escape Sonia Lopez 1172 State Route 9 Queensbury, NY 12804 School Specialty Phone: (619) 293-7990 [email protected] www.sparkpe.org Site Specialists Mary Ellen Meyerdierks 265 Post Ave., Suite 365 Westbury, NY 11590 Phone: (856) 767-7580 [email protected] www.saharasams.com 612 Signature Services Jeff Ferreri 480 Main Ave. Wallington, NJ 07057 A Six Flags property with over 135 rides, shows and attractions (includes a waterpark). 337 Skyline Ziplines David Saenz 6-1006 Lynham Rd. Whistler, British Columbia V0N 1B1 Canada Phone: (604) 905-4149 [email protected] www.skylineziplines.ca 439, 538 Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park Amy Janay 60 Chapin Rd. Pine Brook, NJ 07058 Phone: (973) 396-4001 [email protected] www.skyzone.com/pinebrook Sky Zone is the world’s first indoor trampoline park. We’re the inventors of “fun fitness” and the makers of trampolines as far as the eye can see. We give you one of the greatest workouts ever combined with awesome, healthy fun. We’ve been voted the number one “out-of-the-box” workout and the “best party ever.” Experience WOW—the weightlessness of bouncing, flipping and landing in a pit filled with 10,000 foam cubes. Boston’s hilarious whodunit, now in its 30th year, allows the audience to solve the crime. Set in a unisex hairstyling salon that is the scene of a wacky murder, the play is filled with up-to-theminute spontaneous humor, and is delightfully different everytime you see it. Shear Madness holds the Guinness record as the longest running play in the history of American theatre. 41 Booth EXHIBITOR 246 247 SNAG Futbol Booth EXHIBITOR 837 Linda Grubb 4220 Commerical Way Glenview, IL 60025 Phone: (813) 367-7190 [email protected] www.snagpros.com Phone: (800) 288-1012 [email protected] www.soynutbutter.com SNAG Futbol is really the first step in learning the rules and etiquette of golf. Very young children are more adept with their feet at a younger age than coordinating their arms, hands with a golf club. We introduce golf scoring and the game with a ‘Soccer” version of golf called SNAG FootGolf, which leads into both Regular Golf and SNAG Golf or the newly formed American Foot Golf League which is now being played in thousands of locations. SNAG Futbol is the official training partner for the American FootGolf League and is the perfect complement to your Camp offerings. Safe for indoors or outdoor use. Peanut/nut-free peanut butter substitute. 818 Phone: (201) 567-3810 [email protected] www.spaceodysseyusa.com SNAG Golf Phone: (813) 367-7190 [email protected] www.snagpros.com SNAG – Starting New at Golf, has cracked the code – We can and do teach golf to beginners indoors, outdoors and in a totally safe environment. So successfully, we are now in over 10,000 schools and 42 countries worldwide. SHAPE – Society of Health and Physical Educators, just awarded SNAG the “Best PE Curriculum of the Year” award for 2015. This is the perfect camp activity for your day or resident camps. SNAG comes complete with 120+ page full color daily manuals to set up your training stations and golf course play with our safe tennis-like balls and all “AboveGround” materials which only take minutes to set up and take down. SNAG – it is what’s happening! 243, 342 SnapSports, Inc. Sarah Holman 2330 California Ave Salt Lake City, UT 84104 Indoor family entertainment center (26,000 square feet) featuring the following activities: glow-in-the-dark bowling, arcade, laser tag, paintless paintball, 3-level indoor playground, train ride and basketball court. 755 Phone: (312) 488-1314 [email protected] www.spikeball.com Spikeball® is described as a combination of volleyball and foursquare on steroids. Spikeball® can be played anywhere and everywhere! Campers will go crazy for this new fun activity! INTERACTIVE Sport Resource Group ZONE Chris Guertin 2751 Hennepin Avenue South, Suite 279 Minneapolis, MN 55408 131 Solo Circus Michael Dubois 689 Myrtle Avenue, 1C Brooklyn, NY 11205 Phone: (607) 426-5156 [email protected] www.solocircus.com A hilarious, fast-paced, audience-interactive variety show featuring an all-original presentation of juggling, magic and dangerous circus stunts! 42 Leading supplier of Gaga pits and portable, semi-permanent and permanent sports containment systems for sports such as in-line hockey, indoor soccer, floor hockey and much more. Sobel Affiliates, A Brown & Brown Company Proud insurers of the camp community for four generations. Complete insurance services since 1904. conference partner! Phone: (612) 584-3030 [email protected] www.sportresourcegroup.com SnapSports, Inc. is the industry-leading manufacturer of premium modular athletic surfacing. SnapSports’ multi-patented surfacing provides superior performance for all levels of play. Phone: (516) 880-9250 [email protected] www.sobelins.com Spikeball Skyler Boles 406 N Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60642 Phone: 801-746-7555 [email protected] www.snapsports.com Michael Labadorf 595 Stewart Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 Space Odyssey USA Jim Grau 491 South Dean Street Englewood, NJ 07631 John Johnson 14843 Highway 10 Tahlequah, OK 74464 521 Soy Nut Butter Company, The John Johnson 14843 Highway 10 Tahlequah, OK 74464 751 Sports and Golf Solutions Tom Sangiacomo 4 Crest Hill Road Verona, NJ 07044 Phone: (973) 714-3339 [email protected] www.golfgreensnj.com Synthetic grass for gaga pits, putting greens, driving ranges, minature golf, bocce courts, shuffleboard courts and pavillions. We also are certified playground equipment installers and safety surfacing. Booth EXHIBITOR INTERACTIVE SportPros USA ZONE Thomas Petersen 500 West Main Street, Suite 19 Wyckoff, NJ 07481 Booth EXHIBITOR conference partner! 659 Marjorie Kunkle 20 Irven Street Trenton, NJ 08638 Phone: (800) 245-7868 [email protected] www.stoutsbus.com Phone: (201) 485-8520 [email protected] www.SportprosUSA.com Engineered for serious sports play and a lifetime of fun, SportCourt sets the standard with the most advanced modular, wood and synthetic surfaces. All of our surfaces have many color options, provide the highest performance and are the choice of organizations like the NCAA, FIBA, USTA, USA Volleyball, as well as many NBA Teams. We are also the official surface of the NCAA Road to the Final Four. SportProsUSA will help you with a new design or refurbish your existing basketball, tennis, volleyball or roller hockey court. From simple solutions to complicated logos and graphics, we can do it all. 234 Stout’s Transportation: State-of-the-art equipment, unsurpassed service, skilled drivers, experienced sales staff and USDOT’s highest safety rating. Our fleet consists of 56, 38, and 30-passenger motor coaches equipped with wi-fi, power outlets, DVD player, CD player, PA system and lavatory. 305 Phone: (817) 616-3469 [email protected] www.stuckonyou.com Sqwichers Stuck on You is trusted by moms for our labels that stay stuck and for the amazing quality of our personalized products. Name labels are waterproof and UV-safe, and clothing labels are commerciallaundry safe. Personalized drink bottles, towels and travels bags are just a few of our wide range of custom products. Phone: (662) 328-0400 Email: [email protected] www.sqwincher.com Put an end to endless piles of lost property! Set up your unique custom web address, and your camp will receive a commission on all products. Sqwincher is an electrolyte replacement drink designed to restore important mineral salts and fluids lost through dehydration, physical exertion, and heat stress. Statue Cruises Paul Torres 1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Suite 203 Jersey City, NJ 07305 Get organized for camp today by ordering online at www.stuckonyou.com! 120 Phone: (215) 249-9445 [email protected] www.thesummitusa.com Statue Cruises is the National Park Services approved provider of ferry service to the Statue of Liberty National Monument and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, with frequent departures from Battery Park in New York City and Liberty State Park, NJ. The premier national full-service vendor of zipline canopy tours, tree-top adventure courses, ropes challenge courses and rock climbing walls and towers, from design through installation, training, inspection and repairs. Also, we offer a full range of adventure and wilderness experiences. Steve Max’s Simon Sez Show Steve Max 10 Dellwood Rd White Plains, NY 10605 Phone: (914) 288-0789 [email protected] www.stevemax.com Ask about our staff development programs that weutilize with ourFortune 100 clients, colleges and universities, schools, camps and others. 111 Phone: (701) 282-2600 [email protected] www.sunbutter.com stickersandmore.com Toby Hancock 1648 E. 675 S. Washington, IN 47501 Phone: (812) 644-7744 [email protected] www.stickersandmore.com Since 1995, stickersandmore.com has been providing custom screen printed t-shirts, banners, stickers and more to over 2,000 clients nationwide. 24/7 online ordering, in-house graphics, quality and integrity. SunButter Nadine Doetterl 501 42nd Street North Fargo, ND 58102 Steve Max’s hilarious Simon Sez Show is seen nationally at NBA & NCAA halftime shows as well as at over 60 camps each summer. This is Steve’s 25th year with the ACA. Come join the fun! 629 Summit, The Al Reisser 775 East Rockhill Rd. Sellersville, PA 18960 Phone: (201) 432-6321 [email protected] www.statuecruises.com 715 Stuck on You USA Mel Adams 7415 Whitehall St., Suite 121 Richland Hills, TX 76118 Jesse Howton 1409 Hwy 45 South Columbus, MS 39701 137 Stout’s Transportation SunButter is a peanut-free sunflower seed spread and is free from the top 8 allergens. SunButter is a great source of protein, and campers love the taste! 710 Suspended Aquatic Mentor Sam Cynamon 628 South Ave Garwood, NJ 07020 Phone: (888) 376-3335 [email protected] www.aquamentor.com Distributor of quality lifesaving, first aid, water safety, aquatic exercise, swimming/instruction and disabled-swimmer equipment and supplies. Specializing in automated defibrillator sales, training and service. 43 Booth EXHIBITOR 344 Sysco Corporation Booth EXHIBITOR 747 Lynne Gallo 155 Tomahawk Trail Sparta, NJ 07871 Phone: (717) 561-4000 [email protected] www.syscocentralpa.com Phone: (973) 478-7490 [email protected] www.tomahawklake.com Our Mission: to market and deliver great products to our customers with exceptional service. Tomahawk Lake Water Park, a family-oriented facility celebrating its 64th anniversary, is located in northern Jersey. We offer a large white sand beach, 20-acre crystal clear lake for swimming and a wide variety of waterslides, boats and outdoor activities in an Indian theme. These unique lake-fed attractions built into the side of our mountain include our newest Apache Plunge for 4 riders, serpentine Rocky Mountain, enclosed Black Snake, Geronimo, Sioux Slide and much, much more. The Papoose Land is a water playground for children under 4 ft tall, with its own mini slides, raindrop, frogs, turtles, a fish slide, lily pads and more. Our Cherokee Corner, for those under 5 feet, hosts our tipping bucket, rolling log, lily pads and trampoline. An 18-hole miniature golf course, volleyball, horseshoes, arcade tent, an old-fashioned picnic area, snack bars, souvenir shop and beer garden are situated on the grounds. Our Vision: to be our customers’ most valued and trusted business partner. 143 Talon Athletics Scott Blumberg PO Box 363 Bronx, NY 10473 Phone: 347-903-5107 [email protected] www.talonathletics.com Group picnic facilities for 50 to 1500 persons are available to accommodate corporations, churches, camps, schools, birthday parties, family reunions and more. Talon Athletics Inc. Is the premier provider of Gaga ball gloves, which optimize performance of the sports player. We also provide Gaga pit rentals, sales and event hosting. 711 We offer an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT COUNTRY PICNIC PACKAGE to allow us to do all the work while you have all the fun! Tandy Leather Factory Chris Hatter 1818 N. Cameron Street Harrisburg, PA 17103 Front of Hall Phone: (817) 903-8628 [email protected] www.tandyleather.com The Online Master of Science in Camp Administration and Leadership is the first program of its type offered in the United States. It is FULLY ONLINE with a culminating six-hour practicum at an approved camp site. This affords the opportunity for students to complete the program while continuing to work and remain in their community. The specialized curriculum, developed by leading camp professionals, prepares aspiring and current camp professionals in the areas of camp management, budgeting, finance and operations. It also integrates training in leadership, ethics and best practices. Steve Kent 431 [email protected] www.tentandtable.com Phone: (409) 745-3139 [email protected] www.1800trampoline.com Tiny Chefs Anna Reeves 6811 Georgia Street Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Phone: (301) 518-6108 [email protected] www.tinychefs.com Tiny Chefs offers on-site summer camp events, after-school enrichment classes, one-time specialty classes and nutrition classes for DC Metro-based organizations. Tiny Chefs offers curriculum development specifically tailored for sleep-away camp programs. 44 Trampoline USA, Inc. Angie Klein 8672 Interstate 10 West Orange, Texas 77632 TentandTable.com sells tents, tables, chairs, commercial bounce houses and water slides. 835 sponsor! Phone: (917) 292-1486 [email protected] tun.touro.edu/camp Tent and Table 300 Scajaquada St. Buffalo, NY 14215 Phone: (716) 259-9215 Touro University – Online MS in Camp Administration and Leadership David Malter Supplier of a full line of affordable leather and leather-craft-related camp and hobby supplies including native crafts and stamping tools. Tandy Leather/The Leather Factory has been working with camps for over 50 years. We supply instruction to camp staff in proper use of leatherworking materials at no extra cost to you. We also carry the hardware products to keep your tack and saddle equipment in top condition. 245 Tomahawk Lake Waterpark Carol Snavely 3905 Corey Road Harrisburg, PA 17109 Pony Hops are the most requested team building product! Horse bouncing brings everyone together! 237 Treatment Specialties Clemente Rivera 25 Arrow Road Ramsey, NJ 07446 Phone: (201) 236-1720 [email protected] www.treatmentspecialties.net We are a Commercial Swimming Pool Manufacturer’s Representative specializing in Filtration, Pumps, and Water Quality Control Equipment. Booth EXHIBITOR Booth EXHIBITOR 346, 348 Tree-Mendous Adventure Parks 229 851 Meaghan Witri 82 Mercer Mountain Rd. East Chatham, NY 12060 Sarah Owsley 13775 A Mono Way Sonora, CA 95370 Phone: (518) 288-2920 [email protected] www.tree-mendous.net Phone: (209) 536-9200 [email protected] http://www.uvskinz.com Tree-Mendous Adventure Parks creates a unique blend of elevated wooden platforms in high trees connected by Indiana Jones bridges, Tarzan swings and zip-lines, providing fun and adventure. UV Skinz sells peace-of-mind in the sun. We manufacturer UV protective sunwear for the entire family. Save Time and money - forget the messy topical sunscreen and opt for our UPF 50+ high quality, light weight, breathable, fashion forward sun protection apparel instead! TriState Golf Cale Hendricks 1225 N. Keyser Ave Scranton, PA 18504 216 Phone: (425) 602-4777 [email protected] www.venue360camps.com We provide sales, service and rentals of golf carts. Venue360 cloud-based camp management software fully automates the booking cycle from lead capture through final invoice and follow-up marketing. Tightly integrated into Facebook and your camp website for lead capture and bookings, group leaders can manage their booking, rooming, etc., and campers can register and pay for camps via Facebook or your website. UltraCamp Jason Payne 1559 Walling Lane Niles, MI 49120 Phone: 888-791-2080 [email protected] www.ultracamp.com 316 Unique Entertainment Serving the U.S. since 1987, Vernon specializes in the short-term rentals of laptops, desktops, tablets, printers and monitors with the software, apps or additional amenities our customers require. Our equipment comes from the industry’s leading manufacturers and is accompanied by comprehensive customer service, including 24/7 technical support. Phone: 610-265-3244 [email protected] www.uniquegameshow.com The ultimate, 100%-participation multimedia game show! Universal Creative Concepts 147 David Correll 9909 Clayton Rd. St. Louis, MO 63124 Phone: (212) 982-2229 [email protected] www.victoriangardensnyc.com Promotional Products Victorian Gardens Amusement Park is New York City’s premier destination located at Wollman Rink in Central Park. Our exciting rides, interactive games and live entertainment provide fun and enriching experiences for all campers. Group rates available. USM Interactive Dave Saraceno 444 South Union St. Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: (802) 865-3332 ext. [email protected] www.campwebsites.com USM Interactive is a digital agency that specializes in designing summer camp websites that are beautiful to look at, easy to use and focused on signing up campers year after year. Victorian Gardens Amusement Park Karen Malanum Located at Wollman Rink in Central park. 59th st & 6av New York, NY 10065 Phone: 870-423-4008 [email protected] www.uccpromos.com 852 conference partner! Phone: (203) 969-0060 [email protected] www.vernoncomputersource.com Ben Wachstein 3232 Grande Oak Pl. Lancaster, PA 17601 639 Vernon Computer Source Janette Conlin 77 Selleck Street Stamford, CT 06902 Ultracamp is an online registration tool with payment processing, form collection, reporting tools and much more. 707 Venue360 Camp Software Scott McBurner 5808 Lake Washington Blvd NE, Suite 100 Kirkland, WA 98033 Phone: (570) 344-4443 [email protected] www.tristategolfcartsinc.com 442 UV Skinz 719 West Side Laundry Larry Sall 79 Main Street Binghamton, NY 13905 Phone: (607) 723-3504 [email protected] www.westsidelaundry.com Laundry service. Wash, dry, fold, pickup and delivery. Central New York, northern Pennsylvania and parts of western New Jersey. 45 Booth EXHIBITOR 501, 600 614 Westex Booth EXHIBITOR 825 WhizResources Tony Marinello 20 Virginia Road - PO Box 308 North White Plains, NY 10603 Rick Whisenhunt PO Box 2991 Denton, TX 76202-2991 Phone: (914) 949-5179 [email protected] www.westexsupplies.com Phone: (214) 709-5559 [email protected] www.whizresources.com Westex is your one-stop source for camp supplies. Our product line includes kitchen supplies and equipment, beds, linen, paper disposables, odor control, insect control and janitorial supplies. Customer satisfaction is our # 1 priority. Over 60 years in the camp industry. We are proudly an ACA business affiliate. WhizResources provides camp staff. We supply licensed and experienced RNs, LPNs, cooks and CDL drivers. We recruit U.S. college students who lead with enthusiasm as counselors, sports specialists, lifeguards, food service, maintenance and other staff. Whitewater Challengers Nancy Pilecki PO Box 8 White Haven, PA 18661 415, 417, 419, 421, 514, 516, 518, 520 Robert Cirjak 807 Liberty Drive Verona, WI 53593 Phone: (608) 848-8781 [email protected] www.wibitsports.com Phone: (800) 443-8554 [email protected] www.whitewaterchallengers.com Premier whitewater rafting outfitter on the Lehigh River in PA for children ages 5+. More challenging trip options include our Hudson River and Black River rafting in New York. Our Lehigh River Adventure Center offers a close-to-home outdoor experience that includes rafting, camping, biking, hiking and more! Dining services and tent rentals available onsite to make your camping trip prep a breeze. The most fun you’ll have all year! Wibit Sports (represented by CRS) Wibit Sports has developed a commercial-grade, modular, interlocking system that introduces a whole new way for kids to engage in friendly competition on the water. The modualrity allows for endless combinations of fun. Wibit Sports is represented by Commercial Recreational Specialists in the USA. 249 Zim Sailing Nate Williams 84 Cutler Street Warren, RI 02885 Phone: 401-237-6117 [email protected] www.zimsailing.com Zim Sailing is a manufacturer and distributor of small sailboats, parts, service and gear. We have the largest selection of small sailboats in North America, and we are committed to helping the growth of the sport. 46 EXHIBITOR product / SERVICE index Adventure Programming / Ropes Courses Adventure Network American Camp and Work Experience Arboreal Edge Camelback Resort Fantastic Tours & Travel Head Rush Technologies Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau Inside Out Tours Lake Education Pocono Mountain Adventures Pocono Whitewater Ramblewild Ropes Park Equipment Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park and Diggerland USA Skyline Ziplines Summit, The Whitewater Challengers Advertising and Marketing American Marketing Artistic Imprints CampMinder, LLC Circuitree Solutions Cove Creek Productions First Take Productions, Inc. Gatehouse Media / Propel Marketing GrUVywear LLC JA Media Jasienowski Studio, Inc. Portrait Photographers Mr. D’s Tees Outfit Your Logo Perlow Productions Radtagz USM Interactive Amusements Adventureland Amusement Park Aflex Technology Amazing Amusements & Entertainment Camelback Resort Carnival Day Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach Waterpark Circus Time Amusements & Entertainment Discovery Times Square Extreme Magic of Eric Wilzig, The Fantastic Tours & Travel Fun Fuzion @ New Roc City Got Color, Inc. Head Rush Technologies Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau Inside Out Tours iPlay America, LLC J-Dogs Amusements & Catering Jersey Shore Pirates Keansburg Amusement Park & Runaway Rapids Water Park Kids on Wheels Knockerball NJ Luna Park at Coney Island Madame Tussaud’s New York Magic Mehl Illusions Magical Memories Entertainment Mountain Creek Waterpark Musical IQ OC Waterpark Party Perfect Rentals Partymachines.com Pocono Whitewater Pole Position Raceway Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Ropes Park Equipment Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park and Diggerland USA Space Odyssey USA Tent and Table Tomahawk Lake Waterpark Unique Entertainment Wibit Sports (represented by CRS) Arts and Crafts Beam Clay / Partac Peat Corporation Bisque Imports Blick Art Materials Circus Time Amusements & Entertainment Colortime Crafts Craft Shop, The Discount School Supply EconoCrafts Ed Hoy’s International Fun Express a subsidiary of Oriental Trading Company Get Ready, Inc. H&H Purchasing Services KampKits.com Magical Memories Entertainment Musical IQ Name Beads USA Inc. Nature Watch Party Perfect Rentals Plaque Art Creations Plastercraft Factory Rocket Age Enterprises, LLC S&S Worldwide Tandy Leather Factory Associations & Professionals Perlow Productions Rock Paper Team The M.A.C.H.O Foundation Athletic Equipment / Games 9 Square in the Air Aflex Technology Amerasport, Inc. Beam Clay / Partac Peat Corporation Camp Athletic Supply DigiGames, Inc. Discount School Supply Everlast Climbing FlagHouse FunAir GagaBallPits.com Got Color, Inc. H&H Purchasing Services KampKits.com Katker 2005 Key Log Rolling Kinsey’s Inc Knockerball NJ Mamba GaGa New England Camp Discounter Partymachines.com Pole Position Raceway Ropes Park Equipment S&S Worldwide SNAG Futbol, teaching partner of the American FootGolf League SNAG Golf SnapSports, Inc. Spikeball Sport Resource Group Suspended Aquatic Mentor Talon Athletics 47 EXHIBITOR product / SERVICE index Background Checks / Employee Screening Camper Gifts Camp Counselors USA CampMinder, LLC CampSite CastleBranch Circuitree Solutions crimcheck.com Advance Specialties Artistic Imprints Camp Outfitters by Lands’ End Everything Camper Apparel Everything Summer Camp Got Color, Inc. GrUVywear LLC Mr. D’s Tees Name Beads USA Inc. Outfit Your Logo Radtagz Talon Athletics Tent and Table Universal Creative Concepts Bedding, Beds & Cots American Bedding Manufacturers, Inc Bargoose Home Textiles Bourdon`s Institutional Sales Institutional Bedz MedMattress.com Westex Boats & Boating Supplies American Sail, Inc. CORCL Boats Designer Noodle Jersey Shore Pirates Kay Park & Recreation Corp. Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Suspended Aquatic Mentor Zim Sailing Camping Equipment Everything Summer Camp Lake Education Mabel’s Labels Tent and Table Car / Truck Rentals Camp Trucking Merchants Short Term Solutions Bus Companies Clothing & Sportswear Fantastic Tours & Travel International Motor Coach Group Merchants Short Term Solutions Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education Saddle River Tours Stout’s Transportation Allied T-Shirts Amerasport, Inc. American Marketing Artistic Imprints C.C. Creations Camp Spot, The Everything Camper Apparel Everything Summer Camp GrUVywear LLC LabelDaddy.com Liberty Clothing Co. LogoTags Mr. D’s Tees MV Sport/Weatherproof New Dimensions New England Camp Discounter Talon Athletics Universal Creative Concepts UV Skinz Cabins, Other Structures Colorado Yurt Company GagaBallPits.com Pacific Yurts, Inc. Camp Clothing, Uniform & Accessory Advance Specialties Artistic Imprints Brisco Apparel Bunkline Outfitters C.C. Creations Camp Outfitters by Lands’ End Camp Spot, The Camp Trucking Everything Camper Apparel Everything Summer Camp GrUVywear LLC LabelDaddy.com Liberty Clothing Co. Mabel’s Labels Mr. D’s Tees Name Beads USA Inc. New Dimensions New England Camp Discounter Outfit Your Logo Radtagz Stuck on You USA Talon Athletics Universal Creative Concepts UV Skinz Communications ACradiocom Camp Business Magazine - Northstar Publishing CampDoc.com CampMinder, LLC Circuitree Solutions ExpertOnlineTraining.com First Take Productions, Inc. Gatehouse Media / Propel Marketing Motorola / Kew Forest My Camp Link Perlow Productions R F Design & Integration RadioBoss 2-Way Radios Rock Paper Team USM Interactive Computer and Web Services Active Network, Camps Amilia Bunk1.com 48 EXHIBITOR product / SERVICE index CampBrain CampDoc.com CampMinder, LLC CampSite Circuitree Solutions EZ-CAMP2 by SofterWare Gatehouse Media / Propel Marketing My Camp Link Perlow Productions UltraCamp Venue360 Camp Software Vernon Computer Source Court Construction / Recreational Copeland Coating Co., Inc. GagaBallPits.com SnapSports, Inc. SportPros Docks and Rafts Commercial Recreation Specialists Connect-A-Dock FunAir Suspended Aquatic Mentor DVD Copies and Video Production Services 829 Studios Camp Athletic Supply Cove Creek Productions First Take Productions, Inc. Perlow Productions Educational Programs / Activities Amir AMSkier Arboreal Edge Boston Attractions Group CampDirectorsResources.com - Family Publications Center for Lice Control Class Act Performing Artists & Speakers, Inc. Corporate Image Promotions DigiGames, Inc. Discount School Supply Discovery Times Square Ed Hoy’s International ExpertOnlineTraining.com FlagHouse Florida Atlantic University Fun Express a subsidiary of Oriental Trading Company Group Sales Box Office / Broadway.com Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau Inside Out Tours KampKits.com Lake Education Liberty Science Center Luna Park at Coney Island Madison Square Garden & Radio City Entertainment Magical Memories Entertainment mainstages Musical IQ National Circus Project Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education Nature Watch One Beat CPR and AED Pocono Whitewater Pole Position Raceway Ramblewild Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Rock Paper Team Rock Star Camp Rocket Age Enterprises, LLC S&S Worldwide Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park and Diggerland USA SNAG Futbol, teaching partner of the American FootGolf League SNAG Golf Tiny Chefs Electronics CampDoc.com Carnival Day DigiGames, Inc. RadioBoss 2-Way Radios S&S Worldwide Universal Creative Concepts Entertainers Amazing Amusements & Entertainment CampDirectorsResources.com - Family Publications Class Act Performing Artists & Speakers, Inc. DigiGames, Inc. Extreme Magic of Eric Wilzig, The Group Sales Box Office / Broadway.com Inside Out Tours J-Dogs Amusements & Catering Jersey Shore Pirates Kids on Wheels Knockerball NJ Madison Square Garden & Radio City Entertainment Magic Mehl Illusions Magical Memories Entertainment mainstages Master Illusionist Elliot Zimet Musical IQ National Circus Project Party Perfect Rentals Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Rock Star Camp Shear Madness Steve Max’s Simon Sez Show The M.A.C.H.O Foundation Tiny Chefs Unique Entertainment Facilities Management Active Network, Camps Amilia CampDoc.com Circuitree Solutions ExpertOnlineTraining.com MedMattress.com Motorola / Kew Forest New England Camp Discounter Treatment Specialties Financial Services CampDoc.com CardWorks Merchant Services Connect One Bank Fitness Equipment GagaBallPits.com H&H Purchasing Services Katker 2005 Key Log Rolling Knockerball NJ Mamba GaGa New England Camp Discounter Ropes Park Equipment 49 EXHIBITOR product / SERVICE index Floors SportPros Food & Beverage Products & Services Cookies & More Culinary Depot Custom Concentrates DeIorio Foods Inc. Driscoll Foods Fantastic Tours & Travel Food & Beverage Associates Fresh Kids H&H Purchasing Services J-Dogs Amusements & Catering JA Foodservice Jamac Frozen Foods JH Paper Company Raisel - Chortles Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Roger and Sons, Inc. Signature Services Soy Nut Butter Company, The Sqwinchers SunButter Sysco Corporation Health & Safety CampDoc.com Circuitree Solutions Health Center Help JA Foodservice Marathon Kids Instruction - Sports CampDirectorsResources.com - Family Publications CampDoc.com mainstages Tiny Chefs American Camp and Work Experience DigiGames, Inc. ExpertOnlineTraining.com Key Log Rolling Mamba GaGa Marathon Kids Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education Pole Position Raceway Rocket Age Enterprises, LLC SNAG Futbol, teaching partner of the American FootGolf League SNAG Golf Spikeball Furniture Insurance American Bedding Manufacturers, Inc Blick Art Materials Craft Shop, The Dixie Seating Company Institutional Bedz Jess Crate Furniture & Supplies Kay Park & Recreation Corp. MedMattress.com S&S Worldwide Westex AMSkier CampDoc.com CampMinder, LLC K&K Insurance Group, Inc. National Camp Group Redwoods Group, The RPS Bollinger - Sports & Leisure Sobel Affiliates, A Brown & Brown Company Free Camp Material Games 9 Square in the Air Adventureland Amusement Park Aflex Technology Amazing Amusements & Entertainment Carnival Day Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach Waterpark Circus Time Amusements & Entertainment Craft Shop, The DigiGames, Inc. Discount School Supply ExpertOnlineTraining.com Fun Express a subsidiary of Oriental Trading Company FunAir GagaBallPits.com J-Dogs Amusements & Catering KampKits.com Keansburg Amusement Park & Runaway Rapids Water Park Knockerball NJ Lake Education Luna Park at Coney Island Magical Memories Entertainment mainstages Mamba GaGa Marathon Kids 50 Musical IQ New England Camp Discounter Party Perfect Rentals Partymachines.com Pole Position Raceway Rock Paper Team S&S Worldwide Spikeball Talon Athletics Tent and Table Janitorial & Maintenance Supplies Discount School Supply H&H Purchasing Services JH Paper Company Motorola / Kew Forest Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Roger and Sons, Inc. S&S Worldwide Westex Kitchen Equipment & Design Culinary Depot Food & Beverage Associates H&H Purchasing Services Roger and Sons, Inc. Westex Laundry Equipment / Service Panaram/USA-TOWL West Side Laundry Lawn & Grounds Maintenance Beam Clay / Partac Peat Corporation Rocky Mountain Sunscreen EXHIBITOR product / SERVICE index Linens Bourdon`s Institutional Sales Institutional Bedz JH Paper Company West Side Laundry Luggage Delivery Service Camp Trucking Medical Supplies & Equipment CampDoc.com CampMeds, Inc. CampRX Center for Lice Control ExpertOnlineTraining.com H&H Purchasing Services Israel Emergency Medical Services Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education One Beat CPR and AED Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Suspended Aquatic Mentor Office Equipment Craft Shop, The H&H Purchasing Services Outfit Your Logo RadioBoss 2-Way Radios S&S Worldwide Online Directories CampDoc.com Cove Creek Productions Gatehouse Media / Propel Marketing Paper Goods JH Paper Company S&S Worldwide Westex Pedal Go-Karts Magical Memories Entertainment Perlow Productions Playground Equipment 9 Square in the Air Commercial Recreation Specialists Everlast Climbing FunAir GagaBallPits.com Head Rush Technologies Katker 2005 Mamba GaGa New England Camp Discounter Partymachines.com Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Site Specialists Spikeball Sport Resource Group Sports and Golf Solutions Pool Construction / Pool Equipment Aflex Technology Commercial Clearwater Company, Inc. Custom Pools of Rockland Designer Noodle Everlast Climbing For a Cleaner Pool GrUVywear LLC Key Log Rolling Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Suspended Aquatic Mentor Treatment Specialties Printing & Graphic Services Amerasport, Inc. Artistic Imprints Jasienowski Studio, Inc. Portrait Photographers Outfit Your Logo stickersandmore.com Programs AmeriCamp American Camp and Work Experience Camp America Camp Counselors USA Camp Leaders CampSite Circuitree Solutions Council on Intl Educational Exchange (CIEE) ExpertOnlineTraining.com IENA’s 3 Adventures International Camp Staff Program InterExchange Camp USA WhizResources Amir Arboreal Edge Boston Attractions Group Corporate Image Promotions DigiGames, Inc. ExpertOnlineTraining.com Fantastic Tours & Travel Key Log Rolling Kids on Wheels Lake Education Musical IQ Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education Nature Watch Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Rock Paper Team Rock Star Camp SNAG Futbol, teaching partner of the American FootGolf League SNAG Golf The M.A.C.H.O Foundation Pest Removal Promotional Items & Gifts Center for Lice Control Lice Treatment Center, The Pest Heat Advance Specialties Amerasport, Inc. Artistic Imprints C.C. Creations Designer Noodle Everything Summer Camp Got Color, Inc. GrUVywear LLC BERG USA LLC Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach Waterpark Discount School Supply Personnel Service / Staff Placement Photographers Irvin Simon Photographers Jasienowski Studio, Inc. Portrait Photographers 51 EXHIBITOR product / SERVICE index JA Foodservice Jasienowski Studio, Inc. Portrait Photographers Liberty Clothing Co. LogoTags Mr. D’s Tees Name Beads USA Inc. New Dimensions Outfit Your Logo Perlow Productions Pole Position Raceway Radtagz Rocky Mountain Sunscreen stickersandmore.com Universal Creative Concepts Publishing Camp Business Magazine - Northstar Publishing Gatehouse Media / Propel Marketing Jasienowski Studio, Inc. Portrait Photographers Rock Climbing Walls Adventure Network Arboreal Edge Circus Time Amusements & Entertainment Everlast Climbing Fantastic Tours & Travel Head Rush Technologies OC Waterpark Party Perfect Rentals Ropes Park Equipment S&S Worldwide Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park and Diggerland USA Safety Information Programs/Supplies CampDoc.com CampMeds, Inc. GrUVywear LLC Motorola / Kew Forest Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Education One Beat CPR and AED Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Suspended Aquatic Mentor Talon Athletics Security Fantastic Tours & Travel Skatepark Equipment GagaBallPits.com Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Solar Geoscape Solar GrUVywear LLC Sound / Video Systems Magical Memories Entertainment Sports Entertainment Programs Class Act Performing Artists & Speakers, Inc. Designer Noodle DigiGames, Inc. Fantastic Tours & Travel Fun Fuzion @ New Roc City GagaBallPits.com 52 Got Color, Inc. Katker 2005 Kids on Wheels Kinsey’s Inc Knockerball NJ Madison Square Garden & Radio City Entertainment Mamba GaGa Pocono Whitewater Pole Position Raceway SNAG Futbol, teaching partner of the American FootGolf League SNAG Golf Spikeball Stationary Fun Express a subsidiary of Oriental Trading Company Tents, Teepees, Shelters Anchor Industries Pacific Yurts, Inc. S&S Worldwide Tent and Table Tours and Travel Academy Express, LLC Boston Attractions Group Camelback Resort CampDirectorsResources.com - Family Publications Fantastic Tours & Travel Fun Fuzion @ New Roc City Group Sales Box Office / Broadway.com Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau Inside Out Tours Jersey Shore Pirates Madison Square Garden & Radio City Entertainment Pocono Whitewater Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Sahara Sam’s Oasis Indoor & Outdoor Water Park and Diggerland USA Space Odyssey USA Trophies & Awards C.C. Creations Corporate Image Promotions Crown Trophy Outfit Your Logo Pole Position Raceway Radtagz S&S Worldwide The M.A.C.H.O Foundation Water Front Equipment / Products Aflex Technology American Sail, Inc. Commercial Recreation Specialists Connelly Skis Designer Noodle FlagHouse FunAir GrUVywear LLC Key Log Rolling RadioBoss 2-Way Radios RAVE Sports Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Suspended Aquatic Mentor Tent and Table Wibit Sports (represented by CRS) Zim Sailing SESSIONS & WORKSHOPS MONDAY, MARCH 7 8:00 AM–6:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 7:30 AM–5:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 8:30 AM–4:30 PM ACA NEW DIRECTORS ORIENTATION (ROOM 304) 8:30–9:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK A 11:00 AM–4:30 PM ACA FULL STANDARDS COURSE (ROOM 421) 9:45–10:45 AM CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK B 12:00–5:00 PM EPIC (EMERGING PROFESSIONALS IN CAMPING) WORKSHOP (ROOM 312) 12:00–5:00 PM 1:00–5:00 PM 56 TUESDAY, MARCH 8 EXPLORING GENDER IDENTITY IN THE SUMMER CAMP ENVIRONMENT WITH NICK TEICH (ROOM 309) INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (ROOM 320) 1:00–5:00 PM GAMES THAT CHANGE THE WORLD WITH JIM CAIN (ROOM 302) 5:00–7:00 PM HAPPY HOUR EVENT AT TUN TAVERN AT THE SHERATON 7:00–9:00 PM DINNER AT CUBA LIBRE AT THE TROPICANA (SIGN UP AT REGISTRATION!) 11:00 AM–12:30 PM G E NE RAL SE SSI ON (HALL A): John Jacobs TRI–STATE AWARD WINNER: Billy Hoch 12:30–1:00 PM BOOK SIGNING 12:30–3:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL GRAND OPENING 12:45–1:45 PM MEET ‘N’ EAT SESSIONS 12:45–2:00 PM VOCE (MEMBERS ONLY) SESSION WITH LUNCH (ROOM 412) 3:00–4:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK C 3:00–5:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL 4:00–5:30 PM STANDARDS UPDATE COURSE (ROOM 421) 7:00–9:00 PM DINNER AT CARMINE’S, TROPICANA HOTEL—THE QUARTER (SIGN UP NOW AT REGISTRATION!) 9:00 PM–MIDNIGHT EVENING SOCIAL EVENT LATE NIGHT DRINKS AND FUN— AT CHICKIE’S AND PETE’S TROPICANA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 CAMP SHIRT WEDNESDAY (Wear your camp apparel!) THURSDAY, MARCH 10 7:30 AM–1:30 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 9:00–10:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK H 9:30 AM–12:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL 9:30–10:00 AM FREE COFFEE WITH THE EXHIBITORS 10:15–11:15 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK I 11:15 AM–12:00 PM FREE REFRESHMENTS WITH EXHIBITORS *LAST CHANCE TO SHOP!* 12:00–2:00 PM 7:15 AM 5K FUN RUN 7:30 AM–5:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN G ENERAL SESSION 8:30–9:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK D (HALL A): 9:45–10:45 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK E 10:45 AM–5:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 10:45–11:45 AM FREE COFFEE WITH EXHIBITORS 11:00 AM–4:30 PM ACA FULL STANDARDS COURSE (ROOM 421) 12:30–1:30 PM MEET ‘N’ EAT SESSIONS 12:30–1:45 PM VOCE (MEMBERS ONLY) SESSION WITH LUNCH (ROOM 412) 2:00–3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK F 3:15–4:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK G 4:15–5:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL 5:30–7:00 PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOCIAL AT THE SHERATON HOTEL KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Angela Duckworth raffle! (SIGN UP NOW AT REGISTRATION!) 57 E New Directors’ Orientation MONDAY, MARCH 7 Exploring Gender Identity in the Summer Camp Environment 8:30 AM–4:30 PM MONDAY, MARCH 7 Location: Room 304 Cost: $99 per person 12:00–5:00 PM This 8-hour interactive ACA National course provides an overview of key aspects of the camp director’s job and is intended for Scott Lantzman directors with 3 or less years of experience, assistant directors, program directors or people who have been in other administrative positions and are considering directing camp in the near future. The course will cover many areas with special focus offered on leadership, risk management, camper behavior, staff training and staff supervision. Upon completion of this one-day course, the ACA National office will mail you a certificate of completion, suitable for framing. Join Scott Lantzman and several experienced camp directors for this informative course. Cost includes a light breakfast, lunch and full course curriculum. What is the difference between sex and gender? What does gender fluid mean? Where do I NICK TEICH house a camper who came to camp last year as a girl and this year a boy? How do I talk about this with parents? If someone is transgender, does that mean they’re gay? In this workshop we will answer these questions and more. Come learn from campers, parents and camp directors about policies and best practices for supporting transgender campers and staff. Speaker: NICK TEICH, Camp Aranu’tiq of Harbor Camps Games That Change The World Facilitator: SCOTT LANTZMAN MONDAY, MARCH 7 EPIC Workshop Location: Room 302 MONDAY, MARCH 7 Cost: $50 per person 12:00–5:00 PM Teambuilding Guru Dr. Jim Cain shares his newest collection of powerful team and community ty jim cain building activities from around the world, featuring many of the activities in his newest book, The Teamwork & Teamplay International Edition. The book features 51 team activities translated into 16 different languages (all in the same book). Workshop participants will receive a copy of this book and an active lesson in using these games to create your own powerful moments in teaching, training and facilitation. 1:00–5:00 PM Location: Room 312 Cost: ACA Member $75 per person (includes lunch) We often get asked the question, “What is EPIC?” For those who do not know, EPIC is an acronym that stands for Emerging Professionals in Camping, and this workshop will most definitely be epic! The camping industry is full of leaders. Being a LEADER at your camp might have different meanings to different people. Whether you work for a private, not-for-profit, day or resident camp program, being an effective leader is crucial to the overall success of your camp. “Leadership Skills for the 21st Century” Speaker: JIM CAIN, Teamwork & Teamplay Fortune Magazine and The Wharton School of Business both agree that the personal skills you will need to be a successful leader in the 21st century have nothing to do with technology! The world that was once successBOB DITTER fully dominated by “heroic leaders” like Steve Jobs, Bobby Knight and countless charismatic camp directors who inspired many in days gone by is past. In this powerful, intensive day with Bob Ditter, you will learn not only what style of leadership is badly needed to take camps into this century, but also the skills that go with what people are calling “transformative leadership.” Be ready to learn, and go away with deeper skill and insight into working in powerful ways with people for the foreseeable future. Speaker: BOB DITTER, Therapist 4:45 PM BOOK SIGNING BY BOB DITTER 5:00–7:00 PM FREE HAPPY HOUR AT TUN TAVERN Tun Tavern at the Sheraton, 2 Miss America Way Imagine a world where language is no longer a barrier to people of every country working and playing (and training) together! Lunch is NOT included, please bring lunch with you or eat prior to the workshop. 12:00–5:00 PM 58 Location: Room 309 Cost: $75 per person (Includes lunch) Sponsored by: E MONDAY, MARCH 7 Emergency Planning & Reporting 1:00–5:00 PM Emergencies take many forms and represent significant risk for a school or camp’s ability to continue ordinary operations, as well as for its image and short- and long-term financial performance. Creating an effective plan, one that is viable and practiced, is vital. This session will cover the emergency planning process, from risk assessments and protocols to communications. It will also examine the conditions of when, why, what and to whom summer camp and independent school operators must report issues of concern to authorities. Location: Rooms 320, 321,322 Cost: $35 per attendee Join summer camp and auxiliary staff from independent schools across the country for an afternoon of learning and networking. The workshop will feature targeted round tables, breakout sessions and a closing general session with ideas for everyone. After spending the afternoon learning, join us for a networking dinner. This is a great opportunity to meet other independent school professionals before the Tri-State CAMP Conference begins! WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: Speaker: GARY KIMBALL, AmSkier 1:00–1:15 PM – WELCOME AND OVERVIEW 2:15–3:15 PM – BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2 1:15–2:15 PM – BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 After-School/Camp Programming International Students Programs Come and learn from top leading experts in the field of international education. During this sesJAMES ANDERSON sion you will learn more about international student markets and how to integrate international students into your camps. You will hear from the largest educational company in Asia. Speaker: JAMES ANDERSON, GLOBAL 360 Speakers: KAREN MCCANN MCCLELLAND, Sidwell Friends School LAURA KELLY, The Handwork Studio MICHAEL ZIGMAN, i2 JENNIFER MOOREHEAD, Science Explorers HR 101: The Basics of Hiring and Firing Karen McCann Mclelland A few basic strategies can go a long way in protecting your camp or school when you’re hiring new employees and when you have to let them go. This session will go over the do’s and don’ts of the hiring and firing process, from interview questions that should never be asked to tips on ensuring terminated employees leave on a cordial basis. The role of employment contracts will also be discussed with sample language that can protect your camp or school. Speaker: GARY KIMBALL, AmSkier LAURA KELLY MICHAEL ZIGMAN JENNIFER MOREHEAD 60 In this session, our panel will give a quick case study on their school/camp model for after school programming. The panel will then moderate a discussion on best practices, challenges, how-tos, communicating with parents, etc. LISA WAUGH Speaker: LISA WAUGH, Sidwell Friends School GENE GIAMMITTORIO, Congressional Camp How to Ensure the Best Offerings & Maintain Quality for Your Families Join us for a panel discussion on how independent schools can use vendors to increase their offerings at camp and after school while maintaining the quality and safety your families have come to trust. Learn about different structures for working with vendors, rentals and outsourced staff. Discuss varying goals and priorities as well as challenges. Examine sample rental agreements and fee structures. You will receive a checklist of qualifying questions you should be asking every vendor prior to engagement. Ask questions and learn from other independent schools! GARY KIMBALL GENE GIAMMITTORIO GARY KIMBALL The Big Picture So much emphasis is placed on individual marketing strategies that we sometimes have a hard time seeing the big picture. I left CampMinder Camp last year with a ton of new ideas but didn’t know how best to implement, manage and evaluate them. I ended up creating a super basic framework that morphed into our iÜÞi>ÀÀÕ`>ÀiÌ}«>°>``ÌÌ being helpful, it also exposed several of our shortcomings. In this collaborative session, we’ll customize a marketing plan for each of your different customer segments. Get ready to work together, share ideas and be surprised. PETER ROSS Speaker: PETER ROSS, 829 Studios 3:15–3:45 PM – NETWORKING AND SNACKS 3:50–4:50 PM – BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3 LISA WAUGH 10 Things I Learned When I First Started (For Newbies) We have the best jobs in the world, yet our parents and friend still ask what we do all year! For staff 1–5 years into their jobs in summer programs at independent schools, join our fun discussion on the top 10 things we’ve learned in our first years as directors/staff! Feel free to add to our list! Speaker: LISA WAUGH, Sidwell Summer RYAN BALL, Sidwell Summer RYAN BALL Now that I am Seasoned, What’s Next? So now that I have finally gotten my grips around budgeting, staffing, marketing, registration systems and vendors, and I am still standing…what’s next? The first couple seasons as an auxiliary director can be a whirlwind, but after braving the storm, this session will examine how to find new ways to push your programs, widen your horizons and grow yourself. Karen McCann Mclelland Speaker: KAREN MCCANN MCCLELLAND, Sidwell Friends School DAN O’NEIL, Congressional Camp In Falls Church CINDY WYATT, Hi-Hills Day Camp JEFF MALLOY, YMCA Of The Palm Beaches 4:50–5:00 PM – WRAP-UP AND EVALUATIONS dan o’neil 7:00–9:00 PM – NETWORKING DINNER AT CASA TACO Cost: $40 per attendee *Pre-Registration Required Cindy Wyatt jeff malloy 61 H I VOCE TO VOCE SESSION This year’s CAMP Conference will be the fifth meeting of VOCE. This group serves leaders who have had ultimate operational authority in an ACA camp for at least twelve years. At the conference, they will sit down together once each day—Tuesday, March 8 (with lunch included) and Wednesday, March 9 (with lunch included)—for interactive discussions about camp and their roles. VOCE hosted a successful dinner event this past year and will continue to host events in the spring and fall of 2016 in the New York/ New Jersey area. VOCE sessions taking place at this year’s conference (for VOCE members only): Cost: $100 per person (Includes 2 lunches) TUESDAY, MARCH 8 VOCE TO VOCE SESSION 12:45–2:00 PM (WITH LUNCH) Location: Room 412 The first lunch session will be a talk given by Jonathan Plucker, a leading authority on talent development and creativity, who will talk about the skills, mindsets and dispositions that our JONATHAN PLUCKER campers will need to be successful in the 21st century, and how high quality camp experiences meaningfully contribute to the college and career readiness of campers and staff. Professor Plucker is the Julian C. Stanley Endowed Professor of Talent Development at Johns Hopkins University, where he works in the School of Education and Center for Talented Youth. Professor Plucker’s work defining and studying excellence gaps is part of a larger effort to reorient policy makers’ thinking about how best to promote success and high achievement for all children. His work includes a research collaboration with the Partnership for 21st Century Learning to define and measure the critical skills that kids will need to navigate and succeed in this rapidly changing world. Professor Plucker has worked on projects involving educators schools, and students in all 50 states and several other countries, and is a highly engaging speaker and educator. Speaker: JONATHAN PLUCKER, Johns Hopkins University 2016 VOCE PRESENTERS SCOTT BRODY, Chair Camp Kenwood and Evergreen SHELLEY TAGER, Chair Indian Head Camp Susie Baskin Camp Champions Lauren Bernstein Camp Walden Mickey Black Pine Forest Camp Ephram Caflun Camp Weekela Jordan Dale Surprise Lake Camp Jon Deren Camp Manitou Dawn Ewing Project Morry Richie Gersten Brant Lake Camp Dayna Hardin Lake of the Woods & Greenwoods Mark Honigfeld Trails End Camp Jay Jacobs Timber Lake Camp Mindy Jacobs Timber Lake Camp Gordon Josey Breezemont Camp Arthur Kessler Ramaquois Day Camp Stacy Kotelov Banner Day Camp Mark Major International Sports Training Camp David Miller Camp Starlight Andy Pritikin Liberty Lake Day Camp and Everwood Day Camp Scott Ralls Southwoods Stephanie Reiter Camp Towanda Mitch Reiter Camp Towanda Ken Schainman Camp Mohawk Alan Silverman Camp Moshava Tony Stein Camp Echo Lake Robyn Tanne Harbor Haven Mark Transport Camp Taconic WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 VOCE TO VOCE SESSION 12:30–1:45 PM (WITH LUNCH) Location: Room 412 The second session will be a facilitated conversation reflecting on the prior day’s discussion, and seeking to come to a shared understanding of the emerging opportunities for our industry STEVE BASKIN that grow from this increasing focus on 21st-century learning, mindsets and dispositions. Are we at a crossroad for camping? Is this just the flavor of the moment, or has there been a shift in the skills that are valued in the workplace that has made what we do more relevant that it has ever been before? Do parents understand the skills that predict for the future success of their kids that truly make them college and career ready? What is our role in all of this? We will use the collective SCOTT BRODY wisdom of the group to try to answer these questions, and determine how these answers might impact the choices we make as business leaders, educators, and stewards of our camp communities. Facilitators: STEVE BASKIN, Camp Champions SCOTT BRODY, Camp Kenwood and Evergreen 62 Sponsored by: 6*F MY PLAN FOR THE DAY 7:30 AM–5:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 8:30–9:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK A 9:45–10:45 AM CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK B BLOCK A 6* 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM G E NE R A L SESSION BLOCK B John Jacobs TRI–STATE AWARD WINNER: Billy Hoch MEET ‘N’ EAT SESSIONS 12:30–1:00 PM BOOK SIGNING 12:30–3:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL GRAND OPENING 12:45–1:45 PM MEET ‘N’ EAT SESSIONS 12:45–2:00 PM VOCE (MEMBERS ONLY) SESSION WITH LUNCH (ROOM 412) 3:00–4:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK C 3:00–5:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL 4:00–5:30 PM STANDARDS UPDATE COURSE (ROOM 421) 7:00–9:00 PM DINNER AT CARMINE’S, TROPICANA HOTEL—THE QUARTER (SIGN UP NOW AT REGISTRATION!) 9:00 PM–MIDNIGHT EVENING SOCIAL EVENT LATE NIGHT DRINKS AND FUN—AT CHICKIE’S AND PETE’S TROPICANA BLOCK C 63 6*6*3%, E +3%, Taking Intentionality to the Next Level: (Re)-Align Your Camp Program With Group Development Stages Grit: Developing Perseverance, Self-Control, and a Growth Mindset in your Campers and Staff Location: Room 314 Location: Room 318 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify/review the stages of group development (ex: forming, storming, norming, performing). KIM AYCOCK • Analyze the activities and events (including staff training) of your camp program to see how they align with the stages of group development. • Reach the next level of intentionality by (re)-aligning different aspects of your camp program with the stages of group development. From inception to culmination, every group advances through predictable stages of development. This session will give you the tools to analyze the placement of activities and events in your camp program (including staff training!) to see how they parallel this known progression. Boost the intentionality of your program by (re)-aligning everything you do with this model and watch the pieces of the puzzle fit together! KIMBERLY AYCOCK, Consultant/Professional Speaker/Trainer, Camp 2 Campus Learning Solutions Managing Behaviors Using the Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis Imagine sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows, and instead of everyone eating the marshmallow immediately, all the campers wait until everyone is ready. What is going on? Your campers demonstrated grit and self-control. In this workshop, we will discuss fundamental and accessible strategies to improve self-control and grit in campers, staff and ourselves. Strategies such as developing a growth mindset, setting oneself up for success and the power of meditation will be discussed and modeled. Get ready to get gritty and to gain tools to put into practice. CAREN BARUCH-FELDMAN, Psychologist and Camp Consultant, ExpertOnlineTraining.com; Harrison School District LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identifying the functions of camper behaviors: the “why?” KATIE BAKER • Applying these practices to the appropriate situations and campers: the “when?” While the principles of applied behavior analysis are traditionally used when working with children on the autism spectrum, the basic principles can be applied to virtually anyone at any type of camp—from special needs to competitive sports camps and everywhere in between. I would venture to guess that there is not a camp professional out there that hasn’t had to deal with a difficult camper behavior at one point or another, whether it’s a homesick crying fit or a physical altercation between bunkmates. This session will provide all levels of camp staff with a crash course in the fundamental principles of ABA, an evidencedbased practice utilizing positive and consistent behavioral support. KATIE BAKER, Head Counselor/Lead Behavior Therapist, Camp Akeela/Momentum Behavioral Health Services Building Community with Singing & Dancing Location: Room 201 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Knowlege of resources for singing and dancing • Awareness of using music to create connection • Experience with dancing as an activity for camp JIM CAIN Learn how to use music, singing and dancing to create unity, community and connection. Simple, basic songs and dances will be used to illustrate the power of music in your daily schedule, evening program or closing activity. 64 • Participants will learn behavioral and positive psychology strategies that promote grit, self-control, and a growth mindset. Location: Room 418 LEARNING OUTCOMES: JIM CAIN, Author, Teamwork & Teamplay CAREN BARUCH-FELDMAN • Participants will learn thinking strategies that promote grit, self-control, and a growth mindset. Team Building is More than a Game It’s a Way of Life! Location: Room 308 • Learning the evidence-based practices that modify challenging behaviors: the “how?” • Participants will learn the latest research in the areas of self-control, grit, and growth mindset. • At the end of this session, participants will learn to identify their camp values and look at them through different lenses. • At the end of this session, participants will learn to look at the world in Team rather than I. DAN COLGAN • At the end of this session, participants will learn to “MacGuyver” concepts into interactions on their own. During the workshop, participants will engage in a few team building exercises, look at results from working as a team and be given tools on how to think in TEAM when working with boards, staff and campers. DAN COLGAN, Founder and Creator of Events, Rock Paper Team, LLC Parent Partnerships: Finding Path to Better Communication Location: Room 302 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will identify and discuss parent concerns, including those tied to special needs. • Participants will improve communication methods and attitudes in addressing parents. MARIANNE ESOLEN • Participants will increase sensitivity to communication breakdowns and barriers with parents. Parents can be the MOST important partner in maintaining and growing strong camp programs. And yet, parent communication can be at times complicated, challenging and time-consuming. This is especially true of today’s parents, and even more complex for parents of children with any type of special need, whether social, physical or psychological. This workshop explores the parent perspective, highlighting underlying needs and issues that can lead parents to drive camp staff crazy. We will focus on helping staff gain a deeper understanding, stronger communication skills and improved strategies for handling ongoing parent relations. MARIANNE ESOLEN, LCSW, Counselor/Consultant, Child Champions Network Inspiring Today’s Counselors: How To Train Staff Members Afraid of Making Mistakes Selling Techniques Applied to Consulting Services – How They Can Apply in the Camp Environment Location: Room 304 Location: Room 402 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understand the underlying causes of the perfectionist culture and how it can prevent counselors from taking healthy risks. • Refine the stories that demonstrate what makes your camp special. ANA HOMAYOUN • Recognize successful strategies for alleviating counselor anxieties and helping counselors redefine failure and learn how to effectively ask for help. • Create a staff training that addresses these issues and sets the foundation for a healthy summer. Many of today’s counselors grow up in a perfectionist culture and experience an intense fear of failure that prevents them from taking healthy risks and using mistakes as an opportunity for growth and development. In this presentation, noted author Ana Homayoun describes the root causes of the perfectionist culture and how it can affect camp culture. She provides practical strategies to develop staff training that redefines failure, promotes healthy risk taking, and addresses underlying anxieties. ANA HOMAYOUN, Author, Educator, Green Ivy Educational Consulting, LLC LEARNING OUTCOMES: Jeff will share with you how PwC partners all around the world are trained to respond to these types of questions. We will then explore how these approaches can apply to your day-to-day responsibilities. LEARNING OUTCOMES: MATT JACKOWITZ • Identifying errors related to sexual abuse and sexual abusers. • Identifying ineffective efforts intended to protect children in light of GOOD information. • The participant will leave with creative ideas for special events. GREGORY LOVE • Session Participants are now prepared to receive good information to understand (and reduce) sexual abuse risk. ADAM BARANKER MATT JACKOWITZ, Camp Walt Whitman ADAM BARANKER, Jeff Lake Camp JOEL SHAPIRO, Camp Ramaquois A camp experience is meant to enrich the life of a child. Child sexual abuse (by an adult or a peer) can significantly impact the child, the family and the camp. No one wants this to happen, but the reports continue. What we believe shapes what we do. Most parents and staff believe WRONG things (or not enough of the right things) about abuse and abusers. As a result, the abuse and the abuser remain undetected. This session will identify a number of misconceptions/errors and how they lead to risk to children. For example, this session will address an unhealthy reliance on criminal background checks and the failure of visual profiles. Once some of the misconceptions are identified, the session participants are ready for GOOD information. Once we better understand the risk, we are in a position to reduce that risk—and protect our children. GREGORY LOVE, Director, Abuse Prevention Systems JOEL SHAPIRO College Access for CITs and Campers Location: Room 416 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 303 • At the end of this session, participants will understand the importance of college access programming at camp. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify easy relationship-building ideas. • At the end of this session, participants will gain resources and tools to develop college access programs at their camps. • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of powerful connections with parents and staff. • Distinguish between when and where to use surface and deep-welling relationships skills. The session will address such questions as: When someone asks you what makes your camp special, do you have 3 great reasons? Do you have stories to back up each of the 3 reasons? What is the one tough question you hope they do not ask you? Are you prepared to respond in a non-defensive manner? What is the best way to respond to an objection so that you address their true, underlying concerns? How best to jointly develop a new or special program so you gain the full buy-in of all those involved? What steps can you take to close a sale? Location: Room 301 • The participants will leave with ideas for how to increase the impact of special events. All People Care About is How You are Going To Treat Them: Improving Your Staff and Parent Relationships • Learn how to close the sale and deal with the “silent objection.” Sexual Abuse - We Cannot Protect Our Children From a Risk We Do Not Understand Location: Room 320 The panel will present ideas for how to take special events from fun to meaningful. Special events are often tied to a camp’s culture and traditions, but not always; sometimes they are just a fun diversion from the regular program. The panelists will talk about special events in general terms, and also share what their respective camps have done to increase the impact of special events in their camp communities. The panel consists of two day camps and one residential camp. JEFFREY KAUFMAN JEFFREY KAUFMAN, PriceWaterhouseCooper, Retired Putting the “Special” into Special Events • The participants will be encouraged to revisit the purpose of special events at their camps to determine if they are time-fillers or if they are a meaningful aspect of their program. • Discover how to customize how you describe your camp’s experience so that it meets a child’s (and their parents’) needs and goals. STEPHEN MAGUIRE This brand new session that will highlight the importance of relationship building among camp staff and parents. If treated well, most reasonable people are easy to work with. This interactive session will give administrators and owners a chance to really understand the importance of building positive relationships with everyone. STEPHEN MAGUIRE, Professional Speaker and Camp Consultant, Go Turnstone GLO RODRIGUEZ • At the end of this session, participants will develop an action plan on how they can incorporate college access programs at their summer camp. In this session, you will learn about the importance of college access programs for teen campers, how to incorporate college access programs into your summer camps and gain resources and tools that will aid you in the development of a college access program. GLO RODRIGUEZ, Fiver Children’s Foundation 65 Hands-On Nature LEARNING OUTCOMES: Best Spent $50–$150K CAPX: 10 Renovation Projects to Drive Enrollment & Make Memories • Learn to build and incorporate nature activities into your existing camp program. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 202 Location: Room 322 • Get ideas for how to best spend your annual facilities improvements budget. • Participate in a variety of simple, hands-on nature activities. • Learn strategies and techniques to help campers explore nature on your own camp property. ELENA MORGAN Your camp property provides amazing opportunities for discovering the natural world. You don’t need a science background to engage campers in your camp outdoor environment. Learning is most effective through hands-on experiences. Learn to use discovery and inquiry methods instead of focusing on facts and identification. MARY ANN LEWIS Participate in simple but powerful nature activities that can be used at your camp. Learn helpful “do’s and don’ts” when working with campers in the outdoors. Using tried and true methods utilized at our camps, you will leave equipped with resources and experiences necessary to excite your campers and staff to get outdoors. ELENA MORGAN, Director of Outdoor Program and Lake Rickabear Day Camp, The Girl Scouts of Northern NJ MARY ANN LEWIS, Director of Outdoor Program and Jockey Hollow Day Camp, The Girl Scouts of Nothern NJ The Big Picture LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Discuss on/off season marketing strategies with other camp directors. • Identify the surprising number of customers. PETER ROSS PETER ROSS, Founder, 829 Studios 1) Making bunks even more special 2) The best fire circle ever 3) Nailing the first impression: critical improvements to what it looks like when you drive in 4) Trails and paths: turning simple paths into journeys 5) Using terrain to make a dramatic experience 6) Cutting a big window to make a great view from your dining or gathering hall 7) Big porch: add a big porch to an activity building to expand rainy-day options 8) Meeting points: create a meeting point for each bunk cluster and activity district 9) Re-cladding with character: change vinyl siding to wood on a few critical buildings 10) Paint palette: if you’re planning to re-paint anyway, get ideas from an architect MARIE S.A. SORENSEN, AIA, Architect / Principal-in-Charge, Sorensen Partners | Architects + Planners, Inc. VO C E PRES ENT S : ROBYN TANNE ROBYN TANNE, Harbor Haven JON DEREN, Camp Manitou SCOTT BRODY, Camps Kenwood & Evergreen OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES JON DEREN SCOTT BRODY Learning About Transgender Campers Move from ‘Good to Great’ with Stakeholder Input About Your Product! Location: Room 315 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • To learn about ways in which transgender youth (current and prospective campers) can be integrated into traditional residential camp environments. Location: Room 313 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Be motivated to secure stakeholder input. • Understand the process methodology. JOANNA WARREN SMITH Whether you’re struggling to meet minimum capacity or managing wait lists, you’ll benefit from an intentional parent and camper evaluation process that starts day 4 and continues throughout the summer. Parents and campers become invested, while leadership gains insight about expectations and reactions. Through an easily managed series of surveys, focus groups and parent interactions, you’ll gain access to information that will inform decisions about how to keep your program relevant, vital and in demand. JOANNA WARREN SMITH, President, Camp Consulting Services 66 • Gain enough knowledge to explain the project to an architect or contractor. Location: Room 309 So much emphasis is placed on individual marketing strategies that we sometimes have a hard time seeing the big picture. I left CampMinder Camp last year with a ton of new ideas but didn’t know how best to implement, manage and evaluate them. I ended up creating a super basic framework that morphed into our new year-round marketing plan. In addition to being helpful, it also exposed several of our shortcomings. In this collaborative session, we’ll customize a marketing plan for each of your different customer segments. Get ready to work together, share ideas and be surprised. • Translate input into actionable items to improve product. MARIE S.A. SORENSEN Time to Get a Real Job: How to Make a Summer Spent as a Camp Counselor So Valuable That It Will Be Seen as the “Ultimate Internship” Location: Room 321 • Visualize your marketing plan from an entirely different perspective. • See examples of what these projects look like. • To learn about transgender youth developNICK TEICH ment and its relation to the residential camp context. • To be able to make informed decisions about working with families of trans youth and families of other campers who may have concerns. This session will explore the emerging area of transgender campers. We will start by explaining processes that transgender youth go through and the obstacles they may face. This session will give some tools, tips and basic education that will enable directors and other staff to learn about options to work with transgender campers and their families. There will be plenty of time for questions. NICK TEICH, CEO, Camp Aranu’tiq of Harbor Camps 6*6+3&' E#,3&' The Economy, the Consumer, and Your Camp How to Connect with Your Local College or University LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Gain perspective on broad trends driving the current environment for businesses. • Participants will be given a framework of ideas for collaboration between their camp and local colleges and universities. • Participants will gain a basic understanding of Student Development Theory and what NEIL JOHNSTON role it can play in shaping their camp staff. • Participants will learn best practices for interacting with student affairs professionals and the opportunities they can bring to their camps. After spending time in both fields, I am excited to share my thoughts about how camps and higher education can benefit each other. Not only are we employing similar populations, there are opportunities for enhancement and off-season collaboration. Come hear about how your local college or university can be the next great resource for your camp! Location: Room 315 • Understand how global macroeconomic themes can impact small local businesses such as camps. Location: Room 314 GREGG FISHER • Learn how the economy is affecting the middle-class consumer and explore the resulting risks and opportunities for camps. For investors in financial markets and businesses alike, the current economic backdrop presents both challenges and opportunities. Hear from Gerstein Fisher’s Gregg S. Fisher about some of the major trends shaping the current business climate, including how technology and globalization are transforming the landscape for businesses, workers and consumers alike. GREGG FISHER, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Gerstein Fisher NEIL JOHNSTON, Resident Director, University of Pittsburgh/ Sheldon Calvary Camp Creating a Culture of Change: How to Get Your Staff to Buy In Giving Voice: Bringing Music Technology to Your Summer Camp Location: Room 312 Location: Room 304 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify effective strategies for getting staff to understand the rationale behind why you are trying to implement change. • Discuss some methods that are ineffective for getting the buy-in from staff for effecting change. JARED GELB • Identify some behaviors of great camp management that will help your camp have the potential to move to the next level. Camps often need to walk the fine line between maintaining traditions and customs while also implementing innovative programs and instituting change. The latter can be even more challenging if your staff members, particularly your veteran and key ones, aren’t on board. This session will explore how to get those people on your side, get them to adopt your philosophies about change and set the trend for being better than you’ve ever been as a camp. It’s not easy, of course, but there are some effective methods to getting your staff to buy in. JARED GELB, Assistant Director, Camp Ramaquois Theme Programming: The Imagination Awakens PETE KALVERT, Founder/Director, Music Ascension Location: Room 202 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Leading a Collaborative and Productive Meeting • Tap into your creativity and campers’ imagination to create awesome themed activities using a simple 5 step process. • Create a program that will have your campers learning vital skills without even knowing it. Location: Room 402 LEARNING OUTCOMES: JAMES GOODGER • Use dramatics and storytelling to engage campers and get staff working together having a blast. Camp activities for the youngest campers with a dramatic twist. Not all of us can “use the force” but we can all use the imaginations of our staff and youngest campers. This is a unique yet simple approach to themed camp programming for the little guys (ages 4–7) that can incorporate a combination of physical education, teambuilding, drama, storytelling, arts and crafts and, of course, FUN! Join James for a fast-paced, highly interactive workshop that will have YOU experiencing and creating memorable play experiences that your younger campers will never forget and will be sure to tell their parents about! JAMES GOODGER, YMCA of Montclair • A hands-on vocational training ground in music production and music composition for campers. • A consistent and insightful exchange between campers and professional PETE KALVERT musicians/music producers. • Successful goal setting/achievement through camper performances as well as short and long-term musical projects. We believe campers are deeply and powerfully awakened when we show them that we are indeed listening. We believe great things happen when we equip our young people with a belief in themselves. What if we equipped our young people with the joy and belief in themselves that comes from taking ownership of their ideas and their own creativity? That deep confidence, that feeling is not a fleeting thing. It lasts. Since 1999, Music Ascension has brought teaching artist residencies to summer camps throughout the United States. We have built recording studio facilities from the ground up in order to provide campers with access to industry standard recording/musical equipment. In this session, camp directors will learn how to create forums for campers to enjoy an inspiring opportunity to find and develop their own individual creativity and means of self-expression. • Discover techniques to structure and drive a collaborative meeting. • Explore how to achieve team buy-in to a jointly developed and agreed upon goal. JEFFREY KAUFMAN • Learn how to clarify next steps and drive actions once the meeting is over. Test whether techniques utilized in leading meetings in the consulting industry have applicability in your camp environment. Do you have an agreed purpose at the start of every meeting? Do all attendees openly share ideas? Are new and creative solutions codeveloped by the team? Are actions captured and responsibilities assigned? Is a follow up call/ meeting set to sustain momentum? JEFFREY KAUFMAN, PriceWaterhouseCooper, Retired 67 Really Know How Campers are Doing During The Summer Creating the Best Infrastructure for Your Camp LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify and implement effective strategies for gathering information from campers about their experience at camp. • Identify and implement effective strategies for gathering information from staff about their campers’ experiences at camp. • Identify and implement effective strategies for using information gathered during the summer to help campers improve their camp experience. • Identify the characteristics of what makes some camps so aesthetically pleasing. Location: Room 320 Would you like to answer those worried parent calls with more detailed information about each child? Would you like to give your staff more timely feedback based on specific camper suggestions? Do you ever learn about an issue after the summer and wish you had known sooner so you could have been more proactive? Being able to monitor if campers are happy is vital to a camp’s success. We have created a comprehensive process including meetings, feedback forms, questionnaires, and face-to-face interactions that will keep you in the loop and not bog you down during your busiest time. PAUL KROUNER , Co-Director, Camp Schodack MATT KROUNER , Co-Director, Camp Schodack KAREN OFFITZER, Assistant Director, Camp Schodack Location: Room 303 PAUL KROUNER STEPHEN MAGUIRE • Distinguish the difference between what looks good and is acceptable vs. what looks outstanding and gets campers in the door. MATT KROUNER KAREN OFFITZER Changing the Culture of Praise at Camp: Why “Good Job” is the Most Dangerous Phrase at Camp Location: Room 302 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 301 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Recognizing the grooming process, the behaviors of an abuser to prepare a child for abuse. GREGORY LOVE • With an understanding of the grooming process, it is now possible to evaluate the effectiveness of camp safety systems. A camp experience is meant to enrich the life of a child. Child sexual abuse (by an adult or a peer) can significantly impact the child, the family and the camp. No one wants this to happen, but the reports continue. After identifying errors and misconceptions (Session 1), it is necessary to provide good information to parents and staff to better understand the risk of sexual abuse, generally, and how that risk may unfold in camp programming. As addressed in Session 1, abusers have no visual profile. You cannot recognize this risk “visually”—you must recognize this risk behaviorally. What are these behaviors? The key is understanding the “grooming process.” This session will discuss abuser characteristics, the grooming process and common grooming behaviors (focusing on how grooming may unfold at camp). Once we understand the grooming process, we can identify AND reduce risk to children and those who serve them. GREGORY LOVE, Director/Partner, Abuse Prevention Systems/Love & Norris 68 Come join Steve for this brand new session as he share the characteristics, traits and qualities of the most beautiful summer camps he has ever seen. (You will not have had to be at Part 1) Steve has worked with over 650 summer camps in the last 11 years and has seen some of the most amazing places in the business. An amazing physical plan doesn’t happen by mistake. There is a tremendous amount of hard work and attention to detail that go into making a camp look great. This session will focus on the best of the best, how they got that way and what it takes to maintain their greatness. It’s not just all about having the money; it’s also about having the right eye to see the beauty and bring it to life for campers, staff and family members. STEPHEN MAGUIRE, Professional Speaker and Camp Consultant, Go Turnstone Sexual Abuse - Correctly Identifying and Responding to Abuse • Understanding the importance of reporting abuse and suspicions of abuse. • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of having a keen eye and attention to detail. • Participants will gain a better understanding of the research being conducted about the competency of college students to handle DAVID MALTER stress and criticism. • A clear picture of how the Culture of Praise at camp is failing camp staff. • 7 Creative and Impactful solutions to re-establishing how praise works at your camp. This ground-breaking session will explore the challenges we face with today’s camp staff and the cultures of praise they’ve grown up with at school, sports leagues and at home. Dave will introduce some of the research being conducted right now on the effect the culture of “good job” has on the performance of college students. Dave will define the problem, and then explore creative solutions that camp directors can employ to re-create the culture of praise at their camp to be meaningful and not just another impediment to this generation’s development, so when the going gets tough your staff doesn’t head for the beach. DAVE MALTER, Director, Touro University- Master’s in Camp Administration and Leadership Managing Annoying People Closing the Experience Gap of Our Nation’s Urban Disadvantaged Youth Location: Room 308 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 418 • Identify employees who drain your energy. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Demonstrate three tactics for effective relationship development. • Participants will understand the extent and significance of the “experience gap” among urban youth. • Master skills to “unblock” untenable interactions. ILENE MARCUS It’s a common scenario: Someone that works for you pushes your buttons. You get annoyed at whatever they say or do. Whether it’s a quirky trait or a common courtesy greeting, you are irritated. It doesn’t impact the person sitting next to you or anyone else in the room. Just you. You, the direct supervisor of this person. You are responsible for their performance, not their idiosyncrasies. You must manage their work. They are good at what they do, but their behavior gets you irritated. And it wastes time. As a senior manager, if your productivity falters, so does the productivity of your team. In this fast-paced workshop, you will learn new communication skills and practical applications for engagement to shift the relationship paradigm and accelerate efforts to create an energized cohesive team culture. ILENE MARCUS, CEO, ISM, Consult Inc. Ask A Lawyer Location: Room 322 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • This session is designed as a question and answer session, which provides participants with the opportunity to ask a lawyer questions related to the operation of a child care program. All issues are open for discussion and the presenter tries to tries to give quick concise answers so as to include as many participants as possible. RONALD MCGUCKIN • This session will provide legal edification regarding any question the attendee might have. • This session will provide a broad knowledge of current legal issues important to the field of early childhood education. Focused on the issues common to child/adolescent care agencies, this workshop offers practical techniques for effectively dealing with a variety of problems encountered in the successful operation of a quality program. Participants will obtain general information regarding conflict resolution, confidentiality, personnel issues, infectious disease policies, Family Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and other crucial issues facing child care providers. Bring your concerns and questions to this workshop and ask a lawyer. RONALD MCGUCKIN, Attorney, Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates • Participants will explore ways to help close the experience gap. MARC MEYER • Participants will become familiar with business and development strategies to provide increased opportunities for disadvantaged youth at their own camps. Any disparity in academic performance in groups of children is an achievement gap with which we are all too familiar as certain groups of students perform better academically for a variety of reasons, from race and ethnicity to socioecoKENDALL RICHARDS nomic status and location of schools. This gap is seen clearly in graduation and college admissions rates. Yet what may be more insidious and harder to grasp in college admissions is the experience gap. How can this gap be closed to make disadvantaged urban youth more competitive in college admissions and better prepared for life after school? How do we provide young people with limited resources and connections some assurance that their academic achievements are not overlooked by college admissions officers simply because the only things on their record are decent test scores and solid grades? To be competitive in college admissions, the experience gap must be closed in part by providing disadvantaged kids access to world-class summer camps. MARC MEYER, Managing Director of MS and HS Design, Success Academy Charter Schools KENDALL RICHARDS, Senior Dean of Scholars at Success Academy Charters VO C E PRES ENT S : Hiring Camp Parents: How to Hire and Work with Parents of Your Campers Effectively and Successfully Location: Room 309 • Hear different philosophies about hiring camp parents and preparing them to be successful! DAVID MILLER • What happens when the camper isn’t working out? • What happens when the staff member isn’t working out? • Positions where this works well or not well. • What are the options for compensation (barter, salary with reduced tuition)? MINDY JACOBS DAVID MILLER, Starlight MINDY JACOBS, Timber Lake Camp SUSIE BASKIN, Camp Champions JORDAN DALE, Surprise Lake Camp OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES SUSIE BASKIN JORDAN DALE 69 Camp Video is Alive and Well Location: Room 404 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 201 • Participants will become focused on the details needed to produce a successful camp video. • They will become more proficient in the vocabulary of the technology. • Most significantly, they will begin to identify the most important content points they want JAKE PACKARD to present in their future camp videos and gain insight on how to make them visual and come alive as a video clip. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Join us for a spirited discussion! First, I will begin with a short history of video technology including where we are now and where we may be headed. Then, we will go hands-on and review a variety of camp videos to help attendees formulate their approach to their own camp video and how to accomplish that through the production process. The goal is to help attendees begin to focus their sights on the challenging task of producing the right video for their own organization. This one of a kind session uses experiential learning and brainstorming so you leave with fundamentals of summer camp evening programs and camp fires. JAKE PACKARD, Creative Director, First Take Video Social Media in a Crisis: How to Communicate Online When Everything is Going Wrong Location: Room 313 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will leave with: A plan to implement at their camp for using social media before, during and after a crisis to help reach stakeholders, meet the needs of current BLAKE SUNSHINE parents and communicate with concern. • Participants will leave with: An understanding of how to draft blog posts, tweets and Facebook posts in response to a death at camp, accident at camp, death of core team member or weather related incident. • Participants will leave with: Action items for how to fully create a social media communication plan for any given crisis. Social media can be both an accelerant and an extinguisher of a crisis. This session will help camps understand how to use social media during a crisis to reach stakeholders, meet the needs of current parents and communicate with compassion, concern and empathy. Having a social media communication plan in place can significantly reduce the amount of time wasted during a crisis. Camps will leave this session with communication goals, draft blog posts and more. BLAKE SUNSHINE, Social Media for Summer Camps Marketer, Social Summer Camp 70 Evening Programs & Camp Fire Ideas for 8 to 800! • Learn the components of creating a quality evening program. • Brainstorm ideas for evening programs for all group sizes. • Learn a model for campfires to properly end off your camp day with quiet campers in a reflective mood. First you will learn a successful model for a campfire that properly wraps up your camp day or session. This model is applicable to overnight and day camps. Nothing gets you going like a summer camp fire in the morning! DAN WEIR JEFF DALY Learn the components of creating a quality evening program and then have the opportunity to brainstorm ideas relevant to the size of your camp. This session is perfect for those that want to let loose, join in on some songs and skits, and leave ideas to implement this summer. DAN WEIR, Director of Camping Services, Frost Valley YMCA JEFF DALY, Co-Founder & Director, 3 Adventures How to Build an Amazing Staff Before and Throughout the Summer Location: Room 310 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • How to recruit a great staff and not settle. • Motivate and make your staff feel needed. • How to maintain a connection to staff all year long. RUTH ANN WEISS How to recruit, train and motivate an amazing staff. Rumor-free summers with everyone working together for the campers. How to reward and make your staff feel good without spending a fortune. RUTH ANN WEISS, Director/Owner, Eagles Landing Day Camp 6*6##3,, E#$3%, GENERAL SESSION – KEYNOTE SPEAKER JOHN JACOBS, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Optimist, Life Is Good Brand is good: Building a Community of Loyal Customers Location: Hall A, Second Level In this keynote, John delves into the importance of community building, a vital aspect of business that goes much beyond accumulating followers on Facebook. He shares the strategies implemented to develop a genuine message of positivity and getting it across to not only his customers, but himself and his employees (Life is Good HQ includes a bar and music stage among its many perks) so that, wherever you look at it, it is a message worth following and investing in. More than ever, today’s customers have the ability to see right through a company or organization’s intentions, and John’s lessons will help any audience member’s message feel, look and sell right. John Jacobs is co-founder and chief creative optimist of The Life is Good Company, which spreads the power of optimism through inspiring art, a passionate community and groundbreaking nonprofit work. John and his brother Bert launched their business with $78 in their pockets, selling t-shirts in the streets of Boston. Today, Life is Good is a $100 million positive lifestyle brand sold by over 4,000 retailers across the US and Canada. John wrote and illustrated his first poorly spelled book at the age of five. He’s been writing and drawing ever since, Sponsored by: graduating from the University of Massachusetts with dual degrees in English and art. He began designing and selling t-shirts with his brother Bert during his senior year. After five years traveling in their van together, the brothers officially launched Life is Good. When John is not creating inspiring content, he enjoys outdoor adventures with his family, awkward dancing and diving into the water to catch things. To inspire others to choose optimism and grow the good in their lives, Bert and John wrote Life is Good: The Book - How to Live with Purpose and Enjoy the Ride, published by National Geographic in September 2015. John has been awarded honorary doctorates tes from several universities for entrepreneurship, business innovation and philanthropy. He and Life is Good have been featured on CNNMoney, CNBC’s Business Nation, ABC News’ Nightline, NBC’s The Today Show, and in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, and Men’s Health, among others. Bert and John are the youngest of six siblings from Needham, MA. They credit their mother as the first powerful optimist in their lives and the inspiration for Life is Good. Book Signing Join Keynote, John Jacobs, for a book signing of his book, Life is Good: The Book WHERE? IN THE ACA BOOKSTORE WHEn? MARCH 8 FROM 12:30–1:00 PM TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: BILLY HOCH, Camp Watitoh Born on Visiting Day and raised in camp, Billy Hoch has been the year-round director of Camp Watitoh since 1989, having spent nearly every summer of his life at camp— first as a camper, and then as a counselor, boys’ head counselor and program director. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Billy served as an assistant district attorney in Bronx, NY before returning to camp as a full-time career. Billy has been a member of ACA-NYNJ’s Public Guidance Service Committee since 1990, and has chaired that committee from 1996–2004 and again since 2011. He has served as a board member and section delegate to the national conference during that time. Billy is also a past member of the Tri-State program committee and currently serves on the ACA-NYNJ’s legislative committee. He is president of the Western Massachusetts Camp Directors Association and vice president of the Massachusetts Camp Association. e x h i bi t h a l l OPENING! #$3%, E %3,, His wife, Debbie; son, Joshua and mother, Sandy—all life-long campers— join him at Watitoh every summer. 71 8]66*6#$3&' E#3&' Division Head/Head Counselor Roundtable Location: Room 401 Are you a head counselor or division head? This session is for you. Come share your ideas on staff supervision, parent communication, working with campers and being part of your camp’s leadership team. We will talk about all of these topics in an open and supportive forum. Trips, Trips, and more Trips.... DANI ACKERMAN DANI ACKERMAN, Associate Director, Elmwood Day Camp PETER GOLDBERG, Office Manager, Woodmont Day Camp Food Glorious Food! Location: Room 419 Come prepared to share and talk about all aspects of food service, including staffing, menu planning, ordering and so much more! Standards & Accreditation Meet ‘N’ Eat SAM BOREK, Woodmont Day Camp SAM BOREK RESIDENT CAMPS: Open Mic with Michael Location: Room 402 A winning formula: Your questions—plus specific and practical answers from top camp expert, best-selling camp author, and staff trainer Michael Brandwein—equals a Tri-State Meet ‘n’ Eat session you don’t want to miss. Bring your questions, but most of all bring your pen and a lot of paper! Michael will apply his well-known MICHAEL BRANDWEIN “use-it-immediately” techniques and creative solutions to provide the secrets to building and enhancing outstanding camp programs. The session will begin with some solid gold tips from Michael on great ways to make 2016 your best year ever. Then, we’ll turn it over to you for your questions, issues and challenges—and you’ll get specific strategies and methods you can implement right away for success. Please join us for a solution-packed session that will get you energized and recharged! Location: Room 420 Join members of the ACA, NY & NJ Standards Committee for lunch and to be a part of the discussion on all things standards. This will be a great opportunity to connect with standards experts, learn about the important changes to the accreditation process and get all your questions KYLE MEDEIROS answered. This is also a great forum to learn about the benefits about becoming an ACA Visitor. See you there! KYLE MEDEIROS, Associate Director of Standards, ACA NY&NJ Park and Rec Camps Roundtable Location: Room 416 Municipally run summer camps and rec programs face unique challenges and restrictions. If you run one of these camps and are interested in meeting other directors, come enjoy a meal with your peers to share your experiences. In this interactive session, we will discuss topics and then brainstorm ideas together. Bring your ideas and challenges, and we can face them together. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN, Educator / Author / Staff Trainer JESSICA NEGLIA, Riegel Ridge Summer Camp Everything Day Camp What’s Next for You? Location: Room 404 Day camps have so many different components to them: enrollment, staffing, transportation, marketing and programming, just to name a few. In this interactive roundtable session, we will talk everything day camp. Bring your questions and ideas and be ready to support other day camp professionals! GREGG LICHT, Director, Elmwood Day Camp GREGG LICHT Location: Room 417 Girl Scout camp is a unique experience all in itself. Each camp has similarities due to the mission of Girl Scouting, but each Council and camp within those Councils run things their own way. Grab your lunch and join in a roundtable discussion about what different Councils have found to work (or flop) when it comes to weekend camp programming and summer camp. Bring some of your best (or worst) ideas with you to share with other GS camps. Location: Room 418 In this roundtable session, we will focus on your own career development. How do you transition from your organization to another one? How do you know if you are ready to be a director? What are the best ways to make contacts in this industry? What should you be doing now to make sure you are ready for the next steps in your career? Bring your questions and your ideas and be ready to share! MARK NEWFIELD, Iroquois Springs Girl Scout Roundtable APRIL BEATTIE APRIL BEATTIE, Camp Director/Program Manager, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania 72 Location: Room 403 Does your camp have a travel program, or are you interested in starting one? Join us for a Meet ‘N’ Eat to discuss your best and safest practices for your travel program. Where do you send your campers? How do you travel there? How do you get the best deals? What makes your program successful? What are your travel policies and PETER GOLDBERG procedures? Bring your questions and, more importantly, be ready to share your ideas with other camp professionals to foster discussion that will help enhance your camp’s travel program. JESSICA NEGLIA MARK NEWFIELD 6*6%3,, E&3,, 10 Things Your Program Director Isn’t Telling You Partnering with Parents Through Year-Round Education LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn what creates dissatisfaction for or threatens a program director, thus leading to a barrier in communication. • Participants will learn specific tactics for how to support their middle management and RUBY COMPTON what signals to look for when middle management staff are struggling or unhappy. • Participants will be validated in the work they are doing to foster growth in younger leaders and learn how much middle management relies on their superiors for guidance, and tactics for providing this guidance. The program director can be the hub of information in a camp community, and there are simply some things that program directors aren’t telling their superiors. This session is designed for the person at the top of the organizational chart to understand what their middle management is really thinking and how to create a more open and honest relationship with their program director so the critical information will make its way to the right people. Want to know how to keep your program director around year after year? Hear from a program director who is in the trenches and is not afraid to tell it like it is. • Participants will learn how to identify educational needs for the parents they work with. • Participants will learn how to best evaluate parent programs and get parent feedback. MARY LEE DINSKI • Participants will be able to to identify various programming opportunities to best engage parents. Working with and creating relationships with parents is so important when working with children; however, parent programming and education is a challenge for most. Do you want to better engage, educate and communicate with parents during the non-summer months? This session is an opportunity to learn and share best practices as well as gain a better understanding of how to create and implement valuable parent programs throughout the year. We will discuss parent volunteer committees, socials and educational workshops, and how to best implement these things throughout the year. Location: Room 315 STEPHANIE “RUBY” COMPTON, Summer Camp Program Director, Green River Preserve Social Media Wellness: Developing and Implementing Effective Policies for Your Camp Community Location: Room 304 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify emerging social media and new technology, especially around anonymous and ephemeral mobile apps. • Develop an effective camp policy around ANA HOMAYOUN social media use and communication both during camp and year round. • Effectively communicate and implement a social media policy with parents, camp staff and campers, and learn how to deal with potential issues. Today’s campers and counselors deal with an onslaught of social media pressures year round, and those pressures can easily seep into camp culture. In one minute, Snapchat users share 284,722 Snaps, YouTube users upload 300 hours of video, and Instagram users like 1,736,111 photos. In this presentation, noted author Ana Homayoun highlights the latest trends, provides strategies around developing an effective social media policy and communicating the policy with parents, camp staff and campers. ANA HOMAYOUN, Author, Educator, Green Ivy Educational Consulting, LLC Location: Room 401 MARY LEE DINSKI, Camp Director, Camp Fiver Excellent Expectations: How to Teach Staff to Set Positive Group Rules & Enforce Limits Location: Room 303 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Demostrate how to set expectations with a positive approach. • Learn specific techniques for how to get staff to set limitations. • Gain the confidence to be firm and fair with their limits and consequences. Deborah Gilboa, MD and Michael Brandwein team up for a unique session that shows exactly how staff can establish excellent expectations for behavior and create a terrific camp group culture from the very first day of a session. Replace “going over the rules” with an engaging and more positive approach that builds respect and increases responsibility. Get specific techniques and training materials to help staff learn how to set and maintain limits and to be both firm and fair with more confidence. DEBORAH GILBOA MICHAEL BRANDWEIN DEBORAH GILBOA, Family Physician, Parenting and Youth Development Expert, AskDoctorG.com MICHAEL BRANDWEIN, Educator, Author and Staff Trainer In Praise of Criticism Location: Room 312 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Finger Lickin’ Good Location: Room 402 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Great resources! • Lots of ideas for all types of programming! • Displays of fun and exciting equipment to use in your cooking program. Let’s talk cooking programs in camp, whether CRICKET SNEARING it’s in a kitchen at camp, over a campfire, on a barbecue, no bake or maybe competitions like Kids’ Cook Off or Iron Chef! We’ll share lots of ideas with you, equipment to use, resources for recipes and more, for daily program, clubs, campfires, special events or electives. CRICKET SNEARING, Administrative Director, Sesame/Rockwood Camps • Identify obstacles to candid feedback. • Learn ways to translate accurate observations to digestible feedback. • Create a culture at your camp that uses “coaching criticism” skillfully. CHRIS THURBER You’re doing a good job when you tell other people they are doing a bad job. Sure, that’s an over-simplification, but without candid feedback, your staff stagnate. Want growth? Then learn how to offer “coaching criticism” that plays to strengths, inspires change and clarifies goals. Stop beating around the bush and then beating yourself up for not saying what needs to be said. Learn to be a leader people love because you bring out the best without mincing words or crushing egos. DR. CHRIS THURBER, Psychologist & Educator, CampSpirit & Phillips Exeter Academy 73 Fundraising for Special Projects at Nonprofit Camps Rhythmic Creativity and Jamming Activities: How to Fill Up Downtime Using Rhythm and Groove. Location: Room 419 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 202 • At the end of the session, participants will be able to identify potential funding opportunities for their camps. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will have a draft for a fundraising pitch. • Participants will gain an understanding of how to facilitate group rhythm activities. ADAM JACOBS • Participants will have ideas of how to recruit prospective donors. We will review the basics of “selling” nonprofit camp programs to prospective funders. The session will include an overview of identifying potential funding opportunities within your camp and finding potential donors. We will look at small government and foundation grants, developing nonprofit boards of directors to help fundraise and asking individuals for donations. The session will include the chance to create a fundraising pitch and to outline a letter of appeal. ADAM JACOBS, Executive Director, Kids Creative Philanthropic Opportunities at YOUR Camp Location: Room 321 • You will be able to let loose, play and connect with others. ADAM ISSADORE • Attendees will leave with content that will allow them to fill moments of unstructured downtime with campers and staff. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to facilitate activities based on rhythm. Learn practical applications to fill downtime, whether waiting with campers to enter the dining hall or filling up time in the bunk during a rainy day. You do not need to have musical experience to be able to lead and facilitate these activities. The goal is to have fun and create group rhythm using hand claps, snaps, beat boxing and using small objects as improvised instruments. There will be opportunity for participants to practice leading and facilitating. Come have fun, learn and jam together. These are great ideas for time fillers. Introduce these ideas to staff at staff trainings and pre-camp orientation so that staff is able to lead them with campers. ADAM ISSADORE, Founder, Path To Rhythm LEARNING OUTCOMES: • At the end of this session, attendees will have a set of programs to implement at camp to help raise awareness and/or money for a cause that matters. • Attendees will learn about post-camp opportunities to keep their camp community engaged philanthropically. VO C E PRES ENT S : MOLLY HOTT Location: Room 309 • Participants will learn ways to speak to their camp community in accordance with their camp mission when it comes to philanthropy, asking for money, raising awareness and giving back. As camp professionals, we profess to our camp community that our efforts are to make the world a better place- But how can we expand that feeling beyond the fences of our physical locations? 21st century families wish to associate themselves with businesses and products that align with their own personal belief systemsand the new wave of adults believe heavily in philanthropy and helping those in need. Join us as we address the importance of giving back and paying it forward through camp. How can we raise money and awareness for organizations that matter to our communities during the summer and the off-season? How can we integrate philanthropy into camp programming and how do camps tactfully ask their families for “more money”? How do camps determine the right organization(s) to match their camp mission? Can camps set up their own foundations? How can we tastefully acquire PR through our efforts? ANDY PRITIKIN DAWN EWING This session will speak to day and resident camps, private and non-profit- as we seek to CHRISTIE KO widen our tent of positive influence outside our camps, throughout our local communities and beyond. MOLLY HOTT, Executive Director, SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education) ANDY PRITIKIN, Owner/Operator/Founder, Liberty Lake Day Camp and Everwood Day Camp DAWN EWING, Project Morry CHRISTIE KO, Fiver Children’s Foundation 74 Crisis: Review of 2015 Incidents and What Can We Learn Inevitably, if you work at a summer camp long enough you will be faced with a crisis of significant magnitude. Prevention on all levels comes first, followed closely by a planned response for a variety of different situations. Sadly, the greatest prevention and response planning comes from learning through your own experiences or perhaps those of your colleagues when a crisis occurs. Session panelists will share specific crises they have endured at their own camps and what can be learned from their situations. DAYNA HARDIN JAY JACOBS, Timber Lake Camp DAYNA HARDIN, Lake of the Woods TONY STEIN, Echo Lake ALAN SILVERMAN, Moshava Camp OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES JAY JACOBS TONY STEIN ALAN SILVERMAN Beyond the Basics: Analyze Camper Retention to Make Your Product Better! Test Your Insurance IQ! Location: Room 320 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 313 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will understand camper retention and why it is important. • Participants will learn to segment their population to better understand camper experience. MATT KAUFMAN • Participants will learn how to use retention information to make decisions that improve their camp. • Review recent real-life camp claims and learn from them. • Obtain the knowledge to make sure you are purchasing the best coverage in this changing world/environment. • Gain a better understanding of the covearge you have, what else is available in an evolving insurance market and make better purchasing decisions MICHAEL LABADORF MATT KAUFMAN, Assistant Director, Ramaquois Day Camp JOANNA WARREN SMITH, President, Camp Consulting Services This fun, informative and interactive session will feature a presentation of real-life camp claims and some valuable lessons learned, as well as an insurance quiz, designed so participants can better understand what coverage they have, what they don’t, and how to make better insurance purchasing decisions. The insurance market KIMBERLY BRECKER constantly evolves, and traditional camp policies alone may not provide all the protection you need. We will also discuss areas of potential claims that camps have not generally focused on and how best to protect your organization, as well as the difference between insurable risks and uninsurable business risks. Small Things are Big Things: 8 Easy, DIY Ideas to Increase Revenue and Loyalty MICHAEL LABADORF, Executive Vice President, Sobel Affiliates, a Brown & Brown Company KIMBERLY BRECKER, Vice President - Camp Department, Sobel Affiliates, a Brown & Brown Company Delve deeper into your retention data to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities to improve the camper and parent experience. Through a case study, you’ll see how critical retention analysis is to your product refinement, and together we’ll come up with creative JOANNA WARREN SMITH solutions. After the session, a 3-step homework assignment will provide you with quantifiable information that will help you deliver an improved program in 2016. Location: Room 316 Acorns to Oaks: Essentials for Camper Leadership Programs LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn how and why small acts can mean big things to parents and campers. Location: Room 318 LEARNING OUTCOMES: JAMIE SIMON • Participants will learn 8 easy, do-it-yourself ideas that can increase revenue and improve customer loyalty. • Participants will leave with projects that they can immediately implement into their camp programs. Yes, small things can mean big things. With just a little time and some creativity, you can turn one small act into a momentous occasion that will both increase your revenue and improve customer loyalty. These 10 easy, do-it-yourself ideas will show you how to turn personal relationships into actual dollars and create “lifers” out of your campers. This session is guaranteed to send you home with ideas that you can immediately implement into your camp program and proves that big things do come in small packages! JAMIE SIMON, Director, Landon Summer Focus on Fitness Fun Location: Room 201 MARIANNE ESOLEN, LCSW, Counselor/Consultant, Child Champions Network LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify opportunities to incorporate movement in the day outside of scheduled activity time. • Participate in activities that integrate readiness with movement. • Leave with ideas to increase physical activity throughout a camper’s day. • Participants will learn youth development principles as tied to camp. • Participants will identify their current needs and goals in offering a leadership program. MARIANNE ESOLEN • Participants will learn key ingredients to successful leadership programs. In today’s competitive economy, camps compete for opportunities to engage and retain older teens. The challenge of building a meaningful and effective leadership program can be daunting, and even good programs can be greatly improved with more intentionality and strategy. Youth development research is a powerful foundation for building a CIT, JC or LIT program. This workshop will match the theory with practical plans to build or refresh your camp’s leadership program. We will discuses key principles, ingredients and steps to create a camper leadership program that makes a difference for your teens and camp. This workshop is geared for those starting a leadership program or those seriously looking to rethink and reinvent their existing program. JEFF MUSHKIN Want to learn a few trade secrets from research projects that demonstrated REAL fitness outcomes in elementary and middle school-aged youth? Attend this dynamic session and learn activities that maximize enjoyment while addressing the 5 components of fitness. You’ll give this presentation a grade of FF—for Fitness Fun! JEFF MUSHKIN, Director of Development, SPARK & Sportime 75 Living 10 for 2: The Social Impact of Summer Residential Camp on the Development of the Self in Teen Girls Counselor Toolkit: Concrete Strategies for Managing Campers’ Emotions and Behavior LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will compare data on self-efficacy and self-esteem at each type of camp (co-ed, single gender and brother-sister). • Learn concrete tools for helping campers when they experience strong emotions. Location: Room 314 Location: Room 418 ALEXANDRA MAUTNER • Participants will be able to use the data to evaluate and improve program and staff development. • Participants will learn how the benefits of each type of camp (co-ed, single gender and brother-sister) can be related to the classroom and sports teams. How do single gender versus co-ed and brother-sister residential camps impact girls’ self-esteem and self-efficacy? As a high school student, I have spent three years gathering participants from over 40 traditional residential camps. This session will present findings from an evaluation of the impact of gender composition on the social development of teenage girls. The survey, distributed to over 150 girls across the country, measured collective self-esteem and self-efficacy. Implications for camp program providers will be discussed. ALEXANDRA MAUTNER, Student, Byram Hills High School Location: Room 317 • Learn a system for training counselors in emotion management and behavior management. Great counselors are amazing at forming relationships with their campers while also doing an excellent job of managing daily tasks and difficult situations. When campers experience strong emotions or misbehave, counselors thrive when they have concrete tools that help them improve the situation. This session will present a system for teaching counselors foundational skills in emotion management and behavior management. The strategies covered are grounded in cognitive behavioral theory and presented in an interactive way, using movie clips and discussion. The goal of this session is to build on the knowledge you already have in order to facilitate your ability to train your staff in these skills. You will leave with a framework and materials for providing your counselors with a toolkit that they can refer to all summer long. Distinguishing Your Camp With a $500K New Building: What it Looks Like and Where to Put It LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify different strategies to address behavioral challenges. Location: Room 322 LEARNING OUTCOMES: ALEX MELLOR • Take away a new session to teach staff during orientation that will empower them to address behavioral challenges at camp with confidence. Hey! Camps for individuals with special needs, are you ready for the behaviors your campers are going to throw at you this summer? Will your staff be ready? Is your bag of tricks for addressing behavioral challenges full or empty? Join us to discuss many different strategies to address behavior difficulties that can arise during the summer with your campers, staff and even with some parents! This session provides you with ideas to try when you are tearing your hair out during the summer, and also provides a great session to lead in orientation! We’ll make sure your bag is never empty again! ALEX MELLOR, Program Director, BCBA, Camp Huntington • Get a handle on how to understand the issues of undertaking a large new construction project. • See examples of what great new buildings can look like. MARIE S.A. SORENSEN • Learn what a great building can give you in performance and function. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: • The first impression: Impressive and larger than me! • Where is my place here? • Tradition Opportunities • Welcoming newcomers • Seeing each other all together • Why acoustics matter: decibel range that does not cause fatigue There and Back Again - From School-Year Programs to Summer Camp and Back Again • Proportions and views to outside • Temperature comfort • Distinctive roof shapes Location: Room 416 • Porches & eaves: Where to go when it rains & keeping the windows open when it rains LEARNING OUTCOMES: • What are key differences/opportunities between summer camp and year-round school-age programs? WHERE TO PUT IT: • Where should it be? ZACHARY MURAL • How to plan, promote and implement a program using the space and resources you have available (hint: it’s more about relationships, intent and capitalizing on teachable moments than it is about “stuff”). • How to help staff shift their mindset/perspective and embrace the summer camp program as their own. Making the transition from school year/school-age programs to summer camp and back (usually in a weekend) can be a challenge for even the most seasoned program managers. In this session, we’ll look at proven strategies to help you transform your program into “camp,” how to sell the program to parents and staff, and what to avoid when making staffing decisions for summer. ZACHARY MURAL, Vice President of Education, Minnieland Academy 76 LONNIE SARNELL LONNIE SARNELL, Psychologist; Girls’ Head Counselor, Metropolitan Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Tyler Hill Camp The Ultimate Bag of Tricks - Behavior Edition! • Distinguish from the “carrot and the stick” reward and punishment framework. • Learn strategies for managing camper behavior, both proactively and as problems arise. • What’s there now? • Where can you move that building or activity that’s there now? • If you can’t move that building or activity - planning two moves ahead MARIE S.A. SORENSEN, AIA, Architect / Principal-in-Charge, Sorensen Partners | Architects + Planners, Inc. 6 + F MY PLAN FOR THE DAY CAMP SHIRT WEDNESDAY (Wear your camp apparel!) BLOCK D BLOCK E 5K FUN RUN 7:30 AM–5:00 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 8:30–9:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK D 9:45–10:45 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK E 10:45 AM–5:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 10:45–11:45 AM FREE COFFEE WITH EXHIBITORS 11:00 AM–4:30 PM ACA FULL STANDARDS COURSE (ROOM 421) 12:30–1:30 PM MEET ‘N’ EAT SESSIONS 12:30–1:45 PM VOCE (MEMBERS ONLY) SESSION WITH LUNCH (ROOM 412) 2:00–3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK F 3:15–4:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK G 4:15–5:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL 5:30–7:00 PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOCIAL AT THE SHERATON HOTEL (SIGN UP NOW AT REGISTRATION!) MEET ‘N’ EAT SESSIONS 6+ 7:15 AM BLOCK F BLOCK G 77 6+6*3%, E +3,, Terrific Training 2016: Top of the Tool Box Techniques & Activities to Teach Outstanding Leadership Skills to Staff 8:00–9:30 AM Arts and Crafts Make ‘N’ Take Location: Room 402 Come to this hands-on session to try some fun projects from our arts-and-crafts exhibitors. This is your opportunity to make ‘n’ take home some of their favorite projects. Each camp will be able to make one project per vendor (one person doing all or several people doing one of each). The vendors will be back in the Exhibit Hall at 10:30 AM to answer questions. Location: Room 304 LEARNING OUTCOMES: CRICKET SNEARING • Get ready-to-use methods to boost staff performance and leadership. CARA CORRADETTI Summer Camp: The Gilgamesh of the Modern World Keep your staff motivated, excited, participating and learning with creative training activities, materials and techniques you won’t find anywhere else. You can plug these into your existing training right away to get staff to develop and immediately practice outstanding skills in working with each other and campers, including communication, group leadership, handling behavior, teamwork and collaboration, customer service and more. Engage your staff in fresh ways that lead to real skill development that will be used every day to lead with success. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN, Educator/Author/Staff Trainer Location: Room 322 Back Pocket Ideas for Teambuilding LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 202 • Gather the right stories to help parents understand the value of your camp. • Develop your own structure to quickly and effectively illustrate unique parts of your camp program. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN • See demonstrations of great ways to present training that will motivate and involve staff. CRICKET SNEARING, Administrative Director, Sesame/Rockwood Camps CARA CORRADETTI, Camp Canadensis OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES • Take home creative, original and practical staff training activities that will grab attention and interest and maximize staff learning and performance. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Awareness of new activities for teambuilding. • Back pocket things to do with minimal props. TRAVIS ALLISON • Teach staff and campers how to tell their own camp story. To families who have no summer camp experience, what we do is INCREDIBLY WEIRD. In some cultures sending your children away to by “raised” by others is just shameful. To many people White Hot American Summer IS summer camp. As camp pros, we know in our hearts that summer camp is an experience that every child needs. In this session, Travis Allison will walk through a practical process for preparing to speak to new camp families in a way that will help them truly understand the benefit that you have to offer their child. We’ve got great stories! TRAVIS ALLISON, Speaker/Consultant, Go Camp Pro • Rainy day activities, cabin activities and things to do in small groups at camp. Author Jim Cain shares his favorite, newest and best collection of team and community building activities featuring those in his back pocket guides. JIM CAIN JIM CAIN, Author, Teamwork & Teamplay Planning Activities for Campers with ADHD Location: Room 316 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Keep your activity times short. The Keys to Effective Delegation in a Totally Accountable Culture • Let them choose what they do. • Be flexible. Location: Room 314 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Higher productivity and efficiency in all areas of work with less stress. • Easy methods to eliminate misunderstandings in delegation. • Techniques to track work to completion so nothing falls through the cracks. DIANA BLOOM In this session, Diana Bloom will teach take-away actionable systems that can be implemented immediately to achieve higher productivity and efficiency in all areas of a camp organization. Today’s session will sharpen delegation, improve project management for year-round work, strengthen communication and eliminate mistakes, while creating a Totally Accountable culture DIANA BLOOM, Productivity and Efficieny Coach, Mike Scott and Associates 78 One of the problems that occurs throughout JOSEPH CENDROWSKI camps with an open campus is making sure each camper is accounted for. Having campers with short attention spans and lacking impulse control poses a problem for that accountability. This session will focus on how to keep campers with ADHD engaged in different activities throughout the day while still being accountable for where they are. In the first part of the session, participants will gain an understanding of the needs of those campers and some ways to meet those needs. In the second part, the participants will discuss and share strategies and ideas to keep activities new and exciting. JOSEPH CENDROWSKI, AIC Coordinator, The Gow School Summer Program Managing Camper Behavior: Better Strategies for Better Outcomes Raising Social Media Savvy Teens in the Digital Age LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Techniques for getting better information from parents, including the critical questions you need to ask parents. • Understand today’s popular teen social media platforms. Location: Room 312 • How to position yourself with prospective camper families so you are both inviting and discriminating at the same time. Location: Room 321 BOB DITTER • How to determine if there is a potential camper behavior issue before camp! According to the most recent survey conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH), mental stress and disturbance is at an all-time high and rising among children 10–18 in the United States. Chances are that if you haven’t seen an increase in anxiety, depression and other mental health maladies in both your campers and staff, you will soon! Bob will discuss ways of identifying potential camper behavior issues and offer techniques for making better assessments. Learn what to ask and how to follow up with parents in ways that don’t frighten them away while still giving you the critical information you need. This is the first of a 3-part series. Each session stands alone, so you can attend one, two or all three independently. A fast-paced session with a focus on great information and critical strategies. • Identify how colleges are using social media to recruit and assess applicants. • Work with teens and young adults to build an authentic, discoverable and robust digital presence that includes camp. ALAN KATZMAN A thought-provoking and insightful presentation to understand how teens can harness the powers of social media while avoiding its dangers in support of college admissions, internships, scholarships and career placement opportunities. This seminar examines the evolution of social media: from a seemingly private outlet for youthful self-expression and friendly interactions to the very public and mainstream media platform it has become. College admissions, scholarship committees and employers (including summer camps!) routinely examine students’ social media pages and see activities that are often intended to impress friends rather than demonstrating their academic and career interests. The seminar also provides specific recommendations on how to finally get through to teens about how they can evolve their social media to create a compelling presence for colleges and employers—that includes their camp experiences. BOB DITTER, Therapist ALAN KATZMAN, Founder and CEO, Social Assurity LLC The Invasion of the Digital Devices: Understanding the Impact and Control of Cell Phones in Camp Program Evaluation 101 Location: Room 416 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Develop an evaluation plan for your summer program. Location: Room 301 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Develop or improve your program evaluation tools. • How digital technology influences offline social interactions. • How communications change using digital technology. ELIZABETH ENGLANDER • Methods to engage and educate campers and parents. This session will review the ways that children use digital devices and how digital interactions impact the real-life, in-camp interactions between children. Simply banning cell phones during the camp day does not erase their impact on behavior and social aggression. In contrast, informal educational efforts, used by trained counselors, can help greatly reduce problems brought on by digital interactions. Ways to educate parents and to encourage their willing cooperation with camp rules will also be discussed. Different in-camp approaches to addressing digital use will be reviewed in light of recent research on children’s use of devices, games and social media. Attendees will leave with concrete ideas and approaches they can implement in their own camps. DR. ELIZABETH ENGLANDER, Professor and Director, Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Bridgewater State University Us & Them CHRISTIE KO Are you thinking about evaluating your summer programs, but you don’t know where to begin? Have you begun evaluating your summer programs, but you’d like to continue the conversation and learn new tips on how to improve your methods or your survey tools? If either applies to you, then this session is for you! Mary Lee Dinski and Christie Ko have been developing evaluation plans, creating surveys, and analyzing data for nearly ten years at Camp Fiver, the cornerstone MARY LEE DINSKI summer program of the Fiver Children’s Foundation. You will walk away with sample tools, tips and strategies for making summer program evaluation effective and achievable! CHRISTIE KO, Executive Director, Fiver Children’s Foundation MARY LEE DINSKI, Deputy Executive Director and Camp Director, Fiver Children’s Foundation Building a Retirement Income Plan Location: Room 303 Location: Room 310 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • To identify the key behaviors that create an Us and Them relationship at camp. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify and understand the six financial risks in retirement. • To create a strategy that enables the community to function and collaborate as one. • To have fruitful conversations with key stakeholders who influence the behaviors of others. • Connect with other organizations engaged in program evaluation. • Learn ways to address the six retirement financial risks. JAY FRANKEL Having an US & THEM mindset permeate a camp environment weakens the community and makes accomplishing cultural change significantly more challenging. A camp inherently will struggle with US & THEM. Whether between leadership and staff, group counselors and activity staff, or directors and parents, this session identifies the steps to take to recognize and shift this detrimental way of thinking and doing. JAY FRANKEL, Founder/President, True To Life Training, LLC • Learn strategies for creating a sound retirement income plan. MATTHEW LEOPOLD This session will provide an overview of our retirement strategy, discuss the difference between accumulation and distribution, go into detail on the six risks of retirement and outline three strategies for creating a sound retirement income plan: income for life, protecting your assets and leaving a legacy. MATTHEW LEOPOLD, Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual 79 Supporting Youth of Color: Addressing Race Relations at Camp Medical Emergencies At Camp: What You Can Do To Be Better Prepared LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will gain a better understanding of race relations in the United States. • To better assess whether your medical staff have the proper skills necessary to handle an emergency situation. Location: Room 315 • Participants will understand the impact of racism on our youth and how to confront these issues. Location: Room 320 JANE LEDESMA GREGORY MAZARIN • Participants will learn how to empower youth of color in the camping community. • To determine what can be done to make your camp better prepared to handle medical crises. As the camping industry races to provide youth with useful 21st century skills to help them develop into healthy, happy and successful adults, we must also consider the issues of race the United States is facing. When it comes to having difficult conversations, racism is usually the “elephant in the room” that most of us are uncomfortable discussing. Regardless of who we are and where we come from, racism unfortunately impacts us all, and this is especially true of the children we serve. As camp professionals, it is important that we understand the history of racism in the United States and how it directly affects the work that we do in the world of camping. This session is meant for us to come together and have those difficult discussions, while putting into focus the challenges that many of our children are facing every day and how we can best support them. Camps need to be better prepared to handle a true medical emergency. The purpose of this session is to discuss the role of health centers from the perspective of a medical professional. My background as an emergency medicine physician combined with my years of experience in the camp setting give me a unique insight into this subject. Although the vast majority of patients seen in the health center are for minor complaints, it is imperative that camps be prepared for the worst-case scenario. Response times for an ambulance are longer at camp. Although many camps have physicians, most of these doctors have extremely little training treating emergencies, especially in the pediatric population. Furthermore, the health centers themselves are ill equipped to handle these situations. My intention is to provide general advice so that camps can continue to use the same system they currently have in place but be better prepared to handle a true medical crisis. The first 30 minutes are crucial. JANE LEDESMA, Program Supervisor, Fiver Children’s Foundation The Scapegoat...The Bully... The Stereotype... GREGORY MAZARIN, Physician Location: Room 411 In Crisis Response, Great Plans Are a Smart Thing; Training Is Everything! LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Foster mutual support and cooperation among campers. Location: Room 313 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Raise awareness on the traps of stereotyping. • Understand through a variety of dramatic strategies how a scapegoat may feel. MICHAEL LEVINSKY This highly interactive workshop examines how easy it is to fall into the trap of labelling children. Through a number of dramatic strategies, participants will create a character based on a piece of literature, identify characteristics of that character and, in groups, will present a tableau portraying that character in a variety of camp environments. Whether you are a staff member, director or camp administrator, you will leave this workshop with a fresh approach to a universal camp dilemma. This workshop will not only heighten awareness, but will leave you with a fresh and exciting workshop to run with your staff during pre-camp. Throughout this experiential forum, participants will find the results not only surprising, but inspiring as well. MICHAEL LEVINSKY, Director, Crestwood Valley Day Camp Kids Today: The New Look of Youth Development in 2016 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Learn how and why some approaches to youth development are more effective than others. • Learn how to maximize your camp’s impact on the healthy development of every camper despite the external pressures they face. • What are the laws, regulations and standards that control emergency plan training? • How will lawsuits affect you and your organization? How to protect your management? BO MITCHELL • What are—versus what should be—the overriding attitudes of managers in training employees in emergency response? What are the obstacles and consistent mistakes organizations make in emergency training? Smart plans are critical. But, if we don’t get the words off the paper and into people’s heads, we have failed. Sandy Hook reinforces that training for all hazards—tornado, fire, active shooter, chemical spill, camp evacuation, etc.—is everything given that your people can’t and won’t run to look at binders for response in a real emergency. What are the legal requirements for training? What are the current practices and obstacles in organizations regarding training? What are the proven ways to train for emergency response? How does your organization compare? BO MITCHELL, President/Founder, 911 Consulting Location: Room 418 ZACHARY MURAL • Develop practical techniques and skills to create a vision, improve communication and avoid potential pitfalls that can derail your progress in helping youth achieve their maximum potential. Do we really need another youth development session? Absolutely! As technology, high stakes testing and a push to do more, more, more have an increasing impact on youth, we must all constantly revisit what youth development is and how we do it at camp. In this session we’ll look at the psychological impact of today’s world on campers and discuss how we can (and in some cases already do) support the development of the whole person in just a few short weeks of camp. ZACHARY MURAL, Vice President of Education, Minnieland Academy 80 • To learn whether your health center is properly equipped to handle an emergency. Power Presentations: From Camp Fairs to Camp Tours Cooperative Activities and Games: Making the Connections LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Knowledge of key presentation/sales skills. • At the end of this session, the participants will have experienced a selection of new creative and exciting cooperative games and activities that they can bring back to their camps for use in their camp curriculum. Location: Room 308 Location: Room 201 • How to utilize these skills in different recruiting scenarios. • Valuable insight into asking power questions and utilizing closing skills to turn prospects into clients. MERYL MOSACK Back by popular demand, this jam¬packed session is designed to give attendees an overview of some basic sales and presentation skills that will help you articulate your camp’s value proposition to potential campers and parents in a variety of settings. The session will cover some examples of how to apply these skills in different scenarios, including a table at a camp fair, a tour for parents and kids at the camp and also a presentation to large groups at the camp or other location. You will learn the importance of knowing your audience and your situation in order to present the benefits of your camp effectively in any setting. We will also be covering the “power questions” you must ask to help you communicate effectively, and, of course, key sales and closing techniques to help you turn a prospect into a registration! MERYL MOSACK, Chief Inspiration Officer, M Squared Marketing JOHN SMITH • By the end of this activity session, the participants will have gained knowledge into using group and cooperative ideas and equipment to foster more group cooperation, problem solving and leadership activity in camper participation. • After participating in this session on Creative Cooperative Activities and Games: Making the Connections, the participants will be able to bring back new games, equipment and cooperative activity philosophies. Cooperative games lead to making the camp situations more cooperative, less confrontational and creates and environment for problem solving and building leadership skills. This interactive activity session will allow the participants to use several creative games and activities, including Fisherman’s Tangle, Skill Trac, Swiss Cheese Parachutes, The HitchHiker, Project Adventure and Air Lites. If you are all looking to add cooperative activities to your camp curriculums, then this session will allow you to do the activities, learn them and be a camper again. See how Challenge Tarps work, walk together with Team Walkers and Pop a Noodle Bit. Find some new tricks with new equipment! JOHN SMITH, Educational Consultant, FlagHouse 81 6+6+3&' E #,3&' Managing Camper Behavior: Counseling Skills for Camp Professionals #Trending: Staying on the Pulse of Teen Activities Location: Room 312 Location: Room 202 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Strategies on how to stay on the pulse of today’s teen. • Games, special events and activities to make your teens’ summers more meaningful and fun. • Walk away with 7–10 new activities! • A road map that serves as a guide for handling sensitive conversations • Five specific ways to validate campers, staff, parents and others ADAM BARANKER The popular teen app Vine gives you 6 seconds to create a video masterpiece and have it go viral. That 6 seconds is about the same amount of time you have before your teens think your activity is outdated. How do we stay on the pulse of what activities teens want, how they want it and when it is no longer #trending? In this session, through gameplay, movement and collaboration, we will be participating in and learning about how to stay on the pulse of teen activities. It is time to have some fun, and it’s time to make sure your teens are having it too! ADAM BARANKER, Assistant Director, Jeff Lake Camp The Staff Have Arrived! Now What Do I Do? Creating Staff Buy-In and a Positive Camp Culture through Staff Development Bob will explore the nuances of skillful conversations that increase connection and improve performance. In this seminar, you will learn even more powerful ways to validate campers, staff, parents and colleagues while learning key phrases that bring about change. Learn about radical acceptance, shame attenuation, normalization, the role of guilt, pride and shame in communication and other powerful and advanced techniques, like how to establish emotional safety or create a culture of accountability at camp! Demonstration, role-play and discussion will accompany video clips and individual and group exercises. This is a fast-paced session with a focus on skills. What is the Future of Summer Camp? Location: Room 302 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: LAUREN BERNSTEIN • Participants will understand the shifting market. • Will identify challenges and opportunities • Will have ideas to base transition strategies. How do you take care of staff from the moment they arrive? How do you set up pre-camp that builds a purposeful and intentional community? In this session, we will share exciting ideas and motivational ASHLEY SEDEROFF videos that will enhance staff development and buy-in while improving your camp culture. We will share some ways that we have strategically utilized our leadership team and returning staff members to create a warm and inclusive environment from start to finish! We will also highlight some of our most successful staff development and training activities. Join us for an informative session that will provide you with new and exciting ways to motivate and train your staff for summer 2016. Is summer camp becoming an anachronism? Times are JAY JACOBS changing. The composition of our market is changing. Our traditional consumers have different interests, and our ready access to summer staff - both leadership and counselors is diminishing. Technology is redefining the way we live. Parent expectations and the way they raise their children has changed—and will continue to. How do camps adapt to these changing realities to not only stay relevant, but also flourish as we begin to approach the 2020s? JAY JACOBS, Camp Director & CEO, TLC Family of Camps The Journey of a Returning Camp Family: Let’s Help Them Feel as Important in Year 2 as They Did in Their 1st Year with Us Location: Room 316 LAUREN BERNSTEIN, Owner/Director, Camp Walden ASHLEY SEDEROFF, Camp Walden LEARNING OUTCOMES: Effective Meeting Management • Effectively assess the communication needs of returning camp families. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Create a plan for next steps, including how to go through this exercise with your full time team. Location: Room 314 • Keep meetings on track and on time. • Get total clarity on all actions’ steps before the meeting ends. • Create meetings that buy back time. DIANA BLOOM In this session, Diana Bloom will teach take-away actionable systems that can be implemented immediately to achieve higher productivity and efficiency in all areas of a camp organization. Today’s session provides the essential skills of developing and conducting every meeting in accordance with an established process. Meetings become fewer, shorter, more productive and more effective immediately, while creating a Totally Accountable Culture. 82 BOB DITTER BOB DITTER, Therapist Location: Room 301 • Identify several ways in which to create a positive camp culture for both new and returning staff. • Discuss different staff development techniques through video incorporation and engaging activities. • Learn different staff development activities that are fun, interactive and can be used during orientation and throughout the summer. • What elements of safety are essential for sensitive conversations? DIANA BLOOM, Productivity and Efficieny Coach, Mike Scott and Associates • Compare our communication with new camper families vs. returning camper families. COREY DOCKSWELL Why are we more intentional with new families than with those who are returning? We know what our new families need from us in terms of communication and support—let’s determine the needs of our returning families. We will discuss how we can be as intentional as possible with ALL of our families, so that families feel as valued and important in Years 2, 3 and 4 as they do in their first year with our camps. The model for this session will be resident camp. The information will be applicable to both resident and day camps. COREY DOCKSWELL, Director, Camp Wicosuta Early Childhood Summer Camp Programming On a Budget! Stitch and Unwind – Hot Trends, Cool Ideas and Fun with Needlearts. LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Create fun themes with limited resources. • Craft Ideas to bring back to your camp. • Repurpose everyday items into fun and exciting camp memories. • Where and when to source craft materials for your camps. Location: Room 419 • Make a typical day magnificent and exciting through creative themes for early childhood campers. Location: Room 402 YVETTE DUKES Participants will gain some insight on fun, new and fresh themes to incorporate into daily summer camp programming. Discover how to use everyday materials found around your camp site, home, office, nature area or dollar stores that will make your program exciting and fun. Learn how to make a planetarium in your your dining facility from old swimming pools, solo cups and spray paint. This is just an example of the takeaways each participant will learn about. Come with a mind open for creativity and learn how to look at what you thought was no longer useful in a whole new way! YVETTE DUKES, Early Childhood Program Director, Oak Hall Summer Program Harnessing the Power of Failure at Camp • Make a fun needle arts project. Join the team from The Handwork Studio as we talk about trends and ideas in needlearts that you can bring back to your camp this summer. In this hands-on session, you will learn about simple yet adorable, campy craft projects that will wow your campers. Be prepared to get frustrated, laugh, make mistakes, create something fun and learn a new skill. No experience necessary, just a sense of adventure. LAURA KELLY, Owner/President, The Handwork Studio JULIA YOSEN, Camp Director, The Handwork Studio ANA CASTRO, The Handwork Studio ELEANOR WILLIAMS, The Handwork Studio LAURA KELLY JULIA YOSEN Location: Room 318 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify benefits of choosing “challenging” over “easy” when learning to grow, and how to foster that in a camp environment. • Learn skills for overcoming frustration, trying new things, handling conflict and avoiding bullying in a camp setting. ANA CASTRO AND ELEANOR WILLIAMS DEBORAH GILBOA • Build towards leadership, employment and community involvement where resilience is a required skill. In a culture dedicated to achievement, children fear failure like nothing else. Dr. G demonstrates how paths that lead to true success all require learning about, experiencing and overcoming failure. She shares how to empower kids to learn and grow with skills needed to be resilient when they fall flat, get up and go for it all over again and how camp professionals can play an important role in this process. Dr. G addresses the most common reasons that kids, parents and camp professionals all fear failure, and how to help all embrace the opportunities it offers for success. DEBORAH GILBOA, MD, Family Physician, Parenting and Youth Development Expert, AskDoctorG.com VO C E PRES ENT S : All Things Pricing Location: Room 309 A discussion of directors’ thoughts on pricing decisions. STACY KOTELOV, Banner Day Camp ARTHUR KESSLER, Ramaquois Day Camp MITCH REITER, Camp Towanda ANDY PRITIKIN, Liberty Lake Day Camp and Everwood Day Camp KEN SCHAINMAN, Camp Mohawk OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES STACY KOTELOV ARTHUR KESSLER MITCH REITER ANDY PRITIKIN KEN SCHAINMAN 83 How to Make a Camp Video that Makes Your Camp Stand Out The Fatal Flaw in Your Active Shooter Response LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • How my video can be different. • How do we prepare for tactical response? How do we train employees in our tactical response? Location: Room 310 Location: Room 313 • What’s wrong with my current video. • How I can make the most of my new video. Most camps have or are making videos these days. MIKE PERLOW But most look just like the next one. How can your camp video stand out in the crowded camp world? How can your video catch the eye of a prospective kid and his/her parents? We’ll discuss creative approaches and techniques that will help deliver a UNIQUE camp video. We’ll also discuss new and innovate ways to make the most of your new video. Attendees are encouraged to bring their current video on DVD or flash drive, and Mike will share and critique them as time allows. MIKE PERLOW, President & Founder, Perlow Productions, LLC The Most Powerful 2: 2 Concepts That Will Completely Enhance the Culture of Your Camp Location: Room 201 • Identify the 2 most important concepts to improving 95% of your camp culture. LEARNING OUTCOMES: STEPHEN MAGUIRE • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the 2 most important primary concepts in summer camp today. Do you want to completely enhance the culture of your summer camp and make it more awesome than it already is? If your answer is yes, this is the session for you! Come join Steve for this brand new session, based on his cutting-edge research and field experience from the summer of 2015. It’s quite simple: there are 2 concepts and ideas that every camp can incorporate that will solve 95% of their staff and camper issues. By implementing these 2 ideas, you can alleviate homesickness, strengthen staff/camper relationships, improve staff morale and much more! You will be able to use them as a platform and jumping point as you move forward in the work of your youth development professional space. STEPHEN MAGUIRE, Professional Speaker and Sumer Camp Consultant, Go Turnstone! Concussions Location: Room 315 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify a concussion. • Manage a concussion. • Understand a concussion. ROBERT LAWRENCE MEYER ROBERT LAWRENCE MEYER, CampMDs GREGORY MAZARIN, Physician GREG MAZARIN 84 DOJ, FBI and NYPD report that active shooter incidents have quadrupled in 2013–14 versus the previous five-years’ average. Three people die and 3+ are injured in the “average” active shooter incident. Your response is dramatically different at each part of your camp and in each one of your structures. This webinar will turn very tactical. If you’re easily offended or nauseous, don’t register. You will learn how to create plans and procedures and how to train your emergency team and rank-andfile employees. Presentation Method: Multi-media. Racquets and Roll Games and Activities LEARNING OUTCOMES: In-depth discussion focusing on the pathophysiology of concussions and the current protocols that are in place. • What is our liability exposure for NOT doing this right? For not doing it at all? BO MITCHELL, President/Founder, 911 Consulting Location: Room 304 • Distinguish the difference between good and great summer camp staff members. • Who can we turn to create our tactical response BO MITCHELL and tactical training? What are the laws and regulations applicable to our planning and training? • At the end of this session, the participants will have discovered a selection of racquet games and activities using paddles and nets that they can bring back to their camps for immediate use in small and large groups. • In this activity session, the participants will have JOHN SMITH gained knowledge into using paddles and balls to create activities and games for their campers to use on land and on water. Looking for new and exciting activities with racquets? Trying to find games that with challenge your campers? Come to this activity session on Racquets and Roll. We will play a little Pickle Ball, Speedminton, Goodminton, Spikeball, 4 Square, No net beachball volleyball, 4 Court Beachball Volleyball and more! JOHN SMITH, Educational Consultant, FlagHouse Kickin’ Kitchens: Safety, Hygiene and Best Practices Location: Room 303 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify hygiene and safety hazards in commercial kitchens. • Organize and implement a smooth workflow for a multi-lingual crew. • Revise inefficient, contaminated and wasteful practices in the kitchen. CHRIS THURBER Come digest a fresh course on safety, hygiene and workflow. Most directors spend zero time in the kitchen, so they miss opportunities to improve dining services. Here’s your chance! Learn the 10 places health inspectors look (but chefs ignore), the 5 mistakes kitchen staff make (without even knowing it), the 3 keys to communication (when 2+ languages are spoken in the kitchen), the 2 best ways to prepare healthy food (that kids actually eat) and the #1 cause of injury. DR. CHRIS THURBER, Psychologist & Educator, CampSpirit & Phillips Exeter Academy Unravel the Online Space: Major Web Marketing Tools Available & What Strategies Camps are Utilizing Location: Room 404 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify opportunities and issues, what needs more investigation and what needs shoring up. ERIC STEIN • Find out what other camps are doing and what is working well and what has been tougher to implement. • Understand better how to use the web to test and market alternative businesses to your community and on your property. Overview of the evolving and sometimes confusing web marketing toolkit for camps: email, social media, paid search marketing, seo, website content and analytics. Focus will be on not just traditional programs, but also on newer services camps are doing and how the web advances this. In-house versus outsourcing and the costs and benefits to pursuing various strategies will be considered. As well we’ll discuss how camps are testing and marketing alternative businesses utilizing their properties and reaching existing and new customers. You’ll learn how to evaluate your present efforts and what is possible. You will leave with areas you identify to dig further. You will also leave with a better understanding of how to track and measure your efforts and real costs. This will include but not focus on social media, but rather more so on Google, Yahoo and Bing efforts and paid advertising on Facebook. ERIC STEIN, President, Eswebmarketing 85 8]66+6#$3%, E#3%, Program Speed Dating Women in Camp What is the next big/creative thing for your camp’s program? We are always asking ourselves this question. Is it a new special event? A new field activity? A new indoor activity? A new dress up day? All of our camps may have the next big thing—we just don’t know it! Come to this Meet ‘N’ Eat session to share and learn new innovative ADAM BARANKER programming ideas with your camp industry peers. Collaboration and learning in this session may be the key to unlock your “next big thing” at camp in the summer of 2016! This meet and eat gives you the opportunity to build powerful and meaningful relationships with other women in the camp profession. During this time you will have the chance to network and learn from one another as we talk about the strength and compassion that makes women great leaders in the camp industry. Location: Room 401 Location: Room 418 CAROLYN DORFMAN, Camp Walt Whitman RACHEL MAX, Director, Shibley Day Camp MARY LEE DINSKI, Camp Director, Camp Fiver ADAM BARANKER, Assistant Director, Jeff Lake Camp Traditions and Rituals Location: Room 419 Camp traditions and rituals are an important part of camp. They not only bring your camp community together, they can make or break a summer! It could be a special event (like Color War), rainy day activity (like Garbage Bag Fashion Show), theme day (Wacky Wednesday) or how you celebrate someone’s birthday, just DREW BITTERMAN to name a few. Please come prepared to share your cool and different traditions/rituals that will really WOW us! DREW BITTERMAN, Director, Camp Watitoh Resident Camp: Let’s Talk All Things Medical Location: Room 404 Sick call. Nurse management. Camp doctors. Medication administration. Bumps and bruises. Local pharmacies. Running a camp health center is a multifaceted operation that takes intentionality and carefully thought out systems. Join us for a roundtable discussion on health center best practices. Together, we’ll explore the challenges of managing a health center and hopefully walk away with some new ideas for 2016! Please be prepared to discuss your camp’s greatest health center strength as well as your greatest challenge in this interactive session. JACKIE BRETHEL, Associate Director, Camp Cobbossee ALISSA GIRLING, Associate Director, Camp Winadu JACKIE BRETHEL MARY LEE DINSKI Idea Sharing for Camps that Have Multiple Sites Location: Room 416 Do you have multiple camp sites, perhaps in multiple states? Are you a non-traditional camp that struggles with training remote staff, hiring in multiple states or setting up multiple camp sites? Join us for a Meet ‘N’ Eat to discuss and share best practices unique to camps who operate LAURA KELLY multiple sites, are located in multiple states or partner with other camps to provide your niche programming. Come hear about ideas from other camps on what technology is available for on-boarding staff, training, logistics and supply distribution. Share ideas on managing quality control when you can’t be everywhere at the same time and how to manage staff remotely. Learn about different state regulations. Mistakes We Have Made and Learned From!! Location: Room 417 ALISSA GIRLING Location: Room 420 Camp professionals always tell our campers that mistakes are great and that they can learn from them. Do we follow our own advice? What are mistakes that we have made at our camps, and have we learned from them? In this interactive session, we will share our mistakes, what we learned, and what we are doing to prevent them from happening again. Bring your mistakes and be ready to share! GREGG LICHT GREGG LICHT, Director, Elmwood Day Camp A&C Meet ‘N’ Eat LORILEE CHIEN Location: Room 402 CRICKET SNEARING This year’s Arts & Crafts Meet ‘n’ Eat is all about recycled projects! Join us as we share ideas for new crafts made from materials you’ve already got on hand. Join fellow art enthusiasts in sharing your own project ideas and pick up a few new tips to enhance your camp art program next summer! LORILEE CHIEN, Program Coordinator, Project Morry MICHAEL CLARKE, The Fresh Air Fund 86 RACHEL MAX LAURA KELLY, Owner/President, The Handwork Studio, LLC. Not for Profit Programming Non-profit camps, have your voices be heard... again! Last year we had an overwhelmingly positive response during our non-profit focus group forum. This year, we would like to continue that upward momentum by doing some strategic planning and organizing to continue meeting the diverse needs of the non-profit camping sector. Let’s continue to brainstorm ideas, share concerns and create more relevant sessions and leadership representation in the association. CAROLYN DORFMAN MICHAEL CLARKE CRICKET SNEARING, Administrative Director, Sesame/Rockwood Camps CARA CORRADETTI, Camp Canadensis CARA CORRADETTI 87 6+6$3,, E %3,, What Everyone Should Know: Special Needs Training for Typical Camps Growing the Good: Expanding Your Non-Profit Program Location: Room 304 Location: Room 305 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn how to break down kids’ behavior and diagnoses for frontline staff so they better understand what to do and how to keep their expectations high. • Participants will learn about various models of expansion through case studies and discussion. SCOTT ARIZALA • Participants will learn 6 techniques and how to apply them to their entire population of campers • Participants will learn the best ways to train these skills and then coach their staff on how to employ them. Every camp, staff member and camper can benefit from behavior management techniques that make the rules and expectations clear. This session breaks down the 6 most relevant and simple techniques that come straight out of the playbook for campers with special needs. They will create a program and culture that is more accessible to more kids. The bonus is that these techniques are actually good for everyone! Load up your staff training with easy-to-use strategies for success! SCOTT ARIZALA, Consultant & Trainer, The Camp Counselor SARA DEREN • Participants will identify 3 possible barriers to success and the resources needed to overcome them. Once you get a taste of the impact camp has on children in specialized populations, you’ll want to reach as many of those children as possible. In this session, you’ll learn about the factors involved in scaling your business model to grow the number of campers you’re able to serve while maintaining the quality and culture of your program. We’ll discuss topics such as: • Best Practices for expanding a camp program • Case Studies on organizations that have successfully created a scalable model • How to identify partnerships that will help you succeed • Pitfalls and obstacles along the way New Games & Activities for the 21st Century This could be the first step to expanding your program, or a way to realign your vision in an already growing organization. Either way, you’ll leave with fresh ideas and ways of thinking that will guide you through the next phase of growth. Location: Hall A LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will have new skills to connect with others. SARA DEREN, Executive Director, Experience Camps • Participants will learn to create new activities with new props. • Participants will discover their unique teaching style. GARY AUERBACH Ideas and activities presented are for both staff training/on-boarding and campers and families. Focus is on simple and quick games that engage all ages and abilities. Frisbees, flarbles, straws, scarves, feathers, string and much more. GARY AUERBACH, Director, ChampionofPlay.com Working More Effectively with ADHD Campers Location: Room 312 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • What the three major components of ADHD are. • What the various benefits and challenges of medication are and how to manage them better. • How to establish a more positive alliance with parents of ADHD campers. Super Simple Ways to Entertain Campers BOB DITTER According to the NIH, the number of children in the US with ADHD will reach 12.5% by summer 2016. Come find out what techniques and strategies have been helping camp professionals across the country manage the disorganization, impulsivity and inattention associated with ADHD. This is a fast-paced session with a focus on great information and great skills. Location: Room 201 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Build a tool-kit of effective and engaging games for campers of all ages, perfect for anytime in the camp day. • Learn simple activities that are easy to teach your staff to spread fun throughout camp. • Participants will identify strategic considerations for expanding their own non-profit camp programs. BOB DITTER, Therapist RYAN CANUELLE • Discover strategies for implementing new and innovative program ideas. This high-energy and interactive session offers tons of easy-to-implement games and activities to make ordinary camp moments extraordinary. These innovative activities mix elements of charades, sense memory, improvisation, relay races, and group challenges in a way that can be applied anywhere, from the field to the amphitheater, at a moment’s notice. This session is relevant for anyone from the seasoned camp director to the first time counselor. RYAN CANUELLE, Director of Education and Programming, Mainstages Process vs. Product: Making Crafts Developmentally Appropriate for Preschool Campers Location: Room 402 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will understand process art vs product art. • Participants will go home making a process art project. JILLIAN GLICK • Participants will learn to incorporate sensory learning into process art. Join me as we redefine what art class is for preschoolers. We will use our senses to focus on the process of the art instead of the outcome. Using paint, texture items, scents and our IMAGINATION, we will create beautiful, frame-worthy art projects to bring to our littlest campers this summer! JILLIAN GLICK, Director of Youth and Camp Engagement, Camp Chaverim 88 Discover the Unimaginable At Your Service: Incorporating a Meaningful, Camp-focused Volunteer Project into Your CIT/ LIT Program Location: Room 315 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • See what ultimately holds the individual/ camp back from reaching the next level. • Feel inspired to push campers and staff to go beyond their own limits. • Understand the nature of beliefs in effective leadership. Location: Room 318 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Creating a different kind of CIT service project. MARC ELLIOT For nearly 20 years, Marc Elliot lived with Tourette’s Syndrome, a disorder deemed by most in the medical community as involuntary and incurable. It’s estimated he ticked around 25 million times over that time period. He traveled extensively around the nation to deliver a message of compassion and tolerance that ultimately earned him national speaking awards at the age of 26. Astonishingly, with the help of top scientific and human potential innovators, Marc completely overcame his Tourette’s in 2010 using only mind-over-body and now lives tic free. Now 30, with his inspiring presentation “Discover the Unimaginable,” Marc shares his unprecedented story to plant the seed for leaders, organizations and individuals to break through the unimaginable. MARC ELLIOT, Inspirational Speaker, Elliot Productions Death During the Camp Season...Are You Prepared? Location: Room 322 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn about developmentally appropriate grief reactions. • Participants will learn how to support grieving campers. • Participants will learn how to support grieving staff. CATHY FISCHER Campers suffer loss wherever they are: camp, school or home. If not dealt with appropriately, these experiences can leave deep emotional scars for campers and/or staff. Learn how to help staff deal with a camper or fellow staff member,who has suffered the death of a parent, sibling, grandparent, friend, pet or fellow camper before, during or after the camp season. CATHI FISCHER, A.M. Skier Partner, Clinical Camp Consultant, A.M. Skier Insurance • Bringing camp to a new community. • The nitty-gritty logistics of how to execute this kind of service project. NICKI FLEISCHNER Participating in community service has become a widely important, and popular, part of teenagers’ lives, and it’s about time the camp community embraced it in full force! Camp offers the unique opportunity for community service to go beyond the traditional “volunteer at a soup kitchen” approach and to be a dynamic, impactful and fun experience for CITs/LITs. This past summer, I planned and led a service trip to the Dominican Republic for 23 CITs from a private camp in New York, during which they ran a one-week day camp for seventy 8-to-11-year-olds who had never had a summer camp experience. Through careful, creative planning and by partnering with a local NGO, our CITs were able to bring all of the magic of camp—from crafts projects to skippy ball, scavenger hunts to Color War— to an underserved community with minimal on-the-ground resources. It was not only a special experience for our Dominican campers, but also a memorable learning opportunity for our CITs. In a nutshell, it was the best counselor training I could ever imagine. In this session, I will use my experience planning and leading this trip as a model for how to incorporate a similar service project to your own CIT/ LIT program. Whether your camp chooses to bring campers to another country, or to organize a mini-camp or set of activities at a local daycare or lower-income community, there is tremendous potential in exporting the values, activities and spirit of camp to those who do not have the opportunity to attend camp themselves. From partnering with another organization and getting your CIT/LITs in the right “service frame of mind,” to the nitty-gritty of organizing, planning and executing programming on the ground, this session will cover everything you need to make the biggest impact for both the children you work with and your CIT/LITs! Now is the moment for groundbreaking community service at camps! NICKI FLEISCHNER, CIT Program Director, Camp Scatico Two Inches Taller Location: Room 316 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn different empowering techniques to connect with youth. • Participants will learn how social media can be used for good. • Participants will be reminded of how important (and lacking) character building development NATE LOMBARDI is in and out of schools. Nate Lombardi will lead an interactive talk about social media, empathy, bullying and the power of community in the youth today. How can we strive to make every person we encounter every day feel “two inches taller” as they walk away from us? He will play games and use audience participation as he does with students, utilizing body percussion, beatbox and rapping. VO C E PRES ENT S : Traditions – When to Keep or When to Move On? Location: Room 309 Talk about their experiences and changing traditions. • Talk about the process of deciding that a tradition is still relevant. • Where does picking your battles factor in? NATE LOMBARDI, President, The Groovy Projects Inc. • Looking for both specific examples and overall philosophy Are We Who We Say We Are? • Discuss the process of how you get rid of traditions. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • What does it take to move the culture of your community? Location: Room 404 • Understand what mission means in concept. • Understand what mission looks like in practice. • Learn what roles managers, staff and participants play in developing mission. Mission-driven public service organizations require FELIX URRUTIA consistent care and self-analysis. This session explores, questions and tests whether a service organization is mission-driven in either theory or practice. Participants will be taught how to gauge their own organizations. Each attendee will receive a user-friendly management tool to take back to their agency for self-diagnosis. FELIX URRUTIA, Executive Director, Hands In 4 Youth GORDON JOSEY GORDON JOSEY, Breezemont EPHRAM CAFLUN, Wekeela RICHIE GERSTEN, Brant Lake MARC HONIGFELD, Trails End Camp OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES RICHIE GERSTEN EPHRAM CAFLUN MARC HONIGFELD 89 Interviewing that Works! Location: Room 314 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understanding of the key steps to a successful interview. • Knowledge of how to use Power Questions to learn what you need to learn about each applicant. MERYL MOSACK • Tips on organizing/tailoring your interviews towards finding the right applicants for a specific job. This informative program will take participants through the cycle of preparing for and conducting interviews that work. Yet, before an interview can “work,” there of course must be a solid job description, and interviewers must know the key skills, traits and personalities the position requires. We will discuss these important ingredients, and then go on a journey through an organized interview and successful outcome. It is important to note that a successful outcome can mean either an interview resulting in a hire OR an interview that recognizes when a candidate is not right for the position! After all, what could be worse than hiring the wrong person for such an important job? Topics covered to include: Preparing for the interview, conducting the interview, closing the interview and next steps. MERYL MOSACK, Chief Inspiration Officer, M Squared Marketing Managing Campers, Not Changing Them: A Mindful Approach To Camp Counseling Location: Room 321 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Using mindfulness to reduce counselors’ stress levels. • Strategies to effectively manage campers’ behaviors. • Appropriate techniques connecting and MATT PULEWITZ motivating campers. Counselors have the wonderful opportunity to facilitate life-long camper-tocamper relationships as well as connections to their camp. Staff who understand the difference between managing behaviors and changing children create a more welcoming, happy and healthy environment that allows campers to thrive and grow. This can be an unmatched and rewarding experience for everyone involved. Dr. Matt will teach techniques that counselors can utilize to remain calm and supportive while understanding the subtle differences between managing behavior versus controlling campers. MATT PULEWITZ, Clinical Psychologist, 10 for 2 Training Camper Progress Reports: Using Free Google Apps to Increase Retention and Referrals Location: Room 308 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • You will learn that although progress reports over the telephone are ostensibly about an update for the parent, there is long-term value in the conversation surrounding that report. MATTHEW SMITH • Progress reports boost retention because parents who truly understand your camp are more likely to return. Progress reports boost referrals because those parents are better able to explain the value of your camp to their friends. • Google Apps offer an easy way to gather and analyze feedback from counselors. Progress reports might be a hassle, but they’re worth it: they make sure campers aren’t falling through the cracks, and they increase your retention and referrals. Use free Google Apps (1) to gather feedback from your counselors, (2) to make important adjustments mid-session, and (3) to give parents insightful reports. Directors and assistant directors, please come learn about progress reports, their benefits, and our mistakes. I will include step-by-step instructions for the apps. MATTHEW SMITH, Director, Longacre Camp 90 Transforming Your Infirmary into a True Emergency Center: Picking the Best Doctors, Best Equipment and Best Care Location: Room 313 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understand how you can upgrade your camp infirmary equipment, supplies and procedures to deliver emergency room quality and care on your campus. • Determine whether you need to re-evaluate your current policies, procedures and personnel (doctors, nurses and support) and learn how to recruit and implement new procedures. • How to communicate your new level of care and procedures with parents and staff. MITCH REITER MARK MERLIN The medical care and safety of campers will always be a high priority and concern for families and camp professionals. With many residential camps situated miles and even hours from quality hospitals, we want to empower camp directors with the knowledge and insight on how to take their own health care centers to the next level of care. During this session, Dr. Mark and Mitch will share emergency room best practices that you can and should be implementing at your camp infirmary. MITCH REITER, Owner/Director, Camp Towanda MARK MERLIN, Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and Head Infirmary Doctor, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Camp Towanda Camp Financing 360 Location: Room 310 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the banking tools and products available to camps to fund anything from day-to-day operation to long-term, strategic investments. • Lean about how bankers see the world: financing fundamentals including evaluation of credit analysis and qualification process. HEINRICH STRAUCH • The camp as capital, and how to make it work for you. Sound financial footing allows camp owners and operators to sleep at night and focus on providing the best possible camp experience for their campers. Our goal is to provide a full overview of the tools and products available to fund a camp’s needs throughout its yearly operational cycle as well BRYAN FLYNN as its life-cycle. We also want to shed some light on how a bank(er) looks at a loan application, covering the evaluation of credit for the qualification process, cash flow analysis, financial statement analysis, determination of debt service coverage ratio, collateral valuation issues, Loan-to-Value (LTV) standards and determination, and the appraisal dilemma. Plus, we will talk about the evaluation of principals and guarantors with regard to personal credit strength, debt-to-income ratio, net worth, liquidity, character and financial resources. We hope to have an interactive session where attendees outline their specific needs and allow us to suggest potential funding solutions. HEINRICH STRAUCH, Commercial Loan Officer, Jeff Bank BRYAN FLYNN, Commercial Portfolio Administrator, Jeff Bank Six Ways New Staff Get Drunk Location: Room 303 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understand the vulnerabilities and strengths of new staff. • Identify the unhealthy personal and interpersonal risks that new staff take. • Learn leadership techniques aimed at transforming smart, young staff. CHRIS THURBER Lust, power, cliques, stimulants, arrogance and alcohol. These are the lethal quicksand pits into which all new staff risk sinking. Stay one step ahead of the incident reports by learning to anticipate the temptations that can derail even your smartest young staff. We all have emotional, social and cognitive vulnerabilities, but your new staff lack the field experience and grit to choose the hard right over the easy wrong. Unless, of course, you design training specifically aimed at equanimity, foresight and friendship. Learn how to transform your biggest liability into your hugest asset. DR. CHRIS THURBER, Psychologist & Educator, CampSpirit & Phillips Exeter Academy Better Practices in Coaching and Athletic Instruction Location: Room 202 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will observe tested activities to use in training their athletic staff. • Participants will learn through fun group exercises how to give existing athletic activities a fresh new approach. JAMIE CHADWIN • Participants will be exposed to various methods of cultivating a camp appropriate level of competition. How often are athletic staff members hired based on their playing experience rather than ability to teach the sport? Strive to challenge all levels of camp athletes through a structured, focused approach to your athletic program. Turn your energetic FRANK DECEMBRINO staff into coaches and role models that will capture the attention of your camp athletes from all levels of competitiveness and participation. This session is for camps and organizations that want to maximize their staff in regards to the level(s) of athletic instruction they provide. JAMIE CHADWIN, Owner, Camps for Camps FRANK DECEMBRINO, Owner/Director, Ambler Sports Academy & Ripkin Quickball 91 6+6%3#' E &3#' It’s Not me, It’s You (Or Maybe It is Me) Active Campers, Active Games Location: Room 304 Location: Room 202 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • At the end of this session, participants will learn how to support campers’ positive behavior through active games. • Participants will learn how to re-frame leadership in terms of the issues, problems and annoyances they have. • By deconstructing issues, participants will develop a sense of what they bring to their issues as well as a framework for leadership growth and development. • At the end of this session, participants will learn the fundamentals of managing group games. SCOTT ARIZALA • Participants will learn several new ideas and strategies for leadership development when problem solving: systems, solutions and skills. Is it possible that our biggest issues with staff, campers, parents and our organizations can be understood by or are even related to our leadership skills? Whether or not you can draw that conclusion, this session will attempt to break down some of our biggest problems through the framework of our leadership skills. What causes these issues; why do we react the way we do and how can we develop in order to better lead our programs? These issues highlight the systems, solution, and skills that will help guide us to be more productive and effective leaders. SCOTT ARIZALA, Consultant & Trainer, The Camp Counselor Theater For Everyone Location: Room 201 • Grow your bag of tricks in effective character games, variety performances and interactive mysteries for campers of all ages. Location: Room 320 • Learn theater activities and add creativity to larger blocks of camp time. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn the harms of keeping children safe from all risks, and the benefits of allowing them to test their limits. DEBBIE AUSBURN • Participants will learn how to develop a defensible and balanced approach to risk management, including handbooks, waivers and staff policies. Protecting children is the highest priority for camps, but recent studies show significant psychological harm from keeping children too safe. Children who never face adversity enter adulthood ill-equipped for its challenges. Camp is an unrivaled DONNA CAUDELL opportunity for children to overcome their fears and test the limits of the physical world. Having a balanced approach to risk management requires educating parents about the benefits of age-appropriate risks, as well as careful oversight of staff and children. This session will help camps develop balanced policies that allow children to test their limits and learn how to deal with adversity, while better explaining to parents and avoiding lawsuits. DEBORAH AUSBURN, Attorney at Law, Taylor English Duma LLP DONNA CAUDELL, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science, Truett McConnell College 92 GERALD BOLDEN, Summer Camp Director/ S.A.Curriculum Instructional Specialist, Wonders Summer Camp LEARNING OUTCOMES: Managing Risks: Helping Children Conquer Fear, Reassuring Parents and Fending Off Attorneys • Participants will learn how to convince parents of the need for age-appropriate risks. • At the end of this session, participants will learn GERALD BOLDEN games to share with their team members to assist with their professional development. Learn how to support campers’positive behaviors and social-emotional learning through active games. You will learn some of the fundamentals of managing group games, including setting clear expectations, modeling good sportsmanship, encouraging fair play and building gross motor skills. Get ready to be active! RYAN CANUELLE • Discover new ways of thinking and implementing innovative camp programming. Many of the skills taught in theater can be applied to the camp community. For anyone actively involved in camp programming, this session provides in-depth tools, games and resources to create effective programming using theatrical practices and activities as a foundation for unique camp programs like evening programs, rainy days and theme days. RYAN CANUELLE, Director of Education and Programming, Mainstages Day Camp Transportation From Hagstrom Maps to Google Maps Working with Youth of Color: The Backpack They Bring to Camp Location: Room 404 Location: Room 308 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will be able to identify microaggressions at camp and how to avoid them. • To understand how other camps do transportation • To share and acquire ideas for a better transportation season • To know that there are common challenges that all camps face in transportation This workshop is an exchange of ideas. The first part is what we at Mohawk do in day camp transportation. We run over 150 buses daily for our campers. We will discuss the lessons learned in the transition to the digital age. The second session is an open panel discussion with all of the attendees. How do they do transportation? Door-to-door or common point pick-up and drop-offs? Buses, SUV or cars? Professional drivers or counselor drivers? CDL issues? TODD DISSTON ROBERT NAPULI SIMONE GAMBLE, Chapter Leader/Liberation Program Organizer, The Brotherhood Sister Sol Location: Room 416 LEARNING OUTCOMES: CAMERON BOCK • Understand the skills that Chinese educators and parents hope that “camp education” fosters. • Understand the challenges and opportunities of creating camps in China. LEARNING OUTCOMES: STEVE BASKIN • Learn how to create successful camp experiences for campers from China. • Design ongoing training for all levels of seasonal staff. • Make better use of in-camp time for staff development that stretches beyond supervision. JAY FRANKEL Orientation is an excellent way to introduce staff to camp’s culture, policies and expectations. It is not, however, the best time to develop tangible skills and increase job performance of our staff. Jay helps camp professionals create an intentional training and coaching design that takes place after pre-camp orientation. Learn how to leverage the first 7–10 days of actual camp for developing a staff beyond the basics. JAY FRANKEL, Founder/President, True To Life Training, LLC Technology in Art Activities in an Unplugged Camp In recent years, certain Chinese educators and parents have developed a deep interest in “camp education.” Specifically, they are intrigued by the ability of camp to foster “noncognitive” skills, like communication, leadership and teamwork. They also see camp as a way to cultivate innovation. In this session, we will SCOTT BRODY discuss efforts to create both day and resident camps in China. We will also describe the growing trend of Chinese children attending US camps and how to make their experiences successful for the campers and the camp. STEVE BASKIN, Director, Camp Champions SCOTT BRODY, Owner/Director, Camps Kenwood & Evergreen You Teach the Way You Were Taught! 25 Ways to Improve Your Staff Training Teaching Techniques Location: Room 411 Location: Room 315 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify how to teach staff training activities. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Exciting new projects and programs for your arts departments • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of good timing and placement of staff training activities. • What these different technologies actually cost • How this camp included new technologies while still maintaining an unplugged community In this session, we will examine the spectrum of issues that youth of color carry along with their identities to camp. Although camp is seen as an escape from the urban realities our youth come from, there is still a lot of work that we have to do as camp professionals to best support them. We will be looking at how to do this work through an anti-oppressive lens, as well as understanding how our privilege and power show up in these interactions with our youth, such as through microaggressions. China and “Camp Education”, Unexpected Partners Location: Room 312 • Increase the job performance and satisfaction of staff by making better use of a critical learning time. SIMONE GAMBLE • Participants will learn to build a safe space for all identities at their organizations. TODD DISSTON, Director of Transportation, Mohawk Day Camp ROBERT NAPULI, NYC Transportation Coordinator, Mohawk Day Camp CAMERON BOCK, Transportation, Mohawk Day Camp In-Season Training: The First 7–10 Days • Participants will address internalized biases around race. JASON SEBELL STEPHEN MAGUIRE • Distinguish between great use of timing and reaching a point of diminished returns. We all want new and fresh programming ideas for our art departments, but we also want to keep camp “camp.” Learn about one overnight camp’s technological innovations in photography, film making, woodshop, music and arts and crafts, and how they did it while still keeping their kids off of apps and the internet. Come join Steve for this brand new and highly interactive session that will give you some immediate takeaways to improve your staff training in 2016. We will highlight HOW to teach/facilitate staff training as well as when and where to do this. It’s all about good timing, good activities and a great use of time. This session will emphasize how to tie all of this together. JASON SEBELL, Director, Kenwood & Evergreen STEPHEN MAGUIRE, Professional Speaker and Summer Camp Consultant, Go Turnstone 93 What Does an Inclusion Program Look Like? Location: Room 310 VO C E PRES ENT S : LEARNING OUTCOMES: Layers of Operations • Staffing needs. Location: Room 309 • Camper and family needs. • Understanding that inclusion is being a part of what everyone else is, being welcomed and embraced. ELYSE MILLER Every summer, millions of children are afforded the opportunity to participate in summer camp programs, ranging from the traditional day and resident camps to specialty camps. These experiences are meant to provide these children with the ability to develop new skills in a fun and safe environment. It seems that there is an endless amount of choices for typical children, while the choices are much more limited for families who have a child or children with special needs. Many of these children spend their summers in twelve month programs in their school district due to the lack of options. Buckley Day Camp’s Inclusion Program provides a typical camp experience for children with special needs. Is your camp thinking of starting a program? It is important to understand what an inclusion program looks like—know that is not just for those who have special needs but also mental health and medical needs. Running a camp is no different from managing a town or small city. We are all responsible for providing water, electric, waste disposal, food, medical services and much more. You will learn ways to effectively operate your “town” from the perspective of four seasoned camp professionals. SCOTT RALLS, Southwoods MARK TRANSPORT, Owner/Director, Camp Taconic MARK MAJOR, International Sports Training Camp MICKEY BLACK, Camp Director, Pine Forest Camp SCOTT RALLS MARK TRANSPORT ELYSE MILLER, Inclusion Coordinator, Buckley Day Camp Hello Mother, Hello Father: How to Prepare Parents for Camp in an Anxious Age Location: Room 314 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify the specific fears and questions camp parents have in this anxious age. OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES MARK MAJOR • Address those fears and questions proactively ALLISON SLATER TATE to engage parents and encourage them to send their kids to camp. Advanced Retargeting On Google and Social Media: How to Find Your Customers All Over the Web • Use social media and technology in a way that helps parents understand the benefits of summer camp. Location: Room 322 It’s an anxious age in parenting, and for many families, sending children to sleepaway camp now seems like a scary and intimidating prospect. In this age when camp could be seen as a haven for our children from social media and all things tech, some parents are hiding a second cell phone in their children’s trunks so they will have it at camp—if they will even send their kids to camp at all, but why? How can camps engage and prepare parents for camp so that they can fully enjoy the opportunity for their kids? We will explore the aspects of what scares parents most now, how to address those fears and how social media can help in the endeavor. • Participants will leave this session with: A basic knowledge of creating, targeting and running search, contextual and social media retargeting campaigns. ALLISON SLATER TATE, Editor/Freelance Writer, www.allisonslatertate.com • Participants will leave this session with: Action items for how to reach their customers anywhere on the web and information on state-of-the-art retargeting capabilities for their summer camp. MICKEY BLACK LEARNING OUTCOMES: BLAKE SUNSHINE • Participants will leave this session with: Hands on instructions to begin a new retargeting campaign immediately. Camps will be able to implement this information as soon as they return home. ERIC STEIN What if you could reach your potential camp families anywhere on the web? With retargeting you can! Reach your future customers where they are hanging out on the web instead of waiting for them to find you. This session will cover basic search, contextual and social media retargeting to help you find your customers and reach them with your camp’s message. Participants in this session will leave with hands-on instructions to begin a new retargeting campaign immediately! BLAKE SUNSHINE, Social Media for Summer Camps Marketer, Social Summer Camp ERIC STEIN, President, Eswebmarketing 94 Tubular Creations Combating Infections and Allergic Reactions at Camp Location: Room 402 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 316 • Participants will discuss the advantages of recycled art, and what it means to recycle versus reuse! • Participants will make at least three to five craft projects made using paper tubes (toilet paper, paper towel and wrapping paper tubes). • Participant will explore creative recycled art. LEARNING OUTCOMES: JEN HARGRAVE Come cut, twist, color, poke and tape paper tubes (toilet paper, paper towels and wrapping paper tubes). We’ll reuse the tubes to make kaleidoscopes, rain sticks and art pieces. Plan to come make three to five projects but leave with directions for even a few more. JEN HARGRAVE, Program Coordinator, The Fresh Air Fund • Identify common signs and symptoms of strep throat, conjunctivitis and gastroenteritis. • Distinguish between myths and science in preventing common camp illnesses. • Demonstrate how to strategically place Epinephrine autoinjectors around camp. MARK MERLIN Learn to create evidence-based protocols at your camp for strep throat, conjunctivitis and gastroenteritis. It’s not just the medical treatment—it’s how to clean the cabins and checking all of the other kids. Learn how you prevent outbreaks and treat kids before these diseases get easily transmitted to staff and campers. Also, learn how to deal with allergic reactions and Epinephrine autoinjectors based on the best science. Understand why we often misuse benadryl and how to strategically place Epinephrine around your camp. The Department of State’s Exchange Visitor (J-1) MARK MERLIN, Physician, Camp Towanda Location: Room 321 Program which includes approximately 25,000 students and youth workers placed at summer camps throughout the United States as cultural exchange visitors on the Camp Counselor or Summer Work Travel DEENA F. PINCKNEY-COOPER exchange programs. If your camp hosts international J-1 counselors or staff, this session is essential in learning your role and responsibility as a host of exchange visitors. This session hopes to engage camps on the key initiatives of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and how these fit into the Summer Camp experience enjoyed by J-1 participants working as counselors and staff. NADINE ZAATAR Panelists: (All Employees work in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs) DEENA F. PINCKNEY-COOPER, Program Analyst, Office of Designation NADINE ZAATAR, Program Analyst, Office of Private Sector Exchange Administration JENNIFER NUPP, Policy Analyst, Office of Policy & Program Support. Moderator: MATTY LAYMAN, Indian Head Camp Cash Flow & Budgeting Strategies to Support Your Camp All Year Round JENNIFER NUPP Location: Room 401 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Build a working 12-month cash flow and budget for the organization. • Develop strategies for how to generate multiple streams of income. • Create an action plan for next steps on how to maximize cash flow throughout the year. OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES MATTY LAYMAN PAMELA CAPALAD One of the toughest parts about running a camp is that your main cash flow all happens in a small 3–4 month window. In this workshop, we will talk through some of the obstacles you face when it comes to budgeting and planning for your camp’s finances. We will then build simple financial models and discuss how to develop additional streams of income and create a budget to help smooth out your camp’s cash flow throughout the year. PAMELA CAPALAD, President, Pockets Change 95 6 #, F MY PLAN FOR THE DAY 7:30 AM–1:30 PM REGISTRATION OPEN 9:00–10:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK H 9:30 AM–12:00 PM EXHIBIT HALL 9:30–10:00 AM FREE COFFEE WITH THE EXHIBITORS 10:15–11:15 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS BLOCK I 11:15 AM–12:00 PM FREE REFRESHMENTS WITH EXHIBITORS *LAST CHANCE TO SHOP!* BLOCK H BLOCK I #$3,, E $3,, G E N E R AL S E S S IO N KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Angela Duckworth raffle! 6#, 97 6#,6+3,, E #,3,, What Happens When You Let Kids Choose? Lessons from “No Rules” Camp Location: Room 312 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will hear about what worked and what didn’t when it came to creating a new kind of summer camp community. SCOTT ARIZALA • We will compare and contrast the outcomes of more philosophical ideas in camping like electronics, program structure, bed time and participation. • Participants will learn the 5–7 positive take-aways that any camp could use to develop more child freedom and choice. In the summer of 2015, we started a brand new camp with one basic idea in mind: You should be treated the way YOU want to be treated. Could we have a camp that ultimately lets kids choose and be free to do what they want, and at the same time have a lasting positive impact? We will dive into the issues of technology at camp, free-choice versus progressive programming, the limitations on choice and the default mode of adult-convenience-based rules and procedures. Come find out what happened when 5 industry leaders tried to take out the structure and rules to develop a community where everyone’s voice mattered. SCOTT ARIZALA, Consultant & Trainer, The Camp Counselor 30 Little Things that Make Big Things Happen! Location: Room 308 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Leadership • Culture • Communication SAM BLOOM “Pay attention to the little things because little things make big things happen!” Join me to learn the 30 things you must do this summer and this year to make your camp great! John Wooden, legendary College Basketball coach at UCLA known for winning ten NCAA championships in a 12-year period, once said, “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” This concept holds especially true in the world of resident and day camps! The little details that are focused on throughout the summer AND the off-season are what bring the big picture to life. Let’s talk about Leadership, culture and communication, and once you realize the truth behind “Little things make big things happen” you’ll never again view the details of your camp as boring or insignificant! SAM BLOOM, Director, Emma Kaufmann Camp Preventing Sexual Abuse at Camp Location: Room 305 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Preparing campers and their parents pre-camp. • Scare molesters and pedaphiles away • Educate staff about the signs and symptoms of abusers Sexual abuse at camps and other congregate care NORMAN E. FRIEDMAN facilities is increasing. Learn how to prevent it, spot molesters who have slipped through and how partnering with parents before the camp season can all but eliminate this problem. Join a demonstration and discussion with the author who created “The No Touch Zone,” a concept taught to campers by their parents at age five, repeated at camp on day one, and added to staff training. NORMAN E. FRIEDMAN, Executive Director - A.M.Skier Partners Camp Training Consultant, A. M. Skier Insurance Agency Excellence by Example, Positive Behavior by Precision: Fast Ways to Develop Great Behavior in Campers Location: Room 303 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Learn how to model and teach by example specific characteristics and qualities that make campers great people. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN • Develop your own abilities to produce real youth development every day at camp and also how to teach it to staff. • Take-home methods you can use immediately to take advantage of “invisible opportunities” to build outstanding camper behavior. It’s our most important mission: using the camp experience to produce better people. We tell our staff that we want them to be role models and that we want them to teach kids great character and qualities, but this won’t really happen unless we give staff practical tools they can use every hour, every day to produce real youth development. In this exciting session, Michael demonstrates exactly what to say and do to help kids succeed and acquire characteristics that make the world a better place. Learn specific things that we can teach by example and simple, highly effective ways they can be taught. Develop kindness, caring, teamwork, sportsmanship, creativity, thinking skills, respect, responsibility, confidence and more. You’ll learn to do this yourself and take home original activities and materials that will teach staff to be developers of outstanding people. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN, Educator / Author / Staff Trainer Engagement to Giving - Cultivating Donors for Your Organization Location: Room 310 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Measure the engagement levels of your community. • How to cultivate donors and make them feel valuable • How to set up a “culture of giving” JAMES MCRAE Cultivating members of your community to become donors to your organization can be a difficult task. In this session, we will discuss how to make that transition and how to maintain a “culture of giving.” JAMES MCRAE, Sr. Associate Director, Camp Michigania, Alumni Association University of Michigan 98 Fostering Nature Connection for All Ages Location: Room 202 Pool Management, Training, and Staff Oversight LEARNING OUTCOMES: Location: Room 320 • Participants will learn best practices from various environmental education programs and which activities are best for specific age groups. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will learn how to use both primitive RUBY COMPTON and technological tools to get people outside and foster curiosity to then grow their nature connection. • Participants will leave this session excited about exploring the natural world and facilitating others’ connections to it. • To recognize the most important characteristics when hiring your pool staff • To improve the organizational structure of the campers and the pool staff during lessons and free swim FIONA KEARNEY, AILEEN BUCCIERO • To understand what role the pool director plays in lesson quality, safety, class organization and training Facilitation 101: Designing & Delivering Meetings that Matter Running an effective camp swim program requires a great deal of coordination and communication between the camp director, pool director, assistant directors, water safety instructors, lifeguards and camp counselors. Evaluating and testing students for level, organizing group classes, setting goals, creating lesson plans, training lifeguards and counselors, and communicating with parents about goals and expectations are paramount to running a successful swim program. Camp directors have the difficult job of hiring the right people who can integrate each part of this process. The pool director’s job is not done once the students are tested, the lessons are set up and the lifeguard rotation is finalized. The hardest part of the pool director’s job is overseeing the lessons, maintaining lesson quality and tracking student progress. This discussion will help you organize the areas that need the most focus and oversight in order to create a superior swim program. LEARNING OUTCOMES: FIONA KEARNEY, Owner, Aqua Tots AILEEN BUCCIERO, Owner, Aqua Tots Many common nature connection activities are designed for preschool age children; however, the need for an appreciation of the natural world in all ages has become a clear deficit in our technology-driven world. In this session, learn both innovative and time-tested activities that will instill a love of the outdoors into your youngest campers and your oldest staff. Explore real activities that can be adapted to urban or wilderness settings and require minimal materials and staff training to implement. STEPHANIE “RUBY” COMPTON, Summer Camp Program Director, Green River Preserve Location: Room 313 • Participants will learn the theory of how humans think (human levels of thinking). • Participants will learn how to apply the theory of how humans think to designing and delivering more effective and meaningful meetings in a camp HANNAH DUBIN context (all examples and practice will involve camp-specific settings). • Participants will learn tips and tricks to running engaging, effective, fun, productive, well-planned, human-centered meetings that will be more meaningful for all involved! We all know that to run a camp effectively you need to facilitate multiple meeting types, with different audiences and changing meeting goals, but are these meetings as effective as you want them? This session will teach you the theory behind the way people think and the skills for how to design meetings to support human decision-making and collaborative productivity. We will also learn and practice key skills needed to facilitate and run valuable meetings. Participants in this workshop will add tools to their facilitation toolkit by learning about the facilitation skills needed to both design for and deliver effective, meaningful meetings. HANNAH DUBIN, Consultant / Facilitator / Trainer, Han Ban Can Consulting Managing Communications in an Emergency Location: Room 318 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understanding how to prepare for all risks, including emerging threats in 2016. • How to create media response protocols, parent communication plans and other communications. GARY KIMBALL • The impact of technology on emergency response planning, including the pros and cons of social media during an emergency. Whether it’s a natural disaster, medical emergency, accident or sexual abuse, emergencies have the potential to damage your camp and your business for years to come. Learn the emerging camp threats in 2016 and the secrets to planning for and communicating effectively in today’s high-speed world: the role of leadership, building an effective plan, communicating with media and families, and the impact of social media. GARY KIMBALL, AMSkier Partner, AMSkier Insurance How to Sell Like a Star When You Hate Sales Location: Room 321 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • How to shift your mindset so you’re eager to call someone you don’t know. • How to create a connection and get someone interested in what you’re selling. • The 1 sentence that has gotten me an almost 100% success rate with closing a sale. LARA MCCULLOCH Cold calling. Those two words are responsible for more anxiety and cold sweats than “hungry dinosaur” and “disgruntled mailman.” If you’re anything like I was, you would rather pluck your eyelashes out one by one than make a call. But would you believe that I (someone who had no sales experience and an aversion to being “salesy”) actually learned to love cold calling? AND my calls resulted in $3.5MM in new business opportunities in a $7MM business? Want to know how? In this session I’ll break down exactly how I learned to sell (like a star), even though I hated sales. LARA MCCULLOCH, President, READY2SPARK 99 18 Tools (All Free) for Making You More Productive V O CE PRE SEN TS: Location: Room 316 Changing Behaviors and Trends in Girls LEARNING OUTCOMES: • The Information Age is upon us. If you want to stay competitive, the culture of your office should be open to regularly employing new tools and adjusting workflows. Location: Room 309 GIRLS!! The experience of being a pre-teen to teenage girl in today’s society has changed dramatically over the last couple of years. Veteran directors will share changes they have noticed in girls today and how these changes are impacting on the camp environment. You will have the opportunity to learn strategies and techniques for supporting and mentoring girls from the moment they arrive at camp, throughout the summer and as they enter back into their school world. We will work together to answer questions, share videos, and offer tips on how to help girls treat each other better and create a positive culture of kindness and inclusion. STEPHANIE REITER, Camp Towanda DAWN EWING, Project Morry LAUREN BERNSTEIN, Camp Walden LAUREN BERNSTEIN CAT SANGSTER, Camp Wawenock STEPHANIE REITER You may be constrained by time and money; but not by productivity—in the office, productivity is an x-factor. There are new tools (web-based services) that can help you increase your productivity in the office. Here I will present my 18 favorites (with an emphasis on marketing). I have organized these tools into six categories based on how we use them: security, organization, collaboration, marketing, website management and innovation. All of these tools are free. Questions welcome. DAWN EWING MATTHEW SMITH, Director, Longacre Camp Turn Up Down time - Games for Fun and Purpose! Location: Room 201 LEARNING OUTCOMES: CAT SANGSTER Imagine the Possibilities! 7 Ways to Innovate With Your Team and Flex Your Brain Location: Room 317 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • To lead a group to solve problems and come up with new ideas NANCY SHENKER • To apply technology to the brainstorming process This fun, lively and inspirational session will teach camp directors and senior staff seven incredible and interactive techniques for problem-solving and planning—methods used by big brands, government groups, think tanks and community organizations. Go beyond the SAM GENNAWEY post-it note as you learn to use real-life methods (like the IDEA WALL) and applications (that can be shared remotely) to brainstorm and problem-solve. One program will even get a chance to engage the group in a “team think” and work with other participants on solving his or her unique problem. These time-tested techniques can help camps and summer programs flex their brains and come up with creative new solutions (and build consensus) for a wide variety of challenges. Plus, we’ll all have fun doing it! NANCY SHENKER, CEO, theONswitch SAM GENNAWEY, Senior Associate, Katherine Padilla and Associates 100 MATTHEW SMITH • 18 ideas for new tools. OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES • To inspire creative thinking and engage multiple staff members, building consensus • Someone on your staff should be responsible for identifying new tools. • Learn how to teach games to staff. • Incorporate teamwork and conflict resolution into games. • Acquire knowledge of games to be played with limited or no equipment. PAUL CULFF During the camp season your staff will have many opportunities to lead games for their campers. This session is developed for your staff orientation so you can transfer the game knowledge to your counselors. Contrary to popular belief, ‘down-time’ is not a dirty word, ‘down-time’ (or ‘group games’, or ‘wait, I thought we were supposed to have art... but where’s the instructor time’) are really important moments in our day where you and your group have an opportunity to PEDRO RAICOVICH get to know each other. These are the times of day which are going to creep up and blindside you and your staff (as they blindside everyone) in the first few days of camp. In this session you will learn not only how to teach games, but how to use games to teach. You will learn how to play games in any area (large or small) and with limited to no equipment! PAUL CULFF, Asphalt Green PEDRO RAICOVICH, Asphalt Green The Local Lifecycle: Converting Your Community into Loyal Registrants Location: Room 315 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Understand phases of the Local Lifecycle, significant consumer behaviors at each phase, and how to meet the customer where they are in the buying process. • How to distinguish your camp from the CAMARIN WANAMAKER competition based on what today’s parents say they are actually looking for. • Effective strategies for nurturing and converting leads across all channels—paid, organic, social and offline. We surveyed over 1000 families on their children’s activities and buying habits to better understand their journey to purchasing camp. Guided by our original research and a decade of industry experience, we’ll draft a marketing calendar with you to drive registration, build loyalty and create raving camp fans. If you want to better understand your buyer and nurture customer relationships year-round, join us for an interactive session exploring the Local Lifecycle. CAMARIN WANAMAKER, Strategic Business Manager, ACTIVE Network 6#,6#,3#' E ##3#' Alumni Engagement - Are They Really Engaged? The Perfect Storm - When Crisis Calls Location: Room 308 Location: Room 310 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identifying the difference between crisis and non-crisis scenarios • Identifying what good alumni engagement looks like. • Enhancing communication skills critical to handling crisis management • Begin to build a plan for your own alumni engagement. • How to translate that engagement to support of your program. JAMES MCRAE Before alumni become major supporters of your camp, they need to feel continually engaged. The deeper the engagement, the more loyal the alum will be. In this session, we’ll discuss how to get them and keep them engaged with your program. JAMES MCRAE, Associate Director, Camp Michigania - Alumni Association University of MIchigan My (Camp) Kids and My (Camp) Family: The Struggles of CampWork-Life Balance Is there a difference in a crisis vs. non-crisis situation, or is it how you actually deal with the situation? Charles R. Swindoll says, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it.” So how will you respond? This session is designed for camping professionals who are responsible for handling the most challenging of scenarios and for those seeking to get a greater understanding of the responsibility we have to our staff, campers and their families. Real-life experiences relating to death, viruses and staff firings will be discussed. Walk away from this session with an applicable framework that can be used before and during any situation and allows for your greatest strength to shine through in the most difficult situations. SAM BLOOM, Director, Emma Kaufmann Camp Location: Room 312 LEARNING OUTCOMES: Outcome Objectives and Program Assessment Tools • Participants will reframe the idea of worklife balance. We will work to stop trying to attain and just try to be. • We will break down the skills that facilitate a balanced experience and then develop some strategies to develop those skills. • Understanding an applicable framework that can be used to effectively deal with any crisis situation SAM BLOOM Location: Room 316 SCOTT ARIZALA • Participants will take away several questions, challenges and ideas to use in developing a more balanced approach to work, engaging with their supervisors, significant others, family and the like. No one has actually figured this out... which is the key to figuring it out! This session will shatter the STEPHEN MAGUIRE old idea of “work-life balance” as some sort of attainable thing, and recreate it as an organic, evolving and developing sense or state. It’s not a goal; it’s an experience. If we can deconstruct the skills and concepts underneath that experience, we can build an individual and family approach to taking on an all-consuming, passion-driven profession like camp. LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Learn how to utilize the Outcome Surveys and Program Assessment tools provided by ACA. • Learn where to access the tools and additional MARGARET TANTILLO resources. • Learn how to effectively utilize the findings from program evaluations. Learn how to better supervise your staff, maximize the quality of your programs and better communicate the benefits of your camp. The best part is: The tools are already developed, tested and available for you to use. This presentation will include a comprehensive review of the tools offered by ACA to measure outcomes and conduct a program assessment. These two separate evaluation methods are power resources which provide concrete, objective feedback. MARGARET TANTILLO, Consultant, Harvest Development Group SCOTT ARIZALA, Consultant & Trainer, The Camp Counselor STEPHEN MAGUIRE, Professional Speaker and Summer Camp Consultant, Go Turnstone! 101 Counterproductive: Protecting the Community from Ourselves Putting the “Wow” in Lesson Plans Location: Room 305 Location: Room 304 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Learn the basics of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences in order to implement them into lesson plans. Gardner’s intelligences are: visual/spatial, musical/rhythmic, nature, mathematical/logical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, verbal/linguistic and bodily/ kinesthetic. • To identify and deepen understanding around the counterproductive behaviors that currently exist in camp that are contradictory to camps mission, values and goals. JAY FRANKEL • To shift camp’s culture to rid the community of poor habits and confusing role modeling. • To establish new behaviors to better support a consistent, mission-driven camp environment. Join Jay Frankel and the actors of True To Life Training as they hold up a mirror to the common behaviors staff and supervisors demonstrate that contradict camp’s mission, goals and values. Leave this session with a clear plan to discover and eliminate counterproductive behaviors, rituals, and habits that may currently be tolerated at camp. JAY FRANKEL, Founder/President, True To Life Training Your Best Leadership Team Ever: Powerful Ways to Make Staff Supervision Truly Superb Location: Room 303 LEARNING OUTCOMES: MICHAEL BRANDWEIN • Teach supervisors, directors and other team leaders superb methods to motivate and coach staff to higher professional performance. • Provide better and more useful evaluation and feedback, handle difficult and undesired behavior, and help every staff person raise her or his performance level. Investing in the development of our leadership team is one of the smartest things we do in running a camp. We know that one of the key secrets to a terrific camp is a highly trained leadership team—supervisors, program directors, head counselors and other administrative staff. But there is limited time to advance their development, and how do you know what to teach them that will make a big difference in your camp? In this new session, Michael provides more original and practical activities and techniques you can use to help your leadership team bring out the best in staff and program. It includes great techniques to coach and motivate staff to higher performance, provide more useful and frequent feedback and evaluation, set skill development goals, handle difficult or undesired staff behavior and more. This session shows you exactly what to teach, how to teach it and how to get team leaders to practice and master these highly effective techniques. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN, Educator / Author / Staff Trainer Five People Skills Every Camper Needs To Learn Location: Room 321 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Work with other participants in the room to learn different ways to inspire campers through interesting teaching techniques. The skills in camp activities may remain the same, but how an instructor teaches the skills can make all the difference to a camper! Put the “wow” in lesson plans by changing the “how” of implementation. If your counselors are already good teachers but need a little help to make their lessons more exciting for the campers, then this session is for you. With simple techniques inspired by Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences, staff will learn different ways to teach skills in soccer, swimming, boating and any other activity that’s taught at camp. Participants will leave with many ideas to implement easily into a lesson plan to accommodate different learning styles that campers have. Make your lesson plans sing by attending this session! The Drumming Celebration! Drumming for Fun and Creative Expression! Location: Room 202 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • By the end of this session, participants will learn a number of icebreaking activities to inspire the camping community. • By the end of the session, participants will learn ROBERT FRIEDMAN a number of exercises to release the stress and anxiety of both campers and staff. • By the end of the session, participants will learn activities to empower and boost the self-esteem of campers. This experiential music-making program uses hand drums and rhythm instruments to engage participants in expressing themselves rhythmically in positive and creative ways. Participants will be instructed initially how to use their physical body to create various rhythms. They will then learn to use rhythmic instruments, including shaker eggs, soundscape drums, boomwhackers and other hand drums and rhythm instruments, in fun and engaging ways. Exercises and rhythm games will support building self-esteem, identifying and expressing positive emotions, fostering trust, exploring non-verbal and verbal rhythm exercises, encouraging and promoting individual and group creative expression and learning a peer-accepted skill. Small and large group activities involve the use of voice, structured and unstructured rhythm-based experiences, as well as providing age-appropriate rhythm-playing techniques. All rhythm instruments provided, and no experience necessary. ROBERT LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN, Owner, Stress Solutions, Inc. • Identify five essential people skills. • Describe strategies camp personnel can use to facilitate campers making friends. EILEEN KENNEDY-MOORE Every child has trouble with social relationships in some way, at some time: making a new friend, handling conflict, dealing with teasing or jealousy. These are all typical struggles, but they can be painful. A camp environment provides special challenges and opportunities for learning to get along. This presentation describes five essential people skills and offers practical strategies for helping children to feel more comfortable and confident in social situations. EILEEN KENNEDY-MOORE, Author & Psychologist 102 • Take away techniques inspired by multiple intelligences to infuse into instructional avenues in all activities offered at camp. SUSAN CHENET, Director, Camp Wa-Klo for Girls • Participants will get specific and practical activities and techniques to train leadership team members to bring out the best in staff. • Describe strategies camp personnel can use to help campers minimize conflicts. SUSAN CHENET Inspiration... Elation... Motivation... Fundamentals of Effective Swim Lessons LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Know the elements of giving feedback. • To attain a broader knowledge of the fundamentals of swimming, which will improve the camp’s swim program Location: Room 313 Location: Room 320 • Demonstrate the skills of giving formative feedback using interactive methods. • Understand the importance of timeliness when giving feedback (seizing the moment). • To learn how to design and execute effective lesson plans for all different swim levels. MICHAEL LEVINSKY This highly interactive workshop will clearly demonstrate through audience participation, discussion and interaction, just how important the power of words can be. It may be surprising to find that the effects of positive vs. negative feedback can have somewhat equal results. Workshop participants will witness how positive and negative feedback can affect motivation in campers, staff and administration. The outcome of this extremely practical camp session will leave participants not only invigorated, but with the knowledge and tools of how to implement new and exciting strategies into their daily operations at camp. Be prepared to laugh and learn in this very unique, one-of-a-kind experiential forum. MICHAEL LEVINSKY, Director, Crestwood Valley Day Camp When you think of summer camp you can’t help but think of swimming. How do you get your campers to not only enjoy the pool, but actually learn to swim? In this session, we will cover several topics including: camper evaluations and group placements, safety skills that save lives, water adjustment, fundamental aquatic skills needed to learn to swim independently and how to run an effective swim class for all levels (non-swimmers to swim team ready). We will also discuss the importance of lesson plans and instruction consistency to set your swim program above the rest. FIONA KEARNEY, Owner, Aqua Tots AILEEN BUCCIERO, Owner, Aqua Tots Sharing is Caring: Strategies to Transform Your Non-Camp Space into a Young Camper’s Dream! Science in a Snap Location: Room 201 Location: Room 402 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Participants will bring home strategies to turn indoor spaces into exciting vehicles for play and how to best utilize outdoor space. • Participants will recognize age-appropriate activities for 2 through 5 year olds. FIONA KEARNEY, • To gain a better understanding of the AILEEN BUCCIERO practical safety SKILLS (not safety rules) that can save a camper’s life, and hopefully these lifesaving skills will be incorporated into the swim programs. JILLIAN GLICK • Participants will learn best practices for sharing spaces with other programs. Are you a day camp that functions as a school during the year? Do you compete with bigger camps whose grounds are only used for camping? Do you want to keep your preschool-aged campers engaged in developmentally appropriate camp settings? Do you just want some fresh ideas for MARK GUTMAN your preschool camp program? Join us as we share our experiences with preschool aged children (up to 5 years) in a setting without traditional camp facilities. We will discuss/ play/ learn how to/ share ideas/ laugh about: .... -Strategies and ideas you can implement to help change the feel of your space to make it appropriate for camp. -Utilize the space you have to the best it can be. -No pool? No problem! Water activities that are even better than a pool. -Set some guidelines on age appropriateness of activities for our youngest campers. -Learn to implement imagination and creativity to change the framework of a traditional theater program. JILLIAN GLICK, Director of Youth and Camp Engagement, Camp Chaverim MARK GUTMAN, Assistant Camp Director/ Director of Youth Engagement, Camp Rodef Shalom • Participants will be more confident in presenting science content in a handson manner. • Participants will learn and participate in science activities that are easily replicable. • Participants will discover new ways to infuse science into everyday camp life. We’re all familiar with arts and crafts and indoor games, but have you ever thought about using science activities as rainy-day plans? Infusing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) into your summer programming is easier than you might think! Using simple, everyday materials, learn how you can make science easy and fun for staff and campers alike. This handson, active workshop will allow participants to “be the camper” as they predict, observe and test some of our most messy, reactive and memorable science activities. These activities will be short and sweet, and give you the teaching tools you need to take them straight to camp. Like we say at The Franklin Institute, “Science is everywhere.” ADRIENNE KIMBALL, Assistant Director of Museum Programs, The Franklin Institute Science Museum CHARLES MUHLER, The Franklin Institute RACHEL CASTRO, The Franklin Institute DEBRA CROWE, The Franklin Institute ADRIENNE KIMBALL CHARLES MUHLER RACHEL CASTRO DEBRA CROWE 103 What Can Camps Learn From Today’s Successful Startups? The Current State of The Summer Camp Business Location: Room 317 Location: Room 314 LEARNING OUTCOMES: LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Identify what makes startups successful in today’s environment • Gain a better understanding of how times are changing and how marketing your camp may need to change to keep up. • Understand the history of camp. • Have a new perspective on how their program fits into the greater universe of summer programs. • Identify areas for expansion and growth. SCOTT ROSENBLUTH • Explore ways that camps can use some of these popular startup tactics to grow their business. If you haven’t noticed, we now live in an ondemand market where startups like Uber, Handy, Seamless and Oscar seem to be growing in popularity. These companies, along with many others coming out of Silicon Valley are not only successful because of their product and having their finger on the pulse of a marketplace, but the way they choose to grow their business, their cutting edge human resource practices, the perks they offer to their employees (and early users) and their understanding of how to reach prospective customers through targeted experiential and social marketing campaigns. In this session, we will explore elements of startup success and how you can apply some of these concepts and ideas to your business and camp. SCOTT ROSENBLUTH, Assistant Director, Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge Fundraise Using Your Asking Style to Be More Comfortable and Effective Location: Room 315 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Learn your Asking Style and its strengths and challenges. • Learn how to apply your Asking Style in concrete ways to the asking process. BRIAN SABER • Learn how to make a strong case for support that is authentic to who you are and compelling to your donor. Almost 90% of all charitable gifts come from individuals and the largest gifts come from asking one-on-one in person. Accessing these gifts is critical to fulfilling the mission of your organization. So how do you do it? There’s no one right way to ask for a gift. Who you are and what you bring to the table are critically important. When you ask in a way that suits you personally, you will be more comfortable and more effective. Join Brian to learn about your Asking Style, its specific strengths and challenges, and how to apply your Style to be a a more comfortable and effective fundraiser. Which prospects might be the best fit? How do you make a strong case for support in your own voice and from your own perspective? What do you need to watch out for during the meeting? When you use your Asking Style to fundraise, you will be able to cultivate and solicit individual gifts that allow your organization to fulfill its vision and have the biggest impact possible! BRIAN SABER, President, Asking Matters DANIEL ZENKEL Paid summer programs for children, both for-profit and not-for-profit, are a multi-billion dollar business. The 3,000+ programs represented at Tri-State constitute a modest subset of that business. This session will explore trends in children’s summer programming and how “traditional” and “non-traditional” day and resident camps fit with those trends. Topics will include: the evolution of summer camp, the impact of regulation and demographics, recent trends such as consolidation, changing session lengths, specialization and professionalization. Expansion and growth opportunities will also be discussed. DANIEL ZENKEL, Partner/ President, The Camp Professionals/ Berkshire Sports Academy Building Relationships that Foster a Growth Mindset Location: Room 318 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Make language choices that positively impact a camper’s mindset. • Model effectively so campers become more independent. • Reflect on their behaviors and tools, and rethink PATTY MCGEE practices that might not get the results they want. In this session, Patty McGee will share the latest research on mindset and how it impacts our performance and our happiness. She will offer concrete examples and tools that leaders and counselors can use when building relationships with campers. Participants will leave the session with 4 moves they can make that impact campers’ mindsets and level of independence. All campers can leave the summer experience with a newfound sense of confidence and independence with the right kinds of support. Specifically, you will learn moves around language choices and how the ways we frame interactions and choices for campers have a huge impact. You will also learn effective ways to model so campers feel empowered to make choices on their own. Much of the session will be based on the new book Mindsets and Moves (Corwin, 2015). PATTY MCGEE, Consultant, Gravity Goldberg, LLC A Candid Camp Conversation - What Do Parents Honestly Think About... Location: Room 301 LEARNING OUTCOMES: • Consider various parent perspectives when it comes to tough questions. • Think about what new camper parents care about. • Appreciate why parents choose one camp over another. What does it mean to be a camp parent? Come find out what parents are really looking for in a camp. We will share our candid, honest answers about what you as camp professionals always wanted to know! Our lively panel of new camp moms will discuss: -Our biggest worry as a new camp parent -What competition means to us -What made us choose our camps -If we sent our child solo or with friends and why -How we wish camps dealt with homesickness -Pictures vs. no pictures -Bullying policies -Level of communication: what’s ideal -Other: what would YOU like to know? AMY STAUB ALLISON CHAYUT AMY STAUB ALLISON CHAYUT REBECCA FARBER MICHELE FIERMAN 104 REBECCA FARBER MICHELE FIERMAN 6#,6#$3,, E $3,, GENERAL SESSION – KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Angela Duckworth, Psychologist & Leading Researcher On Grit True Grit: The Science of Success Location: Hall A, Second Level Who succeeds in life? In this talk, Angela Duckworth presents her influential work on grit—the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseverance and passion. She describes the predictive power of grit for performance in a variety of fascinating contexts. Duckworth has studied groups like the West Point cadets, National Spelling Bee competitors, rookie teachers, students from the Chicago Public Schools—all people performing in high-stress environments—to look at the correlation between grit and achievement. Drawing from these examples and others, Duckworth explains what makes gritty individuals different from others and shares her belief that grit “can be instilled and cultivated by anyone, anywhere and at any time in life.” Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is a leading researcher in the study of GRIT and self-control. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-founder of the Character Lab. Her TED talk has received over seven million views, and she has been profiled in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic. In 2013, she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a non-profit summer school for low-income children, which won the Better Government Award for the state of Massachusetts. The school was featured as a Harvard Kennedy School case study. Angela has also been a McKinsey management consultant and, d for five years, a math teacher in the public schools of San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York City. Her first book, Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success, will be released in spring 2016 by Simon and Schuster. Sponsored by: raffle! 105 I N D E X OF SPEAKERS 106 LAST, FIRST DAY TIME LOCATION Ackerman, Dani Allison, Travis Arizala, Scott Arizala, Scott Arizala, Scott Arizala, Scott Auerbach, Gary Ausburn, Deborah Aycock, Kimberly Baker, Katie Baranker, Adam Baranker, Adam Baranker, Adam Baruch-Feldman, Caren Baskin, Steve Baskin, Susie Beattie, April Bernstein, Lauren Bitterman, Drew Black, Mickie Bloom, Diana Bloom, Diana Bloom, Sam Bloom, Sam Bock, Cameron Bolden, Gerald Borek, Sam Brandwein, Michael Brandwein, Michael Brandwein, Michael Brandwein, Michael Brandwein, Michael Brecker, Kimberly Brethel, Jackie Brody, Scott Brody, Scott Bucciero, Aileen Bucciero, Aileen Caflun, Ephram Cain, Jim Cain, Jim Canuelle, Ryan Canuelle, Ryan Capalad, Pamela Castro, Ana Castro, Rachel Caudell, Donna Cendrowski, Joseph Chadwin, Jamie Chayut, Allison Chenet, Susan Chien, Lorilee Clarke, Michael Colgan, Dan Compton, Stephanie “Ruby” Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday 12:45 - 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Staub, Amy Stein, Eric Stein, Eric Stein, Tony Strauch, Heinrich Sunshine, Blake Sunshine, Blake Tanne, Robyn Tantillo, Margaret Teich, Nick Thurber, Dr. Chris Thurber, Dr. Chris Thurber, Dr. Chris Transport, Mark Urrutia, Felix Wanamaker, Camarin Weir, Dan Weiss, Ruth Ann Williams, Eleanor Yosen, Julia Zaatar, Nadine Zenkel, Daniel Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Tuesday Thursday Tuesday Thursday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Thursday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Thursday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 pm 12:45 - 1:45 pm 3:15 – 4:15 pm 9:45 – 10:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 3:15 - 4:15 pm 3:00 – 4:00 pm 9:45 - 10:45 am 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9:00 – 10:00 am 3:15 - 4:15 pm 9:45 - 10:45 am 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9:00 - 10:00 am 9:45 – 10:45 am 8:30 - 9:30 am 10:15 - 11:15 am 8:30 - 9:30 am 10:15 - 11:15 am 9:00 - 10:00 am 3:00 - 4:00 pm 9:45 – 10:45 am 3:15 - 4:15 pm 9:45 – 10:45 am 8:30 - 9:30 am 9:00 - 10:00 am 3:00 – 4:00 pm 3:00 - 4:00 pm 3:15 - 4:15 pm 8:30 - 9:30 am 3:00 – 4:00 pm 8:30 - 9:30 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9:00 - 10:00 am 3:00 - 4:00 pm 8:00 - 9:30 am 12:30 – 1:30 pm 8:30 - 9:30 am 3:00 - 4:00 pm 10:15 - 11:15 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 3:15 – 4:15 pm 3:00 - 4:00 pm 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9:45 - 10:45 am 3:15 - 4:15 pm 8:30 - 9:30 am 10:15 - 11:15 am 8:30 - 9:30 am 3:00 - 4:00 pm 9:45 - 10:45 am 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:15 – 4:15 pm 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9:00 - 10:00 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am 3:15 – 4:15 pm 10:15 - 11:15 am 416 418 321 320 404 310 321 321 309 321 201 309 309 313 309 418 416 317 321 315 309 418 309 315 301 320 317 309 316 314 313 313 201 201 308 316 402 402 402 322 322 301 404 322 309 310 313 322 309 316 315 312 303 303 309 404 315 201 310 402 402 321 314 107 109 Speaker b i o s DANI ACKERMAN, Elmwood Day Camp [email protected] Dani Ackerman is the associate director and staffing director of Elmwood Day Camp. She holds a master’s degree in education. Prior to joining Elmwood year round, she was an integral part of the leadership team at Woodmont Day Camp. Her professional experience working with children includes teaching at a special needs school in Westchester. She is an active member of the EPIC and Project Morry Young Professionals committees. TRAVIS ALLISON, Go Camp Pro [email protected] Travis Allison has become one of the top go-to international experts and consultants in the summer camp and recreation industries. He is one of the most popular camp speakers at coast to coast conferences in the US and Canada. He co-founded Go Camp Pro, produces and manages the highly popular CampHacker.TV podcasts and founded the Summer Camp Professionals group on Facebook. His particular expertise is in innovative strategies to use social media and other online marketing tools for camper recruitment and retention. JAMES ANDERSON, Global 360 [email protected] James Anderson is the owner and founder of Global 360, an International Education Company located in the New York Metropolitan area. He holds a BA of Music from William Paterson University located in New Jersey. For seven years he was the facilitator for Educational and Cultural Experiences for International Students at the oldest and largest Christian Day School in the New York Metropolitan area. During his employment at this school he developed the American Experience, an English immersion program that provides students with the opportunity to improve their English while experiencing American Culture. James believes that International Educational programs will provide students with a quality cross-cultural experience, enhancing the skills needed for today’s global citizen. SCOTT ARIZALA, The Camp Counselor [email protected] Scott is the leading expert, trainer and consultant in summer camp, working with youth programs and thousands of staff across the country. He is the award-winning author of S’more Than Camp, and founding faculty member of the online staff training resource ExpertOnlineTraining and Go Camp Pro. He is the executive director of three camps for kids with special needs. GARY AUERBACH, ChampionofPlay.com [email protected] Skills learned at camp last a lifetime! Presenter Gary Auerbach went on to become a world 110 champion of freestyle frisbee and play at 4 World Ultimate Club Championships. His unique approach to teaching fun and skills with frisbees will keep your staff and campers playing forever. DEBORAH AUSBURN, Taylor English Duma LLP [email protected] Deborah Ausburn has defended youth-serving organizations throughout the U.S. in matters ranging from physical injuries to claims of sexual abuse. She has served for more than 30 years with youth organizations as a social worker, criminal prosecutor, board member, foster parent, and attorney. She volunteers with numerous community organizations, serving on the boards of the Anna Crawford Children’s Center in Woodstock and Hillside, Inc. in Atlanta and the Youth Protection Committee for the Atlanta Area Council of the Boys Scouts of America. KIMBERLY AYCOCK, Camp 2 Campus Learning Solutions [email protected] Kim Aycock, MST, has 25+ years of experience blending the skills of a master teacher with the knowledge of a seasoned camp expert. She trains camp staff at all levels and speaks professionally at regional and national conferences. Kim has the ability to connect with and motivate learners of all ages through her innovative and interactive presentations. More information can be found on her website: www.kimaycock.com. KATIE BAKER, Camp Akeela/Momentum Behavioral Health Services [email protected] Katie’s life after graduating from Miami University in Oxford, OH, has consisted mainly of two things: summer camp and applied behavior analysis (ABA). During her summer months, she works at Camp Akeela as a head counselor, and the rest of the year she is a lead behavior therapist for Momentum Behavior Health Services. She earned a master’s degree in ABA in May of 2015 and spent the summer of 2015 putting the principles of behavior analysis to the test in a traditional summer camp setting. RYAN BALL, Sidwell Summer [email protected] Ryan Ball, Assistant Director of Auxiliary Programs at Sidwell Friends School, directs Sidwell Summer’s largest day camp, catering four separate programs to roughly 350 campers, aged 3 to rising grade 10. She manages Sidwell Summer’s Sponsorship Fund and coordinates Sidwell Friends School’s Music Lesson Program. Prior to beginning her work at Sidwell in 2010, Ryan worked in the Summer Programs Department at The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, NJ. A former Division I athlete, Ryan has her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Sociology from The University of Richmond and her Master’s degree in Education from Marymount University. ADAM BARANKER, Jeff Lake Camp [email protected] Adam Baranker started at Jeff Lake in 1992 at the age of 4 and has been a part of the Jeff Lake family ever since. His mother was a Jeff Lake camper and counselor in the 70s, so it was natural when he followed suit. During his 24 years at Jeff Lake, Adam has been a camper, CIT, AIDE, junior counselor, senior counselor, color war captain, and now assistant director. Aside from always leading cheers and camp spirit, Adam is the CIT/AIDE director; manages the camp’s social media, team-building program, and staffing; and assists in special events and programming. CAREN BARUCH-FELDMAN, ExpertOnlineTraining.com; Harrison School District [email protected] Caren Baruch-Feldman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a certified school psychologist. Dr. Baruch-Feldman has a strong interest in camping. She worked for eight years as the camp psychologist at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack. At Ramah and at other camps, she has trained camp counselors based on psychological principles. She developed a handbook that has been used at Ramah camps that focuses on positive and proactive approaches to working with campers. In addition, Dr. Baruch-Feldman is a staff member on expertonlinetraining.com. She has developed training videos focusing on Jewish principles and best practices in psychology that have been used by camps across the county. Providing in-services and interactive workshops is a highlight of Dr. Baruch-Feldman’s professional life. Dr. Baruch-Feldman received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and received her doctorate in clinical child psychology and school psychology certificate from St. John’s University. Dr. Baruch-Feldman trained at the Albert Ellis Institute and is a fellow and supervisor in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a type of cognitive behavioral therapy. STEVE BASKIN, Camp Champions [email protected] Steve and his wife, Susie, direct Camp Champions in Texas. He has been a camp professional for 21 years. Steve is also a partner in Everwood Day Camp in Massachusetts and Camp Pinnacle in North Carolina. Steve serves on the ACA board and blogs for Psychology Today. SUSIE BASKIN, Camp Champions [email protected] Susie Baskin is the owner and executive director of Camp Champions in Marble Falls, TX. In 1995, she and her husband, Steve, bought the camp from the founders. Prior to camp ownership, Susie worked in hospital administration. She received her bachelors from the University of Michigan and her MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. Susie was appointed by the Texas commissioner on education to the Expanded Opportunities Learning Council, a small group of professionals examining the best practices for out of school learning. She is also part of TXPOST, the Texas Partnership for Out of School Time. She and her husband live year round at their camp and have raised their four children there. APRIL BEATTIE, Girl Scout [email protected] Ape is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts and a lifelong camper. Upon graduation from high school she became a staff member at the Girl Scout Camp she grew up at, Tweedale. She has been working at Girl Scout camp ever since, and is currently the Camp Director of Camp Mosey Wood in Pennsylvania. This summer will be her 15th summer working at Girl Scout Camp and 24th summer overall going to camp. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education- Teacher Certification from West Chester University. That teacher training has helped to form the philosophies that Ape takes into camp to teach both her campers and staff. LAUREN PINE BERNSTEIN, Camp Walden, NY [email protected] For over 10 years Lauren has been the Owner/ Director of Camp Walden, a traditional, coed, overnight camp in the Adirondacks. For fifteen years prior, she had worked on the leadership team and as a director for some of the finest day, resident, nonprofit and private camps including Equinunk & Blue Ridge, Spring Lake Day Camp, Lake Bryn Mawr Camp and the YMCA Camp Nassau. Lauren is a past board member of the American Camping Association and is presently on the Board of Trustees of Project Morry. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida, a Master’s degree in Reading from SUNY Albany and a Master’s degree in Leadership and Administration from the Bank Street School of Education in New York City. Lauren has taught in public and private schools and has served as a Vice Principal prior to owning Camp Walden. DREW BITTERMAN, Camp Watitoh [email protected] Drew Bitterman is the director of Camp Watitoh, a coed overnight camp in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Having spent 13 years at Watitoh as a camper and staff member, his dream was always to be a camp director. Since joining the industry over 15 years ago, he has been the program director and associate director of overnight camps in the Northeast and a director of a NJ day camp, before returning home to Camp Watitoh. MICKEY BLACK, Pine Forest Camp [email protected] Mickey Black has been a camp director for 31 years and is the 3rd generation of a 5 generation camping family. Mickey and his family own and operate 3 resident camps, Pine Forest Camp founded in 1931, Lake Owego Camp for boys and Camp Timber Tops for girls. They also operate short term specialty camps and an extensive pre and post group business. The camp organization is located on 1,000 acres, employs 700 staff and serves over 1,400 children each summer. Mickey is past president of the Association of Independent Camps (AIC). DIANA BLOOM, Mike Scott and Associates [email protected] Productivity and efficiency coach Diana Bloom travels throughout the United States as a leading authority on how to create a Totally Accountable Culture. Diana spends her summers as head counselor at URJ Camp Coleman in Cleveland, Georgia, supervising 7 unit heads who oversee 80+ bunk staff and over 400 campers per session. Participants around the country have gained knowledge and tools during her seminars, enabling them to immediately implement permanent changes in their personal and professional lives. Her techniques are presented in a manner that can be quickly understood with measurable results. Diana’s humorous, engaging and straightforward training style has helped thousands of people achieve dramatic change in their lives. She grew up in Rockville Centre, Long Island and graduated from Binghamton University with a BA in Judaic studies. Diana earned her MA in Jewish history from NYU where she attended as a fellow of the Skirball Center. SAM BLOOM, Emma Kaufmann Camp [email protected] Sam Bloom has been part of the camping, sports and recreation community for 28 years. Sam’s camping experience includes sports director, aquatics director, unit head and program director, and for the past 20 years he has been an overnight camp director at Emma Kaufmann Camp in Pittsburgh and Herzl Camp in Minneapolis. Additionally, Sam is currently the director of sports and recreation and director of Maccabi programming at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. Sam has also been a program supervisor and teacher as well as a director of day and travel camps at the Jewish Community Center in Pittsburgh and the assistant director of day camps at the Jewish Community Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. GERALD BOLDEN, Wonders Summer Camp [email protected] Gerald is a seasoned school-age professional, who for the past 11 years has held a variety of leadership roles at Wonders, including program director, curriculum and instructional specialist and summer camp director. Gerald’s 25 years of experience in the field have been enriched by the connections made with children and families, and strengthened by effective teamwork; these characteristics are the foundation of his training philosophy. SAM BOREK, Woodmont Day Camp [email protected] After graduating law school, Sam became the program director at Camp Laurel in Maine and then the administrative director of Elmwood Day Camp. Sam and his wife Ilisha were lucky to be able to follow their dreams when they became the current owner/directors of Woodmont Day Camp in New City, NY. Sam is a proud parent of two sons, who have been lucky enough to grow up at Woodmont. CAMERON BOCK, Mohawk Day Camp [email protected] Involved in transportation for 7 seven years, doing attendance and managing the bus monitors. MICHAEL BRANDWEIN, Educator / author / staff trainer [email protected] Michael (michaelbrandwein.com) has made presentations in all fifty U.S. states and on six of the seven continents. He is the number one best-selling author in the camp field, with five consecutive bestsellers on training and leading staff who work with young people: Training Terrific Staff (volumes one and two), Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do & Say, Super Staff SuperVision and Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Programs at Camp. Michael is an internationally recognized expert on youth development in education, camps and school age programs. He wrote and presented three Emmy Award-winning television programs on communicating with children. He has served on the national board of directors of ACA and has received two national honors from ACA for his training of directors and staff throughout the world. In 2014, he received the prestigious Kerns Award for Advancement of Professional Development in Camps. He does staff training for individual camps and is a frequent national and state keynoter at conferences for youth development organizations and educators. His Juris Doctor degree is from the University of Chicago. KIMBERLY BRECKER, Sobel Affiliates, a Brown & Brown Company [email protected] Over twenty years of experience insuring children’s summer camps as vice president of one of the nation’s largest camp insurance brokers. Former camper and proud mom of two young campers. Personally manages the firm’s camp department and enjoys building great working relationships with all of our camp customers. JACKIE BRETHEL, Camp Cobbossee [email protected] Jackie Brethel is the associate director at Camp Cobbossee in Monmouth, ME. Jackie has been a full time camp professional since 2010. Prior to working in camping, Jackie was an elementary school teacher in New York. She holds a bachelor’s degree in childhood education from SUNY Cortland. Jackie is an active member of the ACA, volunteering on the Tri-State Program Committee, is a former member of the EPIC Committee, and has served as the Tri-State Hospitality Chair since 2011. At Cobbossee, Jackie uses her experience in childhood education to focus on residential life and developing relationships with camp families. SCOTT BRODY, Camps Kenwood & Evergreen [email protected] Scott Brody is the owner and director of Camps Kenwood & Evergreen and the Founder of Everwood Day Camp. He also serves as the national vice president of the ACA and is deeply involved in ACA’s public policy work. He is an emerging expert on the teaching of non-cognitive 21st-century skills at camp. Scott has spoken extensively about the camp experience to audiences of camp professionals, grant makers, CEOs, leading educators and government decision makers. AILEEN BUCCIERO, Aqua Tots [email protected] Aileen Crampton Bucciero and Fiona Crampton Kearney own and operate Swim Tank, home of Aqua Tots, a swim school that currently has over 1600 students enrolled in classes each session. Students ranging in age from 4 months to 13 years follow a uniquely designed curriculum that uses specific teaching techniques based on each child’s level and age. 111 EPHRAM CAFLUN, Wekeela [email protected] Ephram A. Caflun is the owner and director of Camp Wekeela in Hartford, Maine. He has been at Wekeela since 1997. He has a BS in psychology from SUNY Oneonta and an MSW from Yeshiva University. Ephram was on the 2014 Tri-State business track committee. He has been a speaker at Tri-State several times. This will be Ephram’s 21st year at Tri-State. Ephram is also on the ACA New England camp champion committee and an ACA standards visitor. He is also a proud member of VOCE. Ephram is a proud, die-hard Mets fan. JIM CAIN, Teamwork & Teamplay [email protected] Teambuilding guru Dr. Jim Cain is the author of a dozen best-loved books filled with team and community building activities from around the world. RYAN CANUELLE, Mainstages [email protected] Ryan received his master’s degree in educational theater at New York University, where he collaborated with top teaching artists and educational leaders to create and administer creative curriculum for educational institutions. As director of education and programming for Mainstages, Ryan oversees and facilitates innovative programming for over 18,000 children yearly. Ryan honed his love of camp as a theater specialist and supervisor at Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village, where he learned the intricacies of maximizing creative impact at camp while reaching educational goals. PAMELA CAPALAD, Pockets Change [email protected] Pamela Capalad, CFP® stumbled into financial literacy because she needed a summer job and a place called The Money Camp was hiring. She found herself teaching week-long camps where kids learned how to budget, use credit cards wisely, save their money, start businesses, and invest in the stock market. After three years of teaching scores of kids (and adults!), she was convinced that there was a crippling need for financial literacy education, so she took her literature degree from UC Santa Barbara and made her way to New York City, where she thought she could get the best insights on how the financial industry really worked. Seven years later, she is still wading through vast amounts of information (and earned her Certified Financial Planner™ designation in the process) so she can continue to demystify the complex world of finance for Pockets Change kids and for her Brunch & Budget clients. You can catch her on the internet waves every Sunday at 2:00 PM ET on Bondfire Radio. ANA CASTRO, The Handwork Studio [email protected] With an enthusiasm for working with children and a background in the visual arts, Ana enjoys teaching students at The Handwork Studio traditional techniques to make their own new personal works of art. She believes every child’s unique sense of style is to be celebrated and embraced. She has a BFA in Fibers and Textile Studies from The University of the Arts. 112 When Ana is not teaching at The Handwork Studio, she has an avid studio practice for her visual and performance work shown in local and international art galleries. RACHEL CASTRO-DIEPHOUSE, The Franklin Institute [email protected] Rachel Castro-Diephouse is a former chemistturned-science educator with a passion for making science understandable and exciting to people of all ages. As an educator and curriculum developer at The Franklin Institute, Rachel focuses on translating science concepts into engaging, interactive activities for a wide variety of audiences, including preschoolers, school groups, and adults. She has worked with the Institute’s Discovery Camp program since 2009 and has developed and led camp activities about everything from animal adaptations to projectile physics to spy-craft and forensic science. DONNA CAUDELL, Truett McConnell College [email protected] Donna Caudell was an educator and school counselor for 29 years, working with thousands of parents and students. She has her Ed.S. in Educational Leadership and currently teaches as an assistant professor of behavioral studies at Truett McConnell College. JOSEPH CENDROWSKI, The Gow School Summer Program [email protected] Joe Cendrowski is the activity instructional clinic coordinator at the Gow School Summer Program. This is his fourth year in that position. During the school year, he teaches math, coaches cross country and lacrosse and is a dorm parent. He enjoys working with kids and has been an avid sport enthusiast his whole life. He loves that he can spend his summer organizing different sports and activities for young kids and make their summers enjoyable as well. JAMIE CHADWIN, Camps for Camps [email protected] Jamie Chadwin is the owner and director of Camps For Camps, a network of instructional programs that travel to camps and organizations. He has conducted clinics and training sessions for both campers and staff at dozens of camps on the east coast, while also directing the TOP Basketball Camp. Chadwin enters his eleventh season as a head basketball coach, having spent time at both the high school and collegiate levels. Chadwin has guided teams to the NCAA Division III Tournament as well as gold medals in international tournaments. A graduate of the University of Delaware with degrees in health and physical education, Chadwin teaches physical education in addition to his coaching roles. Chadwin has more than 18 years of experience in the camping industry, formerly serving as program director at Pine Forest Camp in Greeley, PA. ALLISON CHAYUT [email protected] Allison Chayut is an organizer in NYC, who has a passion for anything related to her twin boys. She is actively involved with Manhattan Soccer Club, travel basketball, and fitness in general. Prior to her current role as crazy busy mom, Allison was the director of sales for HUGO Boss for ten years. SUSAN CHENET, Camp Wa-Klo for Girls [email protected] Susan Chenet is one of the directors at Camp Wa-Klo for Girls in New Hampshire where she has worked for 31 summers. Chenet has an MFA in playwriting from the University of New Orleans, an MA in dramatic studies from the University of London, and has presented at the ACA-National and ACA-New England conferences. Chenet took what she learned as a theatre teacher in Louisiana and infused camp with innovative programming ideas. She serves on the board of the NH Camps and is also an ACA visitor. Chenet has authored four resource books for camps and kids: Incorporating Theatre into the Camp Setting, 50 Nifty Theatre Activities for Kids, Another 50 Nifty Theatre Activities for Kids, and 101 Bunk Activities. LORILEE CHIEN, Project Morry [email protected] Lorilee Chien is currently the leadership, life skills, college, career and coach program coordinator at Project Morry. Project Morry is a long-term education and enrichment nonprofit anchored in a summer program serving six different underserved communities. With over 10 years of youth development experience, she is passionate about young people, education, access and equality. MICHAEL CLARKE, Fresh Air Fund [email protected] Michael Clarke joined The Fresh Air Fund in 1999 full time as a member of the Community Outreach Department where he was responsible for recruiting and registering 3000 plus children for Fresh Air Fund summer programs. He became the Coordinator of the Secondary Schools Connections Program in 2000. In the summers of 2002, and 2003, he served as Assistant Director of Camp Hayden-Marks Memorial and Camp Mariah, respectively. From 2004-2014 he was Director of The Career Awareness Program (Camp Mariah), and for 2013 & 2014 directed the organization’s Camp Hayden-Marks. He is currently the Director of the Fund’s Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill, NY. The Fresh Air Fund’s Sharpe Reservation is the 2,000 acre site located in the Hudson Highlands near Fishkill, NY. It is the site of the Fund’s five summer programs where 3,000 children attend during the summer, and an additional 10,000 children during the off-season. Prior to his work at The Fresh Air Fund, Mr. Clarke was a Social Studies Teacher in Northern NJ. He has been a mentor and tutor for the Canaan Baptist Church. Mr. Clarke is a graduate of Kean University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Communication and Secondary Education (History), and holds a Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in Public Policy from Long Island University. In addition, Mr. Clarke has taught SAT- Prep classes to high school students. He currently sits on the Board of Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families and is the VicePresident & Chair of the Program Committee. DAN COLGAN, Rock Paper Team, LLC [email protected] Dan Colgan is founder of Rock Paper Team—a team building company using his 20 years experience in team development. Dan worked in secondary and higher education, plus immersion experiences, bringing youth and adults together in team settings for service, educational and social experiences. Now Dan brings those experiences to provide interactive programs for leadership teams and participants to gain insights while having fun and building relationships. STEPHANIE “RUBY” COMPTON, Green River Preserve [email protected] Stephanie “Ruby” Compton is the summer camp program director at Green River Preserve. She worked previously as an experiential education teacher at Nature’s Classroom Atop Lookout Mountain and in a variety of program roles in both day and overnight YMCA camps in Nashville, TN. She is one of the hosts of the camp leadership training podcast CampCode and is a proud member of Western North Carolina EPIC. CARA CORRADETTI, Appel Farm Arts Camp [email protected] Cara Corradetti is the Assistant Camp Director at Appel Farm Arts Camp. With a decade of professional camp experience under her belt, she is excited to share her passion for the arts with all of her fellow camp crafters at TriState this season!” DEBRA CROWE, The Franklin Institute [email protected] Debra Crowe has also been with our Discovery Camp program since its earliest days and has been integral in finding new and effective ways to make camp planning, safety, and “down time” procedures beneficial to campers, parents and camp staff alike. You can usually find Deb in her cubicle protectively guarding her most up-to-date attendance sheets and allergy action plans. Be nice to Deb. She is always up to mischief, right 99% of the time, and constantly obsessing about her dog, camera, soccer team, museum and public transportation. She also has lots of LEGOs. PAUL CULFF, Asphalt Green [email protected] Paul is the Sports Director at Asphalt Green and acts as Assistant Camp Director during the summer. For over 10 years, Paul has been working with children in a variety of roles with his primary goal being to teach them valuable life lessons through sports and camp. Hailing from Australia, Paul didn’t get the traditional day camp experience since it isn’t customary over there, however he loves the environment day camp provides for children. There are too many benefits to list, including the freedom it gives children to express themselves, learn new skills, build confidence and develop new friendships. Favorite Camp Game = Switch JORDAN DALE, Surprise Lake [email protected] Jordan has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Syracuse University, where he was also class president and valedictorian. He has a law degree from Stanford and is a “retired” member of the bar in Illinois and New York. He started at SLC as a camper at age 12 and was a counselor, unit supervisor, support supervisor and division supervisor. He has now been the executive director since May, 1986. He has served on the boards of directors of The American Camp Association’s New York Section, the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Jewish Sponsored Camps, and the New York State Camp Directors Association, where he has also served as president. He is currently the chair of the New York State Children’s Camp Safety Council, to which he was appointed by the governor, and he is the past chair of the Association of Federation Camps. JEFF DALY, 3 Adventures [email protected] Jeff Daly is Director of IENA’s 3 Adventures International Camp Staff program. He has spent the past 24 years in the Camping Industry as Camper, Counselor, and Camp Director. Jeff is an established trainer and speaker, having presented and worked with young people all over the world through camping. Jeff has previously worked as Director of Camping Services with the Frost Valley YMCA. In addition he has worked with the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA, and served as Executive Director of the Kennett Area YMCA in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Jeff volunteered internationally working with at-risk youth in Africa via Global Camps Africa, as well as serving in his local community on the Board of The Garage Community Center in Kennett Square and the Longwood Rotary Club. He currently serves on the Board of Dragonfly Forest, a summer camp for children with autism and other special medical needs. Jeff lives with his wife, and two children in Kennett Square, PA. FRANK DECEMBRINO, Ambler Sports Academy & Ripkin Quickball [email protected] • Bachelor’s degree in movement studies and exercise science from East Stroudsburg University • Master’s degree in educational leadership from St. Joseph’s University • Coordinator of health, physical education at Unified Arts Cheltenham High School • Head baseball coach at Cheltenham High School (2005-2014) • Former associate scout for the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club • Honored to serve as director, coach, and manager of Suburban 1 Carpenter Cup Team SARA DEREN, Experience Camps [email protected] Sara Deren is the founder and executive director of Experience Camps, one-week camps for children who have experienced the death of a parent or sibling. She received her MBA from Columbia University, where she also met the guy (and future husband) who would inspire her to leave her corporate job and join the world of summer camp. She now combines her background in business with her love of camp to create life-changing opportunities for grieving children across the country. JON DEREN, Manitou [email protected] Jon Deren is co-owner and director of Camp Manitou in Maine, where he began as a ten year old camper, 30 years ago. Jon was a camper, counselor, and group leader at Manitou before purchasing the camp at the age of 23, with former bunkmates. In 2007, Jon co-founded Manitou Experience for Grieving Boys, now called Experience Camps, and soon after helped develop Acting Manitou for the Performing Arts. Jon has served on the Board of Directors for the American Camping Association NY/NJ Section and co-chairs the ACA NY/NJ Teen Leadership Conference. MARY LEE DINSKI, Camp Fiver [email protected] Mary Lee Dinski (Deputy Executive Director) has been with the Fiver Children’s Foundation since 2003. She holds an undergraduate degree in multi-cultural dynamics in education from Gettysburg College and a master’s in social work from Fordham University. Before joining Fiver full-time, Mary coordinated the after-school program at CAMBA, a Fiver partner organization in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Currently, Mary oversees all staff development efforts and year-round programs. TODD DISSTON, Mohawk Day Camp [email protected] I have been in transportation for 4 years, learning from a camp legend, Steve Schainman. From Wall Street to house renovations, I somehow ended up in camping, which is now my true love. BOB DITTER, Therapist [email protected] Bob Ditter is a well-respected child, adolescent and family therapist from Boston who works nationally and internationally with people who work with children. Bob is a noted camp consultant and trainer and has been quoted in The New York Times, The Ladies Home Journal, Parent Magazine, USA Today and The Boston Globe, to name a few. Sports Illustrated called him “camping’s most articulate spokesperson.” He has also appeared on the NBC Today Show, Good Morning America and the ABC Evening News. He served as consultant to America’s Camp, the camp for the children whose parents were killed in the airplanes and Twin Towers in 2001, and currently serves as Board President of Boston Explorers, an urban day camp for children. Bob continues to bring fresh perspectives and cutting edge information on brain science, child development and staff development to the best traditions of children’s summer camps. COREY DOCKSWELL, Camp Wicosuta [email protected] Corey received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Emory University and a master’s in social work from New York University. Prior to becoming co-director of Camp Wicosuta, Corey spent several years working at a coed resident camp and as an administrator of a day camp. Prior to that, she spent three years as the director of special programs for the American Camp Association’s New York Section office. 113 CAROLYN DORFMAN, Camp Walt Whitman [email protected] Prior to becoming a director, Carolyn worked as the Executive Director of the National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children’s Foundation in New York City. Carolyn spent seven years in Knoxville, Tennessee first graduating with a Master’s Degree in Sports Management from the University of Tennessee and then working as Assistant Athletic Director for the Women’s Athletic Department. Carolyn played four years of collegiate basketball at Dalhousie University where she graduated with a degree in Recreational Management. Carolyn’s prior camp experience includes working as the Director of Glencoe Day Camp and many summers coaching at basketball and volleyball camps throughout the US and Canada. Carolyn and her husband Jed are joined each summer at camp by their three children, who have been able to experience the magic of Walt Whitman every summer of their lives. HANNAH DUBIN, Han Ban Can Consulting [email protected] Hannah Dubin’s company, Han Ban Can Consulting, focuses on people problem-solving through leadership training, organizational development and facilitation. Completing her master’s degree at the University of Waterloo, Hannah studied the connection between camp and optimal learning environments. She has worked at over a dozen camps across North America holding senior camp positions and director roles, including director of leadership at Me to We, a global social enterprise steering quality youth development programs across North American, Ecuador, Nicaragua, China, Ghana, Kenya and India. As a facilitator, Hannah provides design and process support for participatory organizational change management. Recently, Hannah has been training senior camp staff teams on the skills that help peoplemanagers achieve their goals. She goes by “Hannah Banana” in the camp world, and even got married at camp! DR. ANGELA DUCKWORTH, Psychologist & Leading Researcher on GRIT Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is a leading researcher in the study of GRIT and self-control. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and a co-founder of the Character Lab. Her TED talk has received over seven million views, and she has been profiled in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic. In 2013, she was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” grant. Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a non-profit summer school for low-income children, which won the Better Government Award for the state of Massachusetts. The school was featured as a Harvard Kennedy School case study. Angela has also been a McKinsey management consultant and, for five years, a math teacher in the public schools of San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York City. Her first book, Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success, will be released in spring 2016 by Simon and Schuster. 114 KATIE DUFFY, Asphalt Green Day Camp [email protected] Katie is the Camp Director at Asphalt Green. She is looking forward to her tenth summer at Asphalt Green this year! Each year, Katie is thrilled to welcome campers to our two beautiful facilities in Manhattan. She is proud of the fantastic team that she works with to create a summer full of wonderful memories for hundreds of children. Katie loves to be a part of the American Camp Association and enjoys attending the ACA Tri-State Camp Conference every year in March. YVETTE DUKES, Oak Hall Summer Program [email protected] Yvette Dukes is a summer camp professional charged with providing day camp programming for kids ages 3–5 at the Oak Hall Summer Program. She has served in this capacity for the last 3 summers and brings over 15 years of summer programming experience. Ms. Dukes is known for utilizing exciting themes from everyday materials to bring programming to life for our youngest campers. MARC ELLIOT, Elliot Productions [email protected] Marc Elliot is an international speaker and author of the book What Makes You Tic? whose messages have reached nearly 1 million people. Despite living a life with Tourettes and an intestinal birth defect, Marc found refuge and peace in the many summers he spent at Shwayder Camp in the mountains of Colorado. His mission is now to help leaders and organizations see what’s possible in the face of adversity. ELIZABETH ENGLANDER, Bridgewater State University [email protected] Elizabeth Kandel Englander is a professor of psychology and the founder and director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University, a center which delivers programs, resources and research for the state of Massachusetts and nationwide. She is a nationally recognized researcher and expert in the areas of bullying and cyberbullying, and children’s use of technology. She was named Most Valuable Educator of 2013 by the Boston Red Sox because of her work in technological aggression and how it interacts with peer abusiveness in general. Dr. Englander was a nominee for the 2015 National Crime Victims’ Service Award and is the chair of the Cyberbullying Workgroup for the Institute of Child Development and Digital Media, collaborating with the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Englander was the special editor for cyberbullying issues of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Journal of Social Sciences, and has authored more than a hundred articles in academic journals and books. She is the author of two books: Understanding Violence and Bullying and Cyberbullying, published by Harvard Press. MARIANNE ESOLEN, LCSW, Child Champions Network [email protected] Marianne Esolen is a licensed clinical social worker and consultant with more than 20 years of professional experience working with both day and resident camps, schools and youth agencies. She is a retired camp director and remains active as staff with a number of special needs camps. As a trainer and consultant, she has expertise in the areas of program design, strategic planning, leadership, communication, crisis response, stress management, and community-building. Marianne maintains a private counseling practice on Long Island, serving children, teens and adults. She has served as a speaker for ACA, Children’s Oncology Camp Association, National Alliance for Grieving Children, New York State Education Department, New York State Health Department, United Way and Boys and Girls Club. Above all, Marianne believes first and foremost in fostering resiliency and promise in people and programs. DAWN EWING, Project Morry [email protected] Dawn Ewing is the executive director of Project Morry. Prior to joining Project Morry, Dawn worked with Amy and Morry Stein at Camp Echo Lake. She received a B.S. from the University of Maine, Orono. She is a former ACA National Board member, past chair for the Tri-State Camp Conference, currently sits on the ACA NY-NJ Board as the professional development chair, the advisory council of Sole Ryeders and Friends, the advisory board of A BroaderWay, is a member of the New York State Safety Advisory Council, an ACA standards visitor and an active volunteer for the Ben Appelbaum Foundation. REBECCA FARBER, Occupational Therapist [email protected] Rebecca Farber is an Occupational Therapist who has spent most of her career working with developmentally delayed children in the New York City public schools. Most recently she is working in an adult day care with people with visual impairments and various physical disabilities. She resides in Westchester, NY with her husband Dave, two sons, Sam and Jake and daughter, Ava. MICHELE FEIRMAN, Michael’s Mission [email protected] Michele Feirman is the Event Manager at Michael’s Mission. Michele has extensive event planning experience working in the entertainment and not-for-profit industries. Michele has managed events for numerous charitable organizations including the Melanoma Research Foundation, Voices Against Brain Cancer, Live, Love and Laugh Foundation and A Caring Hand. She is also an avid supporter of many organizations which are close to her heart, including Cycle for Survival, in which she has participated for the past four years, raising money for research into rare cancers. Michele lives on Long Island with her husband Mark, two sons, Jared and Dylan and daughter, Falyn. CATHI FISCHER, A.M. Skier Insurance [email protected] Cathi Fischer, LCSW is a family therapist who works with children, adolescents and families in a variety of settings throughout the Tri-State area. She is a clinical camp consultant, a private practitioner, as well as a social worker at a public school in New Jersey. Cathi has spent many years as a facilitator of family therapy and couples groups at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Department of Psychiatry. The primary focus of Cathi’s work with camps is to assist children and staff in supporting the social/ emotional development of children. GREGG FISHER, Gerstein Fisher [email protected] Gregg S. Fisher is the chief investment officer of Gerstein Fisher, an investment management firm he founded in 1993. Gerstein Fisher employs a quantitative, research-based investment approach that is grounded in economic theory and common sense. Mr. Fisher is responsible for the management and oversight of the firm’s investment process, including portfolio management, trading, risk control and investment strategy development. A CFA charter holder and Certified Financial Planner®, Mr. Fisher is a member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) and the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (the Q Group). Mr. Fisher holds a degree in finance from SUNY Buffalo. He currently serves as an adjunct professor teaching a graduate course in personal investment management at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. NICKI FLEISCHNER, Camp Scatico [email protected] Nicki Fleischner has never missed a summer at camp—as a camper, counselor division leader, and presently, CIT program director. She is currently a Henry MacCracken Fellow at NYU, earning her master’s in global journalism and Latin American studies. She has studied and volunteered in Cuba, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. This past summer, she led a group of 23 CITs from Camp Scatico (in New York) to the Dominican Republic to run a one-week day camp (in partnership with the Dream Project) for 70 8-to-11-year-old children who have never had a camp experience. BRYAN FLYNN, Jeff Bank [email protected] Bryan Flynn has been with Jeff Bank since 2006 holding the position of credit analyst prior to becoming the Commercial Portfolio Administrator. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce Foundation where he has held the position of Treasurer for the past seven years. He has a BS in Business Economics from SUNY Oneonta. Having lived in Sullivan County as a child, he is knowledgeable of summer camps having attended day and overnight camps growing up. JAY FRANKEL, True To Life Training, LLC [email protected] In 1999, Jay began True To Life Training out of a vision inspired by his work in corporate America, people development and theater. Today Jay leads the team of incredibly innovative educators, actors, trainers and instructional designers that make up True To Life. Their ability to illustrate and provide realistic answers to the challenges of working with children, teens, college students and adults makes their training a truly unique experience. In addition to providing training services, Jay Frankel is a highly regarded consultant to both summer camps and schools in the United States and Canada. He is responsible for leading groundbreaking institutional strengthening initiatives and start-up ventures for the Foundation for Jewish Camp, as well as providing consulting services to schools and small businesses in the areas of organizational change, staff development, leadership, performance management and customer engagement. NORMAN E. FRIEDMAN, A. M. Skier Insurance Agency [email protected] Awarded the Hedley S. Dimock Award in 2014 for his lifetime efforts focused on sexual abuse prevention. Norman, associated with the A.M.Skier Agency for the last 16 years, has assisted with their mission of abuse protection at their more than 400 camps. ROBERT LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN, Stress Solutions, Inc. [email protected] For the past 30 years, Robert Lawrence Friedman, MA, has provided his dynamic and exciting rhythm-based programs to audiences throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Drawing on his experience as a professional drummer, school teacher and entertainer, Robert has provided captivating and interactive rhythm-based programs to tens of thousands of audience members on the ability of the drum to transform, engage and delight. His programs are appropriate for children and young adults ages 3 to 19. Robert was featured on the year-long Discovery Health Channel documentary, Class of ‘75, The Morning Show on Today (NBC), NY One News, Fox News, and E Television. Mr. Friedman is the author of the books The Healing Power of the Drum and The Healing Power of the Drum - A Journey of Rhythm and Stories. He has offered his unique rhythm-based programs to such camps as Mohawk Day Camp, Coleman Country Day Camp and Park Shore Day Camp, as well as PS 5, PS 200 and to teachers of the Board of Education. Robert Lawrence Friedman is a professional member of the National Speakers Association. ELYSSA GAFFIN, Director, Young Judaea Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp [email protected] Elyssa Gaffin is the Director of Young Judaea Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp which opened in 2015. Elyssa has over 15 years’ experience as a non-profit professional, is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Master of Public Administration in Non-profit Management from Baruch College. Elyssa has a deep connection with Jewish camping, dating back to her childhood and teen years, where she spent 6 years as a Jewish summer camper (including a magical summer in Israel) and then 2 years as a counselor at Jewish summer camp. As a Program Manager at the Foundation for Jewish Camp for 5 years, she managed fellowship programs for camp staff, hired and managed faculty, supervised curriculum development and organized and directed camp staff leadership training conferences. Additionally in her career, Elyssa has taught English to young children in the Canary Islands, and has worked for the noble causes of landmine removal, improved public health in NYC, and AIDS vaccine research. Currently, Elyssa and her husband, Bryan, live in Manhattan with their children, Zavier, 9 and Lilia, 7, two very happy campers. SIMONE GAMBLE, The Brotherhood Sister Sol [email protected] Simone Gamble has earned a BA in adolescent social studies education and history from Hunter College and also her MSW in community organizing from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Simone Gamble has worked in various roles for 10 consecutive years at Camp Fiver, including camp counselor and assistant camp director. Simone Gamble currently works at the Brotherhood Sister Sol. She is one of the facilitators of the Liberation Program, which is a youth-led activism/organizing collective that is currently focused on issues of fair policing. Simone is also an active member of the East Flatbush Cop Watch Team, which is a community led group that monitors police activity and shares, “Know Your Rights” information with the local community and works to create a Cop Watch culture both locally and nationally. JARED GELB, Camp Ramaquois [email protected] Jared Gelb has worked at Camp Ramaquois, a premier day camp in the NYC northern suburbs, for the past 29 summers, where he started as a counselor and has gradually moved up to his current responsibilities. During the off-season, Jared is an assistant director at the camp, with specific responsibilities as the personnel director. During the summer months, Jared also serves as the director of the boys’ groups. In addition to his year-round camp responsibilities, Jared is also a high school teacher and department chairperson in social studies at Suffern High School in Suffern, NY. He has spoken for many years at various ACA conferences and has been hired by many camps to conduct staff training and consulting. Jared and his wife Staci are the proud parents of three children. SAM GENNAWEY, Katherine Padilla and Associates [email protected] Sam Gennawey is the author of The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney’s Dream, Universal Versus Disney: The Unofficial Guide to America’s Greatest Theme Park Rivalry, and Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City. He has also contributed to numerous books, magazines and websites. His unique point of view is generated by his passion for history, his professional training as an urban planner, and his obsession with public spaces that respect people. This interest has brought speaking invitations from Walt Disney Imagineering, the Walt Disney Family Museum, the American Planning Association, the California Preservation Foundation, the California League of Cities, Floridians for Better Transportation, and many others. He is also a frequent lecturer on college campuses. He is currently a senior associate at the planning firm of Katherine Padilla and Associates. 115 RICHIE GERSTEN, Brant Lake [email protected] Richie is a 3rd Generation Camp Owner/ Director of Brant Lake Camp. 2016 will be Brant Lake Camp’s 100th under one family’s ownership/directorship. I have a master’s degree in education from University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill and have spent every summer of my life at Brant Lake. I was a teacher/ coach for 30 years. GENE GIAMMITTORIO, Congressional Camp [email protected] Gene Giammittorio graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Resources. Gene has worked for Congressional Camp for 8 years. He is a Wilderness First Responder. Away from Congressional, Gene likes spending time with his really big family, hanging out with his friends, hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking, and basically anything else outdoors. DEBORAH GILBOA, MD, AskDoctorG.com [email protected] Dr. G (Deborah Gilboa, MD) is a youth development expert, family physician, international speaker, author, media expert and mom of four boys. A well-known figure in the North American camping community, she is the parenting expert on CBS’ Pittsburgh Today Live. Dr. G contributes regularly to Huffington Post, Your Teen magazine, Yahoo Parenting, national magazines like Real Simple, Consumer Reports, Parents and Parenting, and is seen on every major TV network. She’s been involved in summer camp for 40 of her 45 summers so far. She is the author of the book Get the Behavior You Want, Without Being the Parent You Hate. ALISSA GIRLING, Camp Winadu [email protected] Alissa Girling is the associate director at Camp Winadu in Pittsfield, MA. Alissa has been on the program committee for the Tri-State Camp Conference for several years. Alissa holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s degree in school counseling from LIU. Alissa was a K–8 guidance counselor in NJ prior to joining Camp Winadu. Alissa uses her formal education experience and years of camp experience to focus on campers and families at Winadu. JILLIAN GLICK, Camp Chaverim [email protected] Jillian Glick is currently the director of youth and camp engagement at Congregation Beth Or and Camp Chaverim outside of Philadelphia, PA. She enjoys spending her summers with preschool-aged campers and making early camping experiences ones to be remembered for a lifetime! PETER GOLDBERG, Woodmont Day Camp [email protected] Peter is a graduate of William Paterson University with a degree in business management. He continued at Montclair State to earn a Master of Education. Peter taught middle school in Fair Lawn, NJ and was named Teacher of the Year in 2011. Peter has been involved in summer camps since 1997. In 116 2002, he became a counselor in a teen travel program and later became the director of that program. After traveling for over a decade, Peter left teaching to join the Woodmont Family full-time, where he continues to coordinate their travel program, manage the office and organize their transportation. JAMES GOODGER, YMCA of Montclair [email protected] James began his camping career as an International Camp Counselor at Campus Kids, NJ. After seven years at resident camp and graduating university with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and performing arts from Warwick University in England, James enjoyed 15 years at the YMCA of Montclair in NJ serving in various roles including director of camping services. James is now the executive branch director of the South Mountain Branch of the Metro YMCA of the Oranges in NJ. As a related arts faculty member at the Montclair Community Pre-K, James has developed a preschool physical education curriculum, “Mr. James and the Magical Closet,” in which students become characters in his stories and embark on adventures that blend physical education, teamwork, group skills, communication and the dramatic. James is a frequent presenter at ACA Tri-State and at other youth-based organizations around the Tri-State Area. MARK GUTMAN, Camp Rodef Shalom [email protected] Mark Gutman is a seasoned camp professional, working at summer camps across the country for the past ten summers. He is currently the director of youth engagement and assistant camp director at Camp Rodef Shalom Day Camp in Northern Virginia. DAYNA HARDIN, Lake of the Woods [email protected] Dayna Hardin is an owner and director at Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods Camps in Michigan where approximately 1300 boys and girls attend from around the world each summer. Dayna came to Lake of the Woods as a 10 year old camper. It was her life-long dream to one day become the owner/director of “her” camp and that dream became reality in 1997. Her camps are now part of CampGroup, a company that owns 17 independently run day and sleep-away camps throughout the East Coast and Midwest, of which Dayna is also the President. Dayna is the past Vice President of the American Camp Association’s (ACA) national board where she served for 7 years. She is also the Past President of the Midwest Association of Independent Camps (MAIC). She is the cofounder and President of SCOPE Midwest, an organization that sends underserved children from the inner city of Chicago to non-for-profit overnight camps throughout the Midwest. Over the past 8 years SCOPE-Midwest has sent over 1500 children to camp through SCOPE Midwest. She has two boys Dylan (17) and Tyler (13) who love the camp experience as much as she does! JEN HARGRAVE, The Fresh Air Fund [email protected] Jen is a life-long crafter; her main hobbies include scrapbooking and knitting, but she has gone though many craft life stages, including stenciling, stained glass and embroidery. During her 10 years at a Michigan Girl Scout Camp, she was the craft specialist for many years officially and in a mentor role. Since then, she has done activities with kids and families at three different outdoor education centers. Jen has offered craft workshops at the ACA New England Conference for the past ten years as well as last year at Tri-State. BILLY HOCH, Camp Watitoh [email protected] Born on Visiting Day and raised in camp, Billy Hoch has been the year-round director of Camp Watitoh since 1989 –- having spent nearly every summer of his life at camp – first as a camper, and then as a counselor, Boys Head Counselor, and Program Director. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Billy served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx, NY before returning to camp as a full-time career. Billy has been a member of ACA-NYNJ’s Public Guidance Service Committee since 1990, and has chaired that committee from 1996-2004 and again since 2011. He has served as a Board Member and section delegate to the national conference during that time. Billy is also a past member of the Tri-State program committee and currently serves on the ACA-NYNJ’s Legislative Committee. He is President of the Western Massachusetts Camp Directors Association and Vice President of the Massachusetts Camp Association. His wife Debbie, son Joshua, and mother Sandy – all life-long campers, join him at Watitoh every summer. ANA HOMAYOUN, Green Ivy Educational Consulting, LLC [email protected] Ana Homayoun is a noted teen and millennial expert, author, speaker and educator. She is the author of That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week, The Myth of the Perfect Girl, and the forthcoming book, Social Media Wellness. She travels around the world running workshops and giving presentations about promoting overall wellness. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, ABC News, among others, and she is a frequent guest on NPR. MARK HONIGFELD, Trail’s End Camp [email protected] CMarc Honigfeld is the owner/director Trail’s End Camp in Beach Lake, PA. Marc was first introduced to the world of summer camp at age 15 when he attended Camp Twin Hills. He went on to work as a counselor at Camp Roosevelt during his summer breaks while at George Washington University. Like many, Marc loved camp but believed his camp days were over when he graduated from college. After meeting Rona, they spent their summers at camp while Marc was obtaining his Law Degree from Boston University. After a brief career in law, Marc began to work for Trail’s End. In 2008, Marc helped to create Chestnut Lake Camp in Beach Lake, PA. Marc’s dedication to the summer camp experience extends beyond the gates of Trail’s End. He has served on the Board of Directors of the New York Section of the American Camp Association, as Co-President of the Wayne County Camp Association and as Chairperson of Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education. Marc lives in New York his wife Rona and their two girls, Kylie and Mackenna. MOLLY HOTT, SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education) [email protected] Currently executive director of SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education), Molly Hott has dedicated herself to positively impacting the lives of children and staff through her 20 years of work within the camp industry. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in social relations from Lehigh University, Molly began paving her way in the camp industry by working and volunteering with the American Camp Association (ACA) in the New York office. She quickly became involved in the preparation for the Tri-State Camp Conference; this connection gave her the chance to volunteer while helping to give children from all socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunity to live and breathe summer camp. Molly then worked at Oasis Children’s Services and helped to launch, develop and direct their first Long Island day camp, Oasis on the North Shore. From there, Molly became the assistant director of Camp Matoaka in Maine. She returned to New York and became the director of and an instrumental part of the development, creation and implementation of Passport NYC at the 92nd Street Y, a residential, specialty camp for teenagers in NYC. Molly also consulted with camp professionals on effective teen programming and provided professional coaching within after school programs and summer camps for Ramapo for Children. ADAM ISSADORE, Path To Rhythm [email protected] Adam spent his childhood summers as a camper and “staff kid” at Camp Akiba in the Pocono Mountains of PA. He credits camp for impacting his life and inspiring him to pursue his passion. Adam is a professional musician, drummer, educator and facilitator. He has over fifteen years of experience teaching children at the Third Street Music School in NYC. As a performer he has toured the U.S. and Europe playing drum set with jazz, rock and hip hop artists. In 2008, Adam founded Path To Rhythm Group Drumming Programs as a way to share his passion for drumming with as many people as possible. Since that time, Path To Rhythm has worked with the most respected summer camps and has drummed with thousands of people, while inspiring countless numbers to discover drumming. MATT JACKOWITZ, Camp Walt Whitman [email protected] Matt grew up in Livingston, NJ, and has been a part of summer camps since he was 9 years old. Matt (better known as “Jacko” at camp) started his camp career at Camp Echo Lake as a camper, seasonal staff and full-time staff member. Among his numerous summer roles through the years, he served as their program director for 8 summers. Prior to starting his full-time work in 2006, Matt worked for a year as an intern at the American Camp Association’s New York office. In 2016, Matt joined the full-time team at Camp Walt Whitman as a staffing coordinator. Matt continues to stay involved with ACA in a variety of ways. He serves as a standards visitor and works on the program committee for the Tri-State CAMP Conference. Matt also works with Project Morry as a co-chair of their Dare to Dream event. He is a hopeless Mets fan who will never say no to a chipwich. ADAM JACOBS, Kids Creative [email protected] van together, the brothers officially launched Life is Good. When John is not creating inspiring content, he enjoys outdoor adventures with his family, awkward dancing and diving into the water to catch things. To inspire others to choose optimism and grow the good in their lives, Bert and John wrote Life is Good: The Book/ How to Live with Purpose and Enjoy the Ride, published by National Geographic in September 2015. John has been awarded honorary doctorates from several universities for entrepreneurship, business innovation and philanthropy. He and Life is Good have been featured on CNNMoney, CNBC’s Business Nation, ABC News’ Nightline, NBC’s The Today Show, and in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, and Men’s Health, among others. Adam founded Kids Creative with his brother Stephen in 2000. Starting as a summer camp where 12 kids wrote a play, Adam has worked to make Kids Creative a premier arts and peace education organization in New York City, bringing arts and academic programs to almost 2,000 youth annually through summer camps, after school programs and workshops. Adam has an undergraduate degree in international politics and a master’s degree in peace education, both from Columbia University. He is a sought-after thinker in the intersection of conflict resolution and the arts, giving talks and workshops at Columbia University, The University of Istanbul, Vassar College, The Peace and Justice Studies Conference and more. He holds a certificate in fundraising from Community Resource Exchange and has raised over $9 million for education programs in NYC. Bert and John are the youngest of six siblings from Needham, MA. They credit their mother as the first powerful optimist in their lives, and the inspiration for Life is Good. JAY JACOBS, TLC Family of Camps [email protected] NEIL JOHNSTON, University of Pittsburgh/Sheldon Calvary Camp [email protected] Beginning as a camper in 1962, Jay Jacobs has spent every summer since at sleep-away camp. In 1967, his parents sent him to Timber Lake Camp, where he ended up working, purchasing it when just 24-years-old in 1980. Still active as Timber Lake’s director, he has built a successful camp business that now includes three sleep-away camps, four day camps, a day school, and a philanthropic foundation. Married with two grown children, he is the founder of SCOPE and is active politically. JOHN JACOBS, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Optimist, Life is Good John Jacobs is Co-founder and Chief Creative Optimist of The Life is Good Company, which spreads the power of optimism through inspiring art, a passionate community, and groundbreaking nonprofit work. John and his brother Bert launched their business with $78 in their pockets, selling t-shirts in the streets of Boston. Today, Life is Good is a $100 million positive lifestyle brand sold by over 4,000 retailers across the US and Canada. John wrote and illustrated his first poorly spelled book at the age of five. He’s been writing and drawing ever since, graduating from the University of Massachusetts with dual degrees in English and Art. He began designing and selling T-shirts with his brother Bert during his senior year. After five years traveling in their MINDY JACOBS, Timber Lake Camp [email protected] Mindy Jacobs is the owner-director of Timber Lake Camp in Shandaken, New York. For the past 30 years, Mindy has dedicated herself to developing and fostering positive relationships with the campers, parents and staff that she works closely with. Mindy prides herself on creating special bonds and friendships with everyone in the Timber Lake Camp family. She is currently a board member of the Riley Sandler Memorial Foundation; a foundation that dedicates itself to character building programs that help children build self-esteem and confidence. Neil worked for 10 summers and 4 years full time at Sheldon Calvary Camp in Conneaut, OH. After leaving Calvary Camp in 2013, he pursued his Master of Education at the University of Pittsburgh while also working as a full time resident director through the Office of Residence Life. Neil is excited to help build a bridge between higher education and camping, and believes that there is great potential for both to help each other. GORDON JOSEY, Breezemont [email protected] Gordon Josey has more than 25 years of vast camping experience. He started working in camping the summer of 1990 as a counselor, before becoming Head Counselor and Associate Director of various camps in Pennsylvania and Maine. For the past 15 years, Gordon has been the owner/director of a prestigious overnight camp in West Virginia, Camp Twin Creeks and is now thrilled to be the owner / director of Breezemont Day Camp, bringing his enthusiasm and years of expertise to this innovative day camp. PETE KALVERT, Music Ascension [email protected] A consummate singer/songwriter, teaching artist, audio engineer, and music producer, Pete Kalvert has proven himself to be a 117 galvanizing force for music education as the founder and director of Music Ascension. Kalvert oversees music programs at Chapel Hill Academy, The Fed Cap School, Camp Echo Lake, Camp Laurel, Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods Camp, and Trail’s End Camp. In 2015, Music Ascension partnered with Newark Public Schools to bring our unique programming to underserved students through Newark. Each of these programs has been customized to serve their unique populations. Pete is a dually certified teacher of music and teacher of social studies by the State of New Jersey. ALAN KATZMAN, Social Assurity LLC [email protected] Alan Katzman is a social media education pioneer and founder of Social Assurity and Social Assurity University, the leading online social media training program for high school and college students. He has lectured extensively at high schools, colleges, fraternities and organizations around the country to educate and empower students and parents to use social media for college and career advantage. Alan’s articles have been featured in influential publications such as IvyWise, Business Insider, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the co-moderator of the popular #digcit bi-weekly Twitter chat, a presenter at the Digital Citizens Summit and a member of the advisory board of The Social Network Channel. Alan is a business and legal executive entrepreneur with background in technology and software, compliance, human resources and investigations. He went to Camp Summit from 1966–1978. JEFFREY KAUFMAN, PriceWaterhouseCooper, Retired [email protected] Jeff Kaufman is a retired partner with the accounting, tax and consulting Firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Since Jeff retired from the firm, he has continued in a consulting role for the past 4 1/2 years. Jeff has spent the past 15 years coaching and training his partners to prepare and hold effective business and sales meetings. Jeff was also a lead author of the firm’s sales methodology and the related training courses. In this role, he has trained PwC teams around the world. Last year, Jeff was assigned to Singapore, where he coached sales teams, and led training in 10 Asian countries. Jeff has also previously been a member of the Frost Valley YMCA board of directors. MATT KAUFMAN, Camp Ramaquois [email protected] Matt has spent every summer since 1984 at Ramaquois—11 as a camper, 7 as a counselor and the subsequent years in various administrative positions, including his current role as assistant director. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University. Matt’s passions at camp include program development, staff training and camper engagement. Outside of camp, Matt enjoys hiking, reading, website development and spending time with his nieces and nephew. 118 FIONA KEARNEY, Aqua Tots [email protected] Fiona Crampton Kearney and Aileen Crampton Bucciero own and operate Swim Tank, home of Aqua Tots, a swim school that currently has over 1,600 students enrolled in classes each session. Students ranging in age from 4 months to 13 years follow a uniquely designed curriculum that uses specific teaching techniques based on each child’s level and age. LAURA KELLY, The Handwork Studio [email protected] Laura Kelly has been the owner of The Handwork Studio, a kids’ needle arts, machine sewing and fashion camp, since 2001. As a niche-market camp, The Handwork Studio passes down the tradition of teaching knitting, machine sewing, embroidery and fashion to kids 5–16. Besides its own locations, THS partners with residential, day, recreational and independent school camps and The Girls Scouts. In 2015 THS was in 40 locations and 8 states. EILEEN KENNEDY-MOORE, Independent Practice [email protected] Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD is an internationally published author and Princeton, NJ psychologist specializing in children’s friendships. She is a professor for The Great Courses, serves on the advisory board for Parents Magazine, and blogs for Psychology Today. She has been a featured guest on The Today Show and other national television and radio shows and is frequently quoted in major magazines and newspapers. ARTHUR KESSLER, Ramaquois [email protected] Owner/ Director of camp Ramaquois for the last 43 years. Past Vice President of Day Camp division of New York ACA. Honored with wife Natalie by NY ACA as “Legends of Camping”. GARY KIMBALL, AMSkier Insurance [email protected] Gary Kimball has managed camp emergencies for nearly two decades and has specialized in crisis communications for 30 years. He is executive director of Camp-ALERT Network, an emergency management service offered by AMSkier Insurance for the children’s camp industry, and president of a Philadelphia-area public relations agency, Kimball Communications. He has taught communications at Muhlenberg College and DeSales University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Colby College and a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University. ADRIENNE KIMBALL, The Franklin Institute Science Museum [email protected] The Franklin Institute is the premier science center in Philadelphia, striving to inspire a passion for science and technology. With 9 years experience running the museum’s day camp, each summer I see campers grasp meaningful concepts and deepen their friendships in a hands-on, open-ended, inclusive way. We would like to share some of these tips and techniques to help all camps put the STEM back in summer in simple, engaging ways. Discovery Camp at The Franklin Institute is a coed, science-themed day camp for campers in grades PreK–9th. We run 12 weeks in the summer, during spring and winter break, and at any times schools are out. I have my BS in elementary education, with a focus on special education. Most recently, the camp has partnered with the occupational therapy department at Salus University to facilitate trainings and support for our camp staff working with kids on the autism spectrum. I have presented at the Association of Science and Technology Center’s (ASTC) annual conference, the PA Occupational Therapy Association’s (POTA) conference, and at the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network’s (NISE Net) conference. CHRISTIE KO, Fiver Children’s Foundation [email protected] Christie Ko served as a unit director and camp director before becoming the executive director of the Fiver Children’s Foundation in 2009. She holds an M.S. in social work from Columbia University and a B.A. in speech pathology from Hofstra University. Prior to joining Fiver, Christie completed two years of national service in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps in Washington, DC, and worked as a social worker in the areas of homelessness, HIV/AIDS and mental illness in New York City. Christie currently serves on the board of directors for the ACA NY-NJ and NYSCDA. STACY KOTELOV, Banner Day Camp [email protected] Stacy Schwartz Kotelov is a second generation owner and executive director of Banner Day Camp in Lake Forest, Illinois. She has been involved in camping her entire life. Although Stacy is involved in almost every aspect of camp, her primary focus is working with campers, parents and staff as well as leading Banner’s leadership team. Banner Day Camp is the premier day camp in the Midwest, serving campers, families and staff for over 50 years. MATT KROUNER, Camp Schodack [email protected] Matt is thrilled to be carrying on his family tradition as a camp director. Having grown up through the ranks at Camp Schodack - from camper to Leadership Trainee to Counselor to Head Staff Member to Assistant Director to Director – Matt knows and is involved with every aspect of camp. Matt is a licensed clinical psychologist and worked as a therapist with children, families and adults in a number of clinical settings. For his doctoral research, Matt wrote his dissertation on homesickness, becoming an expert in successful summer camp adjustment. PAUL KROUNER, Camp Schodack [email protected] Paul has spent every summer of his life at Camp Schodack since the camp was founded in 1957. He worked as kitchen manager, bunk counselor and assistant director until he and his wife, Linda, became owner/directors in 1970. After a successful career as a classroom teacher, Paul received his Doctorate in Education and became an elementary school principal and then Assistant Professor of Education at Wheaton College. In the 1970s he chose to devote himself to camping full time, and is looking forward to his 46th camp season this coming summer. Paul has served on the boards of ACA New England and the NY State Camp Directors Association, and has been a presenter at Tri-State on four previous occasions. MICHAEL LABADORF, Sobel Affiliates, a Brown & Brown Company [email protected] Fourth generation insurance broker handling the special insurance needs of children’s summer camps since the early 20th century. Former camper and camp parent with 35 years individual experience insuring summer camps and child-related risks of every type and variety across the USA. SCOTT LANTZMAN [email protected] An ACA member and Tri-State attendee since 1994, Scott Lantzman has spent his entire professional career in the world of not-forprofit Jewish day camping and is currently seeking to purchase a camp of his own. He was a member of the second graduating class of Touro Univeristy Nevada’s MS in Camp Leadership and Administration program. Scott is a former member of the ACA, NY & NJ Board and is completing his final year on the Tri-State Program Committee. An Acorn Society and VOCE member, Scott has been presenting at Tri-State since 2000. Since 2006 he has facilitated the New Director Orientation throughout the country and served on a National task force to restructure the curriculum. He is proud to have had the opportunity to share his love for camp with almost 1000 new and upcoming camp directors over the years! JANE LEDESMA, Fiver Children’s Foundation [email protected] Jane Ledesma has worked at Fiver Children’s Foundation since 2011. She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in human development. This is Jane’s second year working full-time for Fiver Children’s Foundation as the program supervisor for elementary school, providing engaging out-of-school-time activities for Fiver participants in New York City. She also provides job training skills for Fiver’s older youth during the summer and serves as Fiver’s parent liaison throughout the year. MATTHEW LEOPOLD, Northwestern Mutual [email protected] Matthew Leopold, CFP®, is a wealth management advisor with Northwestern Mutual in New York City. His practice focuses on helping individuals and small businesses achieve their financial goals. He will listen, clarify and help prioritize your goals and aspirations before developing a financial strategy designed to help you achieve your vision for the future. He grew up in the camping industry as a camper and counselor in both day and overnight camps. MICHAEL LEVINSKY, Crestwood Valley Day Camp [email protected] Mike Levinsky brings a wealth of both camp and education experience to the Tri-State Camp Conference. He has spent the last 42 consecutive summers at camp as a camper, staff member, and camp administrator. He has worked at over 11 different residential and day camps over the past 26 years, most notably as director of The Crestwood Valley Day Camp and program director for several years at both Camp White Pine and Camp Manitou, as well as other roles at Bayview Glen, Walden (New York), Tamarack, Wahanowin, Northland and Tamakwa. He has presented a variety of workshops for the Ontario Camping Association as well as staff training sessions at various camps. Mike has been a teacher for the last 20 years and is currently a faculty member at The Crestwood Lower School in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the University of Arizona where he received his BFA with a major in drama production. He later spent many years acting in Los Angeles and eventually moved back to Toronto, where he received his postgraduate degree in education. He currently lives in Toronto with his wife, Elyse; 3 children, Aidan, Justin and Lauren; as well as their Golden Doodle, Sedona. MARY ANN LEWIS, The Girl Scouts of Nothern NJ [email protected] For 8 years, Mary Ann Lewis has been the director of outdoor programs at Jockey Hollow Day Camp, owned and operated by The Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey. She has an undergraduate degree in elementary education and a certification in environmental education. During her 25 years of employment with the Girl Scouts, she has also served as the program director and environmental education specialist, developing and executing weekend nature programs at the camp for girls grades K through 12. Her passion lies in teaching children to experience and enjoy their natural surroundings, hoping to inspire them to become environmental stewards. GREGG LICHT, Elmwood Day Camp [email protected] Gregg is the director of Elmwood Day Camp. Prior to that, he was the executive director of Crossroads Diversity Program, an organization that brings teenagers from different backgrounds together and uses the arts to explore issues of diversity. Gregg is the former Program Chair of the Tri-State Camp Conference and a frequent speaker at camp and other youth development conferences. Gregg is on the board of directors of the Ben Appelbaum Foundation and Kids Creative. NATE LOMBARDI, The Groovy Projects Inc. [email protected] Nate Lombardi is a product of Pennsylvania Camps. His parents met and married at Camp Ministerium, and he was born as they were running Bear Creek Camp. Nate was a camper there until he was 17 years old. He returns annually to the reunions and keeps in touch with the family friends. 3 years ago he started The Groovy Projects after shooting an antibullying music video with Tony and Emmy Award-winner Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso. The video was featured on 20/20, and over 100 celebrities have retweeted their videos since. Nate and the volunteer staff use artistic, interactive and life-changing projects to empower the student and explore character development. The curriculum meets the students where they are at with pop culture and music and then takes them to the deeper issues. Many of the games and techniques used are from the camp and theater world. To encourage bravery, community and empathy is on the top of our list while exploring their passions. GREGORY LOVE, Abuse Prevention Systems [email protected] Gregory Love is a sexual abuse attorney with over 20 years of experience in sexual abuse litigation, consultation and crisis management. This work has led to a unique understanding of how sexual abuse risk unfolds and is prevented. Love is a partner at the Love & Norris law firm, and is the founder and director of Abuse Prevention Systems (APS) and MinistrySafe. Representative clients include the United States Olympic Committee, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, and several of the nations largest camps, private schools, churches and non-profits. APS provides training, tools and resources to protect children and those who serve them. STEPHEN MAGUIRE, Go Turnstone [email protected] Steve Maguire is a veteran in the fields of education, summer camp and organizational health. He is an award-winning educator. He has been teaching, coaching and working with schools for the past twenty years. Upon graduation from Plymouth State University in 1997, Steve began working as a middle school teacher and coach. He is a full time public school teacher with 19 + years in the classroom. 11 years ago, Steve began presenting professionally. He has facilitated trainings and consultations at over 650 organizations in the last 11 years! He is a member of the faculty for Expert Online Training, the premier online staff training resource in the world. He has been both a keynote and education session hit at every conference he’s presented. MARK MAJOR, International Sports Training Camp [email protected] Mark Major is the Director of International Sports Training Camp and Trout Lake Retreats. He has been involved in the camping industry for over 25 years and speaks locally, nationally and internationally on topics related to the camping industry. Mark is a former teacher and has served on the ACA Keystone Council of Leadership for over 10 years and has helped to organize, create and develop many of their conferences. He is also a Board Member with the Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau and is involved with PA.C.A.. He is passionate about developing sustainability in the summer camp industry and has been a pioneer of turning ISTC and TL into a sustainable summer camp business. JEFF MALLOY, Oak Hall School [email protected] Jeff Malloy has been involved in summer camping since 1980. He started with the YMCA as a camper, Leader in Training, Activity Counselor, Program Director, Day Camp Director, and eventually Associate Resident Camp Director. His career continued with the YMCA of the Palm Beaches where he spent two summers as a Branch Executive overseeing 18 day camps serving 900 kids daily. In the late 1990’s he made the switch 119 to a private independent school auxiliary programming serving at Oak Hall School in Gainesville, FL where he operates over 130 camps each summer serving 2000 kids. He also serves as the school’s Director of Athletics. Malloy is active as a speaker with the ACA and private camp conferences and enjoys the networking of friends and colleagues. Malloy is married to Samantha and Father to Emily, age 10 who is a frequent flyer in Dad’s camp programs. Go Gators! DAVE MALTER, Touro University Master’s in Camp Administration and Leadership [email protected] Dave “Professor Dave” Malter, MA is the director of the Touro University Master’s in Camp Administration and Leadership. He earned his BA in communication from James Madison University and his MA in english/writing studies from Montclair State University. Dave has been involved with camps and youth development for over twenty years as a camper, counselor, administrator, teacher and consultant. Dave grew up at Camp Discovery in New York, where he spent 8 summers as a camper and 7 summers primarily working with special needs campers. He went on to become the director of fun at Meadowbrook Country Day Camp, and after several years joined the American Camp Association’s New York professional office working on Educational opportunities. After leaving the ACA, Dave joined Pine Grove Day Camp in New Jersey as the assistant director. In addition to his work with camps, Dave is a professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. Dave’s passion is deeply rooted in providing educational content and opportunities for camp professionals at all levels. ILENE MARCUS, ISM, Consult Inc. [email protected] Ilene S. Marcus is a recognized, hands-on C-Suite Manager with a 30-year career in operations, strategic management and new business development. From summer camp to tech pioneer DoubleClick and stalwart large nonprofit organizations, Ilene has been on the front-lines and has seen it all. Serving under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Ilene spearheaded NYC’s historic welfare reform, impacting over 10,000 employees and 1.2 million residents. As adjunct faculty for 10 years at Columbia University School of Social Work, Ilene pioneered training hundreds of social workers to quantify outcomes and meet the bottom line. Ilene now heads ISM Consult, Inc., dedicated to helping leaders create environments where employees thrive personally and the business grows to benefit the entire community. Ilene mentors leaders on how to build an inspirational, kind and joyful workplace culture. As a lifelong camper, there may be spontaneous cheering. ALEXANDRA MAUTNER, Byram Hills High School [email protected] Alexandra Mautner is a senior at Byram Hills High School in New York. For the past three years, she has worked with Dr. Barry Garst at Clemson University to develop a study that evaluates the impact of summer camp on the 120 social development of teenage girls. Alex has created a survey that was distributed to teenage girls throughout the country. She will be submitting her work to the Intel Science Talent Search this November. Alex’s research was inspired by the nine summers she spent at Camp Wayne. RACHEL MAX, Shibley Day Camp [email protected] Rachel Max joined Shibley Day Camp as Director in the Fall of 2015. Since the age of three, Rachel has been attending camp. She started at a local day camp followed by overnight camp. After many years as a camper, she transitioned to the role of counselor and then leadership staff. After graduating from Penn State with a B.A. in Public Relations/ Advertising, she spent eight years working in PR. Realizing that her true passion is camp, she returned to camping in the summer position of Operations Director of a co-ed residential camp. In Fall of 2009, she joined the full-time staff of Camp Wicosuta, an all-girls overnight camp in NH. Rachel is very involved with the camping industry. She is active in the American Camp Association as she has served on the Tri-State Program planning committee and is also a standards visitor. Additionally, she has worked closely with Project Morry, a year-round youth development organization where she served as their spring event chair. GREGORY MAZARIN, Physician [email protected] Currently employed as a physician in the emergency room of Jack D. Weiler Hospital in the Bronx. I am an assistant professor of emergency medicine at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, treating both adults and children, as well as training medical residents in the emergency room. I graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with honors (1996) and was chief resident of Emergency Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (2000). I have been a physician at a sleep-away camp for over five years, where I was previously both a camper and counselor. KAREN MCCANN MCCLELLAND, Sidwell Friends School [email protected] Karen McCann McClelland has over 25 years of experience in summer programs. As director of Sidwell Summer which serves over 3200 campers annually, she coordinates the marketing, hiring, program design/implementation, and evaluation of 12 different programs. She presents annually at ACA Tri-State conference and helped establish the Independent School track. In 2006, she founded Summer Summit, a professional development event for Washington DC area summer camp professionals. LARA MCCULLOCH, READY2SPARK [email protected] A renowned, results-driven marketing expert with over 20 years as a brand consultant for multinationals like Cadbury-Adams, Unilever and Shell, Lara brings “big brand thinking” to small businesses. Her consulting firm is focused on building growth, reputation and evangelism for event companies around the world. She’s been touted as a pioneering force in the marketing revolution, founding one of the world’s first twitter communities and launching the New & Noteworthy podcast called Start Some Shift. She’s travelled throughout the world as a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, changing the way that event companies think about their brands. The culmination of Lara’s passion and experience has heralded leadership posts on numerous industry advisory boards, a monthly column for an international magazine and recognition with three national awards for dedication, spirit and leadership as well as the esteem of Industry Innovator. She graduated from Ivy Business School’s prestigious Executive Program, but it’s the title of mom that brings her the most pride. PATTY MCGEE, Gravity Goldberg, LLC [email protected] Patty McGee is a literacy consultant with Gravity Goldberg, LLC. and author of the upcoming book Feedback that Moves Writers Forward with Corwin Literacy. Patty’s passion and vision is to create learning environments where teachers and students discover their true potential and power. Patty’s favorite moments are when groups of teachers are working with students collaboratively in the classroom. She does her best literacy research by practicing on her two children, ages 9 and 15. Prior to her work as a literacy consultant, she was supervisor of professional learning in literacy with the Northern Valley Curriculum Center. Previously, Patty was a fourth grade teacher, a library media specialist, and a literacy coach. Patty received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Loyola University in Maryland, an associate school library media specialist certification through Rutgers University, and her Master of Education in teacher leadership through Montclair State University. Patty has also studied literacy and literacy coaching through Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project and Iona College. Mrs. McGee has received the Milken Educator Award (2002), worked as a consultant for Workman Publishing, Scholastic, and Corwin Press, and served on several committees for the New Jersey Department of Education. Furthermore, she has been an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and presenter at the NCTE, ASCD and Learning Forward National Conference. RONALD MCGUCKIN, Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates [email protected] Mr. McGuckin is a graduate of Duquense Law School and is the owner of Ronald V. McGuckin and Associates Law Firm, which represents child care agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has consulting agreements with child care agencies across the country. Because of his extensive expertise in the area of law affecting the child care industry, Mr. McGuckin has gained a national reputation as “The Child Care Lawyer.” Having done so for over twenty years, he continues to travel nationally and train child care professionals in a variety of issues including personnel, administration and other management and legal issues. JAMES MCRAE, Camp Michigania, Alumni Association University of Michigan [email protected] After attending The University of Michigan, James McRae pursued a career in student leadership, alumni relations and, ultimately, camping. While attending U of M, he served as an activities counselor for the summer engineering academic camps for several years. In 2001, James started his professional career with the university, which started his current 15 years of alumni relations. Along the way, James has become a resource for leadership training to students and professional staff. In his current role as associate director of Camp Michigania, James oversees the programs and seasonal staff, and has been instrumental in guiding the shifting culture of the camp. KYLE MEDEIROS, ACA NY&NJ [email protected] Before joining the American Camp Association - New York and New Jersey team, Kyle was the afterschool and summer camp coordinator for a community-based organization in New York City. Being in camping for most of his life, Kyle has a deep passion for the lessons that can only be taught at camp, and works to enhance the experience not only for campers but for parents and staff as well. With a background in music, he is always looking to bring a creative aspect to his work and personal life. He is dedicated to enhancing the summer camp experience for all and can’t wait to continue to develop and strengthen this exciting field. ALEX MELLOR, Camp Huntington [email protected] Alex Mellor is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and has been involved in Camp Huntington, a residential camp for children and adults with developmental disabilities, for 12 years. This will be her fourth summer year round, and her first as the Camp Director. Alex spends her time during the summer managing the staff and campers while also addressing the behavioral aspects of camp, increasing skill development and decreasing behaviors which may hinder the campers’ independent functioning in the community. MARK MERLIN, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Camp Towanda [email protected] Dr. Mark Merlin is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who has worked in the adult and pediatric emergency department of several hospitals. He coordinates prehospital care (EMS) for approximately half of New Jersey. Dr. Merlin works at Camp Towanda as the opening and closing week doctor and infirmary orientation leader. He will be returning to Towanda for his 5th summer. MARC MEYER, Success Academy Charter Schools [email protected] After obtaining his Ph.D. in history, Marc Meyer worked in higher education as a professor and administrator. After 20 years in the ivory tower, he was drawn to K–12 education. Marc was director of academics and head of the Ross School in East Hampton, and went on to design The School at Columbia University, subsequently becoming its first director of curriculum and research. More recently, Marc was the director of education and teacher training for The Goldie Hawn Foundation, developing and disseminating its socialemotional learning program. Marc arrived at Success Academy in early 2013 to design its first high school, and subsequently served as founding principal. He now focuses on school design and special initiatives, including Success Academy’s efforts to close the “experience gap” of underserved and low-income urban students. ROBERT LAWRENCE MEYER, CampMDs [email protected] Robert Meyer, M.D. graduated Downstate Medical School in 1995, followed by a four-year residency in emergency medicine at Jacobi Medical Center. He has worked at Montefiore Medical Center and Weiler Hospital, both in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Meyer is an associate professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and is an active teacher at the college. He is director of the fourth year elective in emergency medicine. Dr. Meyer has spent eight summers working at a sleep-away camp in Upstate New York. DAVID MILLER, Starlight [email protected] David Miller is the Owner/Director of Camp Starlight. He and his wife Allison purchased the camp in 1999 from the camp’s original owners. Prior to purchasing the Camp David was the owner of Miller Entertainment Group, a talent management company in New York City. The company represented actors appearing on Broadway and in television and film. He was also an independent film producer. David was born and raised in Newton, MA and earned a B.F.A. from New York University. ELYSE MILLER, Buckley Day Camp [email protected] Elyse A. Miller, MA, LCAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, BCPC, CLL is an assistant adjunct professor at Hofstra University in the Creative Arts Therapy Graduate Program. Ms. Miller is part of the leadership team as well as the inclusion coordinator with Buckley Day Camp. Currently, she maintains a private practice and speaks on many topics to school districts, businesses and camps for staff development. Her clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents and adults; in and out patient psychiatric; chemical dependency; burn out; foster care; eating disorders; bullying; family and couple therapy; trauma; child abuse; bereavement; autism spectrum and treatment planning. Ms. Miller is an art therapist certified supervisor and supervises professionals toward their ATR, LCAT and BC. Ms. Miller is also a board-certified professional counselor; she is a Certified Laughter Leader™ with The World Laughter Tour, Inc. and uses humor and laughter in her art therapy practice and teaching. She has also published on the topic of creative arts therapy and hope. BO MITCHELL, 911 Consulting [email protected] Bo Mitchell was police commissioner of Wilton, CT for 16 years. He retired in February 2001 to found 911 Consulting, which creates emergency, disaster recovery, business continuity, crisis communications and pandemic plans, plus training and exercises for organizations like GE HQ, Hyatt HQ, MasterCard HQ, four colleges and universities plus 25 secondary schools. He serves clients headquartered from Boston to LA, working in their facilities from London to San Francisco. Bo has earned 20 certifications in homeland security, emergency management, disaster recovery, business continuity, safety and security. He also serves as an expert in landmark court cases nationally. JENNIFER MOOREHEAD, Science Explorers, Inc. [email protected] As Founder and current CEO of Science Explorers, Inc., Jennifer Moorehead aka Jupiter Jen, started her business in the garage of her family home when her children were 4, 8 and 10. She started with 17 after-school science clubs and has grown Science Explorers into 300+ locations today offering after-school programs, summer camps and on-site field trips. She has conducted various inquiry based science programs throughout the United States and Europe over the last 17 years with programs in Italy, England, Spain and Croatia. She has stayed true to her mission to educate, empower and get families excited about science. The company motto is “If it’s not fun, we’re not doing it”, and “Jupiter Jen” lives that motto every day. “Jupiter Jen” has received many accolades including the “Making a Difference” award through the Technology Council of Central PA with Science Explorers and has been nominated for “Educator of the Year”. ELENA MORGAN, Girl Scouts of Northern NJ [email protected] Elena Morgan has dedicated her career to helping children connect to the outdoors. Since earning her master’s degree in environmental education, she has worked at various nonprofit organizations such as the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Adler Planetarium, and the Boys’ Club of New York. In her current position, she directs Lake Rickabear Day Camp and provides year-round outdoor programs to girls throughout northern New Jersey. MERYL MOSACK, M Squared Marketing [email protected] Meryl has been training and coaching organizations and individuals in the areas of sales, marketing and business development skills almost since the beginning of her career. She has conducted conference training sessions on both local and national levels for the publishing, real estate and camp industries. Her strong background in sales and marketing, coupled with her dynamic and entertaining approach to content delivery will leave audience members both informed and empowered. No matter your position or level of experience, you will walk away from her sessions with new and valuable skills. Born and raised in New York City, Meryl grew up attending summer camps, was a counselor at a sleep-away camp during college and is now a proud “camp mom,” sending her two kids off for fun every summer! 121 CHARLES “BUDDY” MUHLER, The Franklin Institute [email protected] Charles “Buddy” Muhler is a museum educator currently working as the Discovery Camp Programs Supervisor at The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. Buddy began as a Discovery Camp camper and worked his way up through the ranks as a CIT, Counselor, curriculum creator and all-around camp legend. For the past 16 years, he has inspired young scientists through live science shows, dramatic demonstrations, and camp’s coolest beard. Buddy’s love for hands on science has influenced his creative approach to camp planning and inspired a whole new future generation of passionate science learners. ZACHARY MURAL, Minnieland Academy [email protected] Zachary Mural, Ph.D. has over twenty years of youth development experience having worked as a day and resident camp administrator, counselor, YMCA branch director and multi-site program supervisor. Zach has an MA in youth development and a Ph.D. in educational psychology and educational technology. In addition to consulting and training, Zach is the vice president of education for Minnieland Academy, an Expert Online Training faculty member, and columnist for Park and Rec Business Magazine. JEFF MUSHKIN, SPARK & Sportime [email protected] Jeff Mushkin has a bachelor’s degree in physical education, a master’s degree in public health, and over 20 years of experience in physical education, health and nutrition. Jeff currently serves as the director of development for SPARK Programs and lives in Louisville, KY. Among his many roles, Jeff oversees the development of SPARK curriculum, websites, professional development workshops and physical education resources for teachers. Jeff is also an elite trainer and presenter for SPARK’s workshops, conferences and monthly webinars. He enjoys working with SPARK as it helps him achieve his career goals for promoting healthy lifestyles and improving physical activity opportunities for children. ROBERT NAPULI, Mohawk Day Camp [email protected] Coordinator of the New York City area transportation for over for 5 years. JESSICA NEGLIA, Riegel Ridge Summer Camp [email protected] Jessica Neglia is the parks & recreation director for Holland Township, NJ. In her five years serving the community, she has turned a small summer rec program into a large and thriving ACA-accredited summer camp. The Riegel Ridge Summer Camp is a place for children to learn and grow and, of course, have FUN. Jessica’s background is in fitness and wellness programming and has found the transition into recreation fulfilling. She is the director of the Riegel Ridge Community Center, where she runs a fitness center, a seasonal outdoor pool, a summer camp and programs for the community. 122 MARK NEWFIELD, Iroquois Springs [email protected] Mark Newfield has been the owner and director of Iroquois Springs, a coed resident camp located in upstate New York, since 2001. Iroquois Springs serves children for either three or six week sessions. Iroquois Springs also serves as a conference and retreat center throughout the spring and fall seasons. Mark is currently the owner of several other camp programs and youth sports facilities, including Breezemont Day Camp in Armonk, NY, Coastal Sports in Long Island and New Jersey, and Coastal Soccer on Long Island. Prior to purchasing Iroquois Springs, Mark was the executive director at Camp Poyntelle-Lewis Village, a coed residential camp. In addition to his work at Iroquois Springs, Mark Newfield has held several positions on the board of directors for the American Camp Association New York section and has chaired committees including EPIC (Emerging Professionals in Camping), Resident Camp Conference, and the Morry Stein Fall Management Conference. Lastly, he has been a mentor for the last two Incubator Camp programs sponsored by the Foundation for Jewish Camp, successfully helping Passport NYC and the JCC Maccabi Sports Camp get started. JENNIFER NUPP, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs at the Department of State Policy Analyst, Office of Policy & Program Support – Jennifer manages the regulatory and category review processes for Private Sector Exchange. KAREN OFFITZER, Camp Schodack [email protected] Karen Offitzer grew up at sleep-away camp and joined Schodack as a bunk counselor, Group Leader, Color War General, and Girls Head Counselor while completing her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and then her Master’s degree in Public Administration from NYU and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. After several years as a professional writer and university professor, she returned to Schodack with her two children to work yearround as Assistant Director, focusing her energies on the happiness and safety of each and every camper. DAN O’NEIL, Congressional Camp [email protected] Dan is the Director for Congressional Camp in Falls Church, VA. Prior to his work at Congressional, Dan spent 6 years in the classroom and started his own tour and travel company based out of Washington DC. Dan also currently serves on the ACA Virginias Leadership Council. This will be Dan’s 13th summer with Congressional and 5th as Director. JAKE PACKARD, First Take Video [email protected] I am a Harvard graduate, a member of SAG, AFTRA, NABET, and IA. I founded First Take Video in 1983 at the beginning of the home video revolution, and have evolved professionally with all the changes brought about through digital technology. I have been producing camp videos for over 30 years, and have spoken at ACA National Conferences and the Tri-State Camp Conference many times in the past. I am delighted to bring my particular expertise in this genre to the Tri-State this March, 2016, to assist all camp professionals in the challenging field of video content via internet application in the 21st century. MIKE PERLOW, Perlow Productions, LLC [email protected] Mike Perlow is the president and founder of Perlow Productions, a video production company based just outside of Philadelphia. Perlow spent more than 15 years as a TV sportscaster before turning his television production talents into the foundation for a video production company. Perlow Productions creates sales/marketing videos for businesses, agencies, nonprofit organizations and a growing number of resident and day camps, including Camp Echo Lake, Camp Wicosuta, Camp Judaea, Camp Eagle Hill, Camp JRF, Breezemont Day Camp and JCC Camps at Medford. Camps turn to Perlow Productions when they want a video as amazing and unique as their camp! DEENA F. PINCKNEY-COOPER, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs at the Department of State. [email protected] Program Analyst with the Office of Designation, Private Sector Exchanges, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs at the Department of State. Deena’s portfolio consists of managing the J-1 nonimmigrant visa SWT & CC portfolios to include the Australia-New Zealand Program. Previously, Deena managed the J-1 Visa Intern portfolio with special programming with the Korea Work, English, Study, and Travel (WEST), the Intern Irish, Work, and Travel (IWT), and U.S-Mexico Intern programs, while ensuring conformance to 22 CFR 62 and the health, safety, and welfare of the participants. JONATHAN PLUCKER, Johns Hopkins University [email protected] Prof. Jonathan Plucker is the Julian C. Stanley Endowed Professor of Talent Development at Johns Hopkins University, where he works in the School of Education and Center for Talented Youth. Previously, he was Raymond Neag Endowed Professor of Education at the University of Connecticut and Professor of Educational Psychology and Cognitive Science at Indiana University, where he was the founding director of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy. He graduated with the B.S. in chemistry education and M.A. in educational psychology from the University of Connecticut, then after briefly teaching at an elementary school in New York, received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Virginia. His research examines education policy and talent development, with over 200 publications to his credit. Recent work includes a research collaboration with the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and studies of creative and affective assessment. His books include Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education with Carolyn Callahan, Intelligence 101 with Amber Esping, and Essentials of Creativity Assessment with James Kaufman and John Baer. His work defining and studying excellence gaps (http://cepa. uconn.edu/mindthegap) is part of a larger effort to reorient policymakers’ thinking about how best to promote success and high achievement for all children. Prof. Plucker has worked on projects involving educators, schools, and students in all 50 states and several other countries. He is an APA and AAAS Fellow and recipient of the 2012 Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement from APA and 2013 Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children. ANDY PRITIKIN, Liberty Lake Day Camp [email protected] Andy Pritikin is the owner/operator/founder of Liberty Lake Day Camp in NJ, and a founding partner at Everwood Day Camp in MA. Andy was a professional musician and a tenured music teacher who has worked in the summer camp industry alongside mentors Ben Appelbaum, Skip Vichness, Jeff Ackerman and Jay Jacobs before starting Liberty Lake. He is a longstanding board member of ACA-NY/NJ, as well as the former Tri-State Camp Program and Conference chair, Professional Development chair, and currently the reigning president. Andy is a founder and former president of the New Jersey Camps Government Affairs Project, an organization created to protect the interests of all NJ summer camps, and has become a national model for advocacy. Andy consulted with two successful camps for the Foundation of Jewish Camps’ Incubator Program, is a board member of his local Chamber of Commerce, an active supporter of Project Morry and SCOPE, and created the Liberty Lake Foundation to support children in the areas local to Liberty Lake. In 2013, Andy was named the NJ Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Man of the Year. Andy has two teenage children and a wonderful wife, Jill, who enables Andy to do all. MATT PULEWITZ, 10 for 2 Training [email protected] Dr. Matt Pulewitz is a clinical psychologist in private practice for over 16 years. He is an expert in family and group dynamics, providing therapeutic services for all family members (childhood/teens, parenting, family therapy as well as marital/couples counseling). Dr. Matt takes his expertise and shares it with the camping community. He provides training for both sleep-away and day camp staff with regards to effectively motivating and managing children, creating environments of positive reinforcement, leadership development, bully reduction, and proper expectations for different developmental stages as well as different gender concerns. Dr. Matt also provides ongoing consultation while camp is in session for camp staff to address specific issues and challenges that may arise during the summer season. PEDRO RAICOVICH, Asphalt Green [email protected] Pedro is the Associate Sports Director at Asphalt Green and has played a role in the Summer Day Camp program for 8 years. During the summer months, Pedro’s main emphasis has been on the operation and logistics of the Senior Camp. Planning overnight trips, special activities and day trip adventures occupies much of his time, but you can bet that he always makes time to interact and play with the campers. Though he has been with the program for nearly a decade, he acknowledges that every summer comes with new experiences, challenges and triumphs. “First and foremost, camp is meant to be a memorable, life-changing experience for the kids. Pedro feeds off of that prospect and in turn finds that the summer is equally important for him, personally and professionally” SCOTT RALLS, Southwoods [email protected] Scott Ralls is the husband to Andrea Ralls and the father of Emma, Sydney and Bailey. What he call the very best part of his life! Scott is the Founder/Owner/Director of Southwoods, a co-ed residential camp in Upstate New York. Along with Andrea, his wife, they also own Summer Trail Day Camp and Summer Trails Baseball Camp both in Westchester, NY. In addition to these private ventures, Scott is an original Founding Board Member of Project Morry, having served as President, Treasurer and the Co-Chair of a Six Million Dollar capital campaign. Scott has also founded the Donna Kaye Smith Scholarship Fund which provides college scholarships for those in need. For the last 30 plus years, Scott has dedicated his professional life to the camp industry. Scott began his ACA service as the Operations Chair of the Tri State Camping Conference and was part of the Steering Committee that Moved the Conference to NYC then AC. Over the last 30 years, Scott has sat on three different ACA Executive Director Search Committees Chairing two of these. He has served on the ACA NY Executive Board as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President for Resident Camping and was part of the Strategic Planning Committee that changed the organizational structure of the NY ACA board. He negotiated the existing affiliate agreement between ACA NY/NJ and the National ACA organization in addition to the merger of the NY and NJ sections. Scott is the Recent Past President of the ACA NY/NJ Board of Directors. Scott has sat on numerous national committees, the national leadership committee, and is currently the Chair of the Leadership Development and Awards Committee for ACA NY/NJ. MITCH REITER, Camp Towanda [email protected] Mitch Reiter has been the owner and director of Camp Towanda in Honesdale, PA for 27 years. Mitch is also the president of SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education). He served on the Tri-State steering committee for several years and is currently on the ACA-NY board of directors. STEPHANIE REITER, Towanda [email protected] Stephanie Reiter has been Co-Director of Camp Towanda with her husband, Mitch for 27 years. When not at camp, Stephanie is a talented artist encompassing painting, sculpture, collage and ceramics. KENDALL RICHARDS, Success Academy High School [email protected] Dr. Kendall Richards has been working in education for over 15 years, and is currently the Senior Dean of Scholars at Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts. Dr. Richards received his B.A. in sociology from SUNY Stony Brook and went on to complete a Masters of Social Work and obtained his NY State Licence in Social Work (LMSW) certification. Richards received his Ph.D. in education at Walden University. After a career in social work, Kendall began a “second career” in education, working in a number of New York school districts as a teacher, social worker, and conflict resolution coordinator. After school hours, Kendall is often found coaching both girls and boys basketball. GLO RODRIGUEZ, Fiver Children’s Foundation [email protected] Glorivette Rodriguez started working for the Fiver Children’s Foundation in 2012 as their college access counselor. At camp, Glorivette facilitates a class for rising high school seniors where students create a college list, begin their personal statement and prepare for the college process in the fall. Throughout the school year, Glorivette helps participants navigate the college process through one-on-one counseling and monthly group workshops. SCOTT ROSENBLUTH, Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge [email protected] Scott Rosenbluth is the assistant director at Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge, a brother/ sister camp located in Northeast Pennsylvania. He brings nearly eighteen years of camp experience as a camper, CIT, group leader, program coodinator and now a director. After passing the torch of his youth marketing firm, which he founded back in 2009, Scott launched CM in 2015, a management firm accelerating the growth of startups across the country and the world. Scott has been a volunteer with the American Camp Association NY and NJ for many years, serving as the program chair for Camp Games For A Cause and an active member of EPIC (Emerging Professionals in Camping). PETER ROSS, 829 Studios [email protected] Peter is the owner of an overnight summer camp in New England as well as a camp-focused marketing firm called 829 Studios. He works with several private camps, helping to improve their websites, marketing materials, social media and business strategy. He has spoken at ACA Tri-State, CampMinder Camp, and several other ACA conferences. Remarkably, they keep inviting him back. BRIAN SABER, Asking Matters [email protected] Brian Saber is president of Asking Matters, home of the Asking Styles. Brian has been a frontline fundraiser, nonprofit executive and consultant for 30 years and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars by personally soliciting thousands of donors, coming to understand the art of the ask in a way that few people do. Because of his remarkable experience in asking, Brian has been able to break down the process of asking to its fundamental components, making simple what for many seems daunting. He knows how to persist through his own anxieties, remembering again and again that his success as a fundraiser makes a corner of the world a better place. Brian has worked in social service, education and the arts, raising money for his alma mater, Brandeis University; Northwestern University Settlement; and The Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation, among 123 others. He is currently a consultant to various organizations around the country and presents, trains and writes on fundraising and the art of the ask. CAT SANGSTER, Camp Wawenock [email protected] Catriona “Cat” Logan Sangster, together with her husband, Andy, directs Camp Wawenock, a full season residential girls’ camp on Sebago Lake in Maine. Prior to coming to Wawenock in 2005, Cat worked as Group Leader, Program Director, Girls’ Head Counselor and Assistant Director at Indian Head Camp in Honesdale, PA. Cat is very involved in Maine Summer Camps as a Board member, Chair of the Education Committee and President Elect. She is also an ACA Standards visitor, and was co-chair of the Tri-State Program Committee before moving to Maine. Perhaps the way Cat has gained the greatest hands on experience with girls is navigating the ins and outs of raising two daughters, who are now both teenagers in high school! LONNIE SARNELL, Metropolitan Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Tyler Hill Camp [email protected] Lonnie Sarnell, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Metropolitan Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in New York City. Dr. Sarnell specializes in cognitive behavior therapy for the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents and adults. She also specializes in sport psychology and provides presentations and consultation to individuals and teams related to performance enhancement and personal concerns. Dr. Sarnell received her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from La Salle University after earning her B.A. in psychology at Yale University. She completed an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Delaware’s Center for Counseling and Student Development, where she provided outreach presentations on topics such as mindfulness. Dr. Sarnell has spent 13 summers working at Tyler Hill Camp in various roles, including lacrosse director, athletic director, division leader and her current position as the girls’ head counselor. KEN SCHAINMAN, Mohawk Day Camp [email protected] Ken is the former Director of Mohawk Day Camp in White Plains, NY, where he led a camp of more than 1000 campers for nine years. Ken also spent two years as founder and Director of SummerQuest Day Camp in Bedford, NY. He is a former ACA-NYNJ Board Member, and has a BA and MBA from Duke University. JASON SEBELL, Kenwood & Evergreen [email protected] Jason decided to make Kenwood & Evergreen his career when he was eight years old. After graduating from Colgate University with degrees in sociology and anthropology, Jason worked for a short time as a scuba instructor in paradise, and then began to work full-time for Camp Kenwood & Evergreen. As a director, Jason helps introduce families to the Kenwood & Evergreen community through phone calls, summer tours and off-season home visits. He 124 manages the K&E website and all social media platforms, and produces their many forms of marketing and communication materials. Jason has been a featured speaker at regional and national camping educational conferences for the past 14 years and is a standards visitor for the American Camp Association. He is the lead singer and guitar player in a bluegrass band and is also the producer of a successful reality show called The Jack & Max Show. ASHLEY SEDEROFF, Camp Walden [email protected] Ashley Sederoff has been working at Camp Walden since 1999. In addition to working for Walden year-round she also works in the psychology department for the Toronto District School Board. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She also holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Developmental Psychology from York University. As Girls Head Counselor, Ashley works closely with the staff and campers to ensure everyone has a safe, happy, and successful summer. She brings a tremendous amount of experience and leadership to the camp setting. JOEL SHAPIRO, Camp Ramaquois [email protected] Joel Shapiro has spent practically his entire life at private summer day camp. He was a camper for 8 summers at Town and Country Day Camp, and then spent the next 56 summers at Blue Rill Day Camp, where he rose through the ranks to become the director of the camp. Currently, Joel has just completed his 3rd summer as Director of Specialty Activities at Camp Ramaquois, where he oversees all of the specialties and specialists. Joel holds a BA, an MS, and a post-graduate degree in Educational Administration and Supervision. NANCY SHENKER, theONswitch [email protected] Nancy A. Shenker is a camp marketing veteran and innovator, with 10+ years’ experience developing breakthrough programs for day, overnight, teen and year-round programs. She has worked with 50+ camps on branding, marketing and social media initiatives and the ACA (national and regional) on marketing/ training programs. The founder and CEO of theONswitch marketing and a blogger for the Huffington Post (as well as a camp mom), she writes for Camping Magazine and business/ consumer publications. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, New York University’s Graduate Publishing Program and Kellogg’s Executive Communications Program at Northwestern University. ALAN SILVERMAN, Moshava [email protected] Alan has dedicated his life to education. As the Moshava Camp Director for the last 31 years, Alan devotes all his energy to the detail that makes Moshava what it is today. Alan served as a teacher of Science and Math and as the Assistant Principal of General Studies at SAR Academy in Riverdale NY, with degrees in Education and Science Education. Alan infuses Camp Moshava with his passion for Judaism, Zionism and his love of educating campers. He believes wholeheartedly that “people have infinite value,” never failing to recognize the potential in each camper and staff member. JAMIE SIMON, Landon Summer [email protected] Jamie Simon has been immersed in the world of summer camps since she was a child, as a camper, counselor and director. After earning a master’s degree in education and teaching in both public and private schools for numerous years, she served as the camp director at Browne Summer Camp in Alexandria, VA and is currently the camp director at Landon Summer in Bethesda, MD. She also founded Jamie Simon Consulting, which is the result of many years of hard work and a true love of the summer camp experience. ALLISON SLATER TATE, www.allisonslatertate.com [email protected] Allison Slater Tate is a freelance writer, editor and mother of four children (three of whom are summer camp devotees). Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, The Mid, Scary Mommy, and Brain, Child Magazine, as well as on her eponymous website. JOANNA WARREN SMITH, Camp Consulting Services [email protected] Joanna has visited hundreds of camps and has acquired a unique industry perspective on the best business practices. Through individualized strategies, she has enabled new camps to develop, assisted troubled businesses in their efforts to survive and has been instrumental in the continuing success of established operations. Ongoing focus groups with children, teens and parents have enabled Joanna to understand their expectations of camp and what motivates families to inquire, purchase and return. JOHN SMITH, FlagHouse [email protected] John L. Smith, 1989 NASPE National Physical Education Teacher of the Year, 2005 NFHS National High School Basketball Coach of the Year. Over 300 National Presentations. Graduate of Montclair State University. BA, MA. Author of The 60 Second Countdown activity book. 25 years recreation experience in Glen Rock NJ. 40 Years teaching experience. Presenter in 45 states. MATTHEW SMITH, Longacre Camp [email protected] Matt is a director at Longacre Camp, a leadership camp for teens in Pennsylvania. Matt is a co-leader of ACA’s Raise the Bar, an initiative to help camps measure outcomes. CRICKET SNEARING, Sesame/ Rockwood Camps [email protected] Cricket is currently administrative director and Rockwood Adventures teen travel director at Sesame/Rockwood Day Camps in Blue Bell, PA. Her over 30 years of camp experience includes counselor, program director, arts & crafts director and camp director at various Girl Scout and private camps. She is a past board member of NYSCDA and NJ Section of ACA, and an ACA member for 31 years. Cricket was a Tri-State Award winner from Keystone and NJ Sections and a presenter at National, Regional, various section meetings and the Tri-State Camp Conference for the past 25 years. She has been a member of the Tri-State steering committee for the first 9 years, a program committee member for many years and has attended all of the past Tri-State Camp Conferences. Cricket received a Bachelor in Art Education from Indiana University. Her special camp and training interests include crafts and programming—particularly special events. Cricket’s hobbies and interests include crafts, candy-making, painting funky furniture and doing volunteer work. MARIE S.A. SORENSEN, AIA, Sorensen Partners | Architects + Planners, Inc. [email protected] Marie is an accomplished architect of learning spaces and writes about education and long-term facility planning for ArchitectureBoston Magazine. Her approach is to bring distinctiveness to buildings, landscapes and site design to help camps stand out from the crowd and to solidify campers’ growth in unforgettable places that they look forward to returning to year after year. Marie offers a broad perspective on education—from new ideas like “Maker Spaces” (unstructured labs for campers to make printed 3D models and develop robotics), to time-tested strategies for rugged low-maintenance facility design. A graduate of Yale and the University of California, Berkeley, Marie attended camp every year of her childhood following 6th grade and taught photography at Belvoir Terrace Camp (Lenox, MA) and environmental science at Darien Nature Center Summer Camp (Darien, CT) during and after college. She is an outdoor athlete, frequent traveler, professor and commissioned artist. In 2015, she was nominated for the American Institute of Architects’ Young Architects Award for her industry leadership and breakthrough thinking about making places memorable. AMY STAUB, ExeclComm [email protected] Amy Staub is a corporate trainer for Exec|Comm, a communication skills consulting firm based in mid-town Manhattan. She lives in New York City with her husband, Brian; and two boys, Charlie (9) and Oliver (6). Amy fondly recalls her summer camp experiences and stays in touch with her “camp friends” from her first sleep-away experience in 1984 at Camp Kendale, as well as her friends from Camp Tevya, where she happily returned to for five summers after Camp Kendale closed down. Amy has emailed with her Camp Tevya bunkmates every day since 1996! ERIC STEIN, Eswebmarketing [email protected] Eric Stein grew up in camping, and his entire family remains in the industry. His digital marketing agency serves more than a dozen camps nationally, focusing on search marketing and analytics. He has spoken at camp conferences on these topics for some years. TONY STEIN, Echo Lake [email protected] Tony grew up at summer camp and is a 3rd generation owner/director of Camp Echo Lake in Warrensburg, NY. In addition to his work at Echo Lake, Tony has been involved in the acquisition, start-up, ongoing operations and sale of a number of camps and youth recreation businesses. Tony is the past president of the New York Section of the American Camp Association and serves on the board of Project Morry, a not-for-profit children’s organization based in New York. HEINRICH STRAUCH, Jeff Bank [email protected] Heinrich Strauch joined Jeff Bank in January 2015 as a Commercial Loan Officer. Previously, he helped launch the Liberty Community Development Corporation and became its first executive director from 2005 to 2014. Earlier employers include MasterCard and Deutsche Bank. He has a BA in business administration from Hamburg University and a MSc. in European studies from the London School of Economics. A transplant from Germany, Heinrich has been a full-time resident of New York’s Sullivan County for 10+ years and lives in Jeffersonville. Business calls aside, he has never been to camp and feels like he missed out. BLAKE SUNSHINE, Social Summer Camp [email protected] Blake Sunshine spent over three years at Facebook helping brands meet their business objectives with social media. Combining that experience with memories and lessons learned from ten summers at camp, Blake has put together a comprehensive social media program to help summer camps reach new campers and increase revenue. Blake currently consults with over 40 summer camps regarding their social media programs. ROBYN TANNE, Harbor Haven [email protected] Robyn Tanne has been a special educator since 1977, working on both the elementary and middle school levels. Her undergraduate degree was from Boston University, while graduate work was done at American University. Robyn taught in Maryland as well as in several New Jersey school districts. After many years as a teacher in a self-contained classroom and as an inclusion teacher, Robyn then worked as a transition coordinator on a child study team. During the summers, Robyn maintained her love of camp by working as a supervisor and administrator at Harbor Hills Day Camp. In 1996, Robyn, along with Skip Vichness, former director of Harbor Hills, decided to create a unique summer program environment for children with mild special needs. Harbor Haven was born in the summer of 1996 and opened in the summer of 1997. The summer of 2016 will mark Harbor Haven’s 20th summer! Having retired from teaching, Robyn spends all of the off-season time developing new programming and hiring and training staff for each wonderful summer as well as communicating with camp families and meeting with new families. MARGARET TANTILLO, Harvest Development Group [email protected] Margaret brings over twenty years of experience and proven success in nonprofit management. Her employment includes a senior leadership position for an organization with over 65,000 members and an 11 million dollar budget. Her experience includes strategic planning, program management, fundraising and board relations. She also brings extensive experience in the field of camping. Her camping experience includes: aquatics, outdoor education, leadership development and camp management with both the Girl Scouts and YMCA. Margaret is currently an ACA visitor. In the summer of 2014, she provided consulting services for ACA - New England, which consisted of conducting observations at eighteen summer camps and consolidating qualitative and quantitative information to summarize strengths and weaknesses of camp programming and operations, as well as making recommendations for positive changes. NICK TEICH, Camp Aranu’tiq of Harbor Camps [email protected] Nick Teich founded Camp Aranu’tiq of Harbor Camps in 2009 as the world’s first overnight summer camp for transgender youth. He is the CEO and director of the camp, which has multi-week sessions in New Hampshire and California. In 2015, Aranu’tiq served nearly 500 campers. Nick is the author of Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue (Columbia Univ Press). Nick also is a PhD candidate at Brandeis University. He lives with his wife and two dogs in the Boston area when not at camp. DR. CHRIS THURBER, CampSpirit & Phillips Exeter Academy [email protected] Dr. Christopher Thurber is devoted to educating leaders. His innovative content is designed to stir thinking about best practices at camps, schools and corporations. Chris serves as a psychologist and instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy and is the co-founder of Expert Online Training. He has been invited to deliver keynotes and workshops on four continents and has appeared on national television, radio and worldwide print media. A proud father of two boys, Chris and his wife Simonida, a chemist, live in New Hampshire. Learn more about Chris on CampSpirit.com and on ExpertOnlineTraining.com. MARK TRANSPORT, Camp Taconic [email protected] Mark is an owner/director at Camp Taconic in Massachusetts and at Crestwood Country Day Camp on Long Island. He has been connected to the industry for over 40 years, starting as a camper in 1965. In addition to the two facilities he directs, Mark is a partner in two other overnight camps in Upstate New York. For the past seven years, he has done some consulting on camp sales and facility planning as well. Graduating from NYU College of Dentistry in 1981, he spent 26 years as a general dentist before selling his practice in 2007. Mark is on the board of A BroaderWay, which includes a theater camp for inner city girls. 125 FELIX URRUTIA, Hands In 4 Youth [email protected] Felix A. Urrutia Jr. is a graduate of SUNY Empire State College and CUNY’s Hunter College, where he earned a Master of Science in urban affairs and completed the Executive Management Program at Columbia University’s School of Business, Institute for Not-for-Profit Management. Before joining Hands In 4 Youth (formally Vacamas) in September of 2013, he held executive director positions at Bronx Health Link and the NYC Police Athletic League, and has 24 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and government sectors, with 18 years of start-up and change-management expertise. CAMARIN WANAMAKER, ACTIVE Network [email protected] Camarin Wanamaker has been enabling camp success for the past 8 years through a variety of customer-facing roles—from camps support manager to sr. account manager, and now strategic business manager for the marketing team. As a former camper and mother of 3 very active kids, the power of camp is near and dear to her heart. When not researching consumer buying habits and presenting at the ACA conferences, Camarin can normally be found cooking with two toddlers beneath her feet, at her daughter’s dance studio or strolling through Target with a latte. LISA WAUGH, Sidwell Friends School [email protected] Lisa Waugh, Assistant Director of Auxiliary Programs at Sidwell Friends School, spends the school year coordinating the Lower School AfterCare and SPARC enrichment program as well as leading the marketing efforts for Sidwell Summer. During the summer, she directs the Kaleidoscope day camp and oversees all programs on our Bethesda Campus. Hailing from North Carolina, Lisa has her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem and her Master’s degree in Art History and Visual Culture from Richmond University in London, UK. DAN WEIR, Frost Valley YMCA [email protected] Dan Weir has 19 summers working at Frost Valley YMCA under his belt. As director of camping services, Dan oversees over 300 staff and the 2,500 campers who attend Frost Valley’s overnight summer camp programs each year. He holds a master’s degree from Stony Brook University specializing in youth development and a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in psychology. Dan sits on the New York State Camp Directors Association Board and the American Camp Association NY-NJ’s Board. Dan is a lead visitor for the American Camp Association. Over the past several years, he has worked extensively on the Northeast YMCA Camp Conference and Tri-State Camp Conference. Dan has spoken at numerous conferences on youth development and summer camp. He is a frequent guest on the podcast CampHacker.TV. Dan also enjoys a good dad joke. You can follow him at @danlovescamp and danlovescamp.com. 126 RUTH ANN WEISS, Eagles Landing Day Camp [email protected] I have been a camp director for the past 12 years. I worked in camps prior to that in many different capacities. I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology. My past employment has been as a kindergarten teacher and a corporate trainer for a national clothing company. ELANOR WILLIAMS, The Handwork Studio [email protected] Elanor has been crafting and working with kids since she was one herself. She has skills in knitting, embroidery and machine sewing. While her grandmother got her started, many of her skills are self-taught. With a BS in Graphic Design from Drexel University, Elanor is able to organize information in a way that is clear and visually stunning. As Curriculum Coordinator, she is able to imbue each project with her passions for crafting, education and instructional design. When she isn’t teaching kids needle arts, Elanor can be found snuggling her two cats, Pablo Picatso and Theon Greyjoy. CINDY WYATT, Hi-Hills Day Camp [email protected] Watching children of all ages learn, explore and challenge themselves is what Cindy enjoys. Whether a three year old learning the challenges of socializing and sharing to counselors learning to mentor campers Cindy takes her years of experience and philosophy of always leave a place better than you found it and live each day to its fullest. A graduate from Rhode Island College Cindy has worked while raising three children. Cindy is happily going into her 9th summer at Hi-Hills Day Camp. Prior to Hi-Hills Cindy worked at Wardlaw - Hartridge as the Athletic Director as well as the Summer Programs Director. NADINE ZAATAR, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs at the Department of State [email protected] Nadine Zaatar is a Program Analyst with the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In her position, Nadine monitors and evaluates the program administration and implementation of the Summer Work Travel and Camp Counselor J-1 Exchange Visitor Program categories and is responsible for the coordination of Department of State visits to host camps and exchange visitors. JULIA YOSEN, The Handwork Studio [email protected] Julia Yosen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Green Mountain College. She worked with the AmeriCorps as an arts director, RA, wilderness challenge leader and intern at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. She continued as a lead teacher at a day care/preschool center. In 2006, Julia joined The Handwork Studio. Today, Julia is the executive camp director, teaching young hands the art of needlecraft. She is responsible for hiring and training 100+ staff members each summer. DANIEL ZENKEL, The Camp Professionals/ Berkshire Sports Academy [email protected] Daniel Zenkel is a partner in The Camp Professionals, which offers comprehensive consulting and sales and acquisition services to for-profit and not-for-profit summer camp owners and operators. He is the founder of the Berkshire Sports Academy and was one of the founders and former president and CEO of CampGroup, LLC. He is a former president of SCOPE and an ACA-NY board member. He has spoken many times at the Tri-State and ACA National conferences and has authored many articles in Camping Magazine. MICHAEL ZIGMAN, i2 [email protected] i2 Learning brings week-long, hands-on STEM programs to elementary and middle schools. We partner with schools and other communitybased organizations to provide engaging, hands-on STEM immersion programs to children across the United States and throughout the world. We work with school administrators and teachers to select from our curated library of week-long courses to tailor a program that is best suited to the needs of their school. Courses can be run for any grade (or combination of grades) between fourth and eighth. Our programs can be run in-school during the school year as STEM immersion weeks, over spring and winter breaks, and over summer for camps and other enrichment programs. Prior to i2, Michael spent 20 years helping to finance, operate and advise technology companies. He serves on the Board of Governors of The New York Academy of Sciences, as well as on the Board of Trustees of The Graduate Center Foundation as well as the Macaulay Honors College Foundation, both of the City University of New York. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College. SAVE THE DATE! Tri-State CAMP Conference 2017 Tuesday, March 14 – Thursday, March 16 Atlantic City Convention Center For more information, please contact: Samara Feinberg [email protected] 212.391.5208 x1014 ONSITE STAFF TRAINING AMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION NY&NJ Our team of experienced facilitators can come to your camp and provide staff training for your entire site. We customize each training session based on your needs, considering age and experience of staff, issues from previous summers, and new initiatives you would like to start. Our staff specializes in teambuilding games and activities, camper and staff management, and creating positive camp culture. Popular Titles Include: • Group Dynamics & Development • Good Supervision • Fun, Educational Games & Activities • Positive Behavior Management • Bully Prevention • Creative Camp Culture • Creative Thematic Planning “The training was amazing! The entire group was engaged and truly loved their experience. Hands down the best orientation we have ever had.” Private Day Camp “The training provided by ACA offered a much needed outside perspective on working with campers, staying positive, and creating life long memories. Sometimes my staff need to hear it from someone else for it to really set in. The workshop really helped improve our staff culture.” Independent School For more information, please contact: Allison Wittenberg [email protected] 212.391.5208 x1019 • Songs, Chants, and Traditions • Multiple Intelligences • Summer Learning Strategies We also offer Red Cross Courses including CPR for the Professional Rescuer and Responding to Emergencies: First Aid CAMP AWARD WINNERS #+*% #++, NEW YORK: Alan Stolz NEW YORK: Barry Royce NEW JERSEY: Muriel Smith NEW JERSEY: Jean Holinger KEYSTONE: The Lutheran Children & Family for Service Foster Care Program for Southeast Asian Children KEYSTONE: Donald McClain #+*& NEW YORK: Morry Stein NEW JERSEY: Turrell Fund KEYSTONE: Ted Halpern #+*' NEW YORK: Ben Appelbaum NEW JERSEY: Mary Ellen Ross KEYSTONE: Millie Kriebel #+*( NEW YORK: Charles Kujawa NEW JERSEY: Cricket Snearing KEYSTONE: Al Hare and Leonard Gordon #+*) NEW YORK: Thelma Hurwitz NEW JERSEY: Trail Blazer Camps KEYSTONE: Elizabeth Sennott #+** NEW YORK: Joe Kruger NEW JERSEY: Newark Fresh Air Fund KEYSTONE: Marie Brainard Ray #++# NEW YORK: Tom Riddleberger NEW JERSEY: Thomas Stoll KEYSTONE: Roy Gulliford #++$ NEW YORK: Jani Brokaw NEW JERSEY: Judy Myers KEYSTONE: Judy Arendt #++% NEW YORK: Stuart Chase NEW JERSEY: Harold Breene KEYSTONE: Howard Batterman #++& NEW YORK: Steve Schainman NEW JERSEY: Neil & Eleanor Van Bodegom-Smith KEYSTONE: Pat Freiler #++' NEW YORK: Michele Friedman KEYSTONE: ADVOCATE FOR YOUTH AWARD: Frank Gerome Morry Stein #++( #+*+ 128 We would like to acknowledge former award winners and thank them for their continued support and dedication. The awards are given every year to the individuals or organizations who exhibit the most commitment and dedication to their respective sections. NEW YORK: Robert Fischer NEW JERSEY: Howard Patton KEYSTONE: Debra Zvanut NEW YORK: Jay Jacobs NEW JERSEY: Ron & Sandy Leiser KEYSTONE: Stephen M. Taylor $,,) #++) NEW YORK: Doug Pierce TRI-STATE AWARD WINNER: NEW JERSEY: Ronald Martin KEYSTONE: Mickey Bonwit Henry Skier, AMSkier Insurance (New York, New Jersey, and Keystone) $,,* #++* NEW YORK: Skip Vichness NEW JERSEY: Dorothy Stivers KEYSTONE: Millie Kriebel NEW YORK: Andy Pritikin NEW JERSEY: George Novick KEYSTONE: Michael Chauveau $,,+ #+++ NEW YORK: Greg Finger NEW JERSEY: Valerie James KEYSTONE: Wayne Williams $,,, NEW YORK: Dave Silverstein NEW JERSEY: Tom Riddleberger KEYSTONE: Frankie Graham $,,# TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Fred Guzman $,#, TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Corey Dockswell $,## TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Steve Baskin NEW YORK: Jeff Ackerman $,#$ NEW JERSEY: YMCA Camp Ralph S. Mason KEYSTONE: Diane Bleam TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Pete Shifrin $,#% $,,$ NEW YORK: Bev McEntarfer NEW JERSEY: Bob Jones KEYSTONE: Ed Shafer TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Jennifer DeSpagna $,#& TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Brian “Bubba” Cohen $,,% NEW YORK: Andy Weiss NEW JERSEY: Aileen & David Levine KEYSTONE: Hal Scringer III $,#' TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Doug Volan $,,& NEW YORK: Dawn Ewing NEW JERSEY: Gerry Bownik KEYSTONE: Cricket Snearing $,,' NEW YORK: Scott Ralls NEW JERSEY: Colleen Rountree KEYSTONE: Bob Miner $,#( TRI-STATE CAMP CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER: Billy Hoch $,,( NEW YORK: Scott Brody NEW JERSEY: Ruth Hall KEYSTONE: Rev. Michael Nasser 129 2016 TEEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE NONPROFIT CAMP CONFERENCE SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2016 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Location: Project Morry The ACA Not-For-Profit Camp Conference gives you the opportunity to connect with your NFP colleagues to discuss ideas, debrief experiences from the summer and to find comradery with other camp professionals that are engaged in similar work. Location: Bank Street College of Education, New York City, NY Do you want your C.I.T.s, Junior Counselors, and other teens to arrive at camp with useful decision-making and youth development skills? ACA is proud to bring you this special event allowing teens to gain some of the same knowledge that camp professionals attain from the Tri-State CAMP Conference. This one-day event brings together camp leaders that range in grade from Freshman to Junior year of High School. LEAD has been designed to educate our teens on leadership, communication and professionalism as it relates to camp and also how these skills transfer to the “real world”. This conference will feature keynote speaker, Scott Arizala, informative breakout sessions led by camp professionals, and fun with hundreds of other teen leaders! Teens can add LEAD to their (ever growing) résumés, and the conference will help them reevaluate camp as the life changing experience it truly is. OCTOBER 20, 2016 JOE KRUGER CONFERENCE OCTOBER 27, 2016 Location: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Fort Lee, New Jersey The Joe Kruger Educational Conference offers a unique opportunity to learn about children and adolescents from outstanding professionals in the field of Human Development. The sessions are presented by individuals who understand the challenges facing camps today. This conference is offered bi-annually. EPIC WINTER WORKSHOP 2016 STATE OF THE GARDEN STATE DECEMBER, TBD 2016 TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 Location: Coming soon! 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM This one-day event has been designed to educate EPICs (Emerging Professionals in Camping) on all-around best practices and help strengthen their knowledge as camp professionals. This event is open to anyone in the camp industry that considers themself an emerging professional. Location: Camp Kiddie Keep Well, Edison, NJ Join us at State of the Garden State to hear industry experts speak on changes, updates and new happenings in the Garden State. RESIDENT CAMP CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 13–15, 2016 Looking for a fun way to wind down after camp? The Fall Resident Camp Conference offers attendees a chance to tour 6 overnight camps in a particular region and experience how other organizations run their programs and facilities. Re-energize after the camp season by sharing an overnight experience with colleagues, discuss what worked over the summer and what didn’t, and bring new ideas back to your camp as the off-season begins. Host Camps (Adirondack Area): Forest Lake Camp, Camps Baco & Che-na-wah, Brant Lake Camp, Camp Echo Lake, YMCA Camp Chingachgook and Camp Walden DAY CAMP CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 Join us as we pay tribute to camping legend Ben Appelbaum’s enthusiasm and service to our industry through a day dedicated to day camp programs. The conference includes educational sessions as well as a tour of the host camps’ grounds and facilities. Host Camps: TBD Unless otherwise specified, register for these events at: www.acanynj.org 134
