#summer-camp

[ follow ]

I visited a $600, women-only summer camp for adults that's skyrocketed in popularity - see why it had a 60,000-person waitlist

Adult summer camps are increasingly popular, with significant growth in bookings and waitlists.

A Maine Camp for Deaf Children Carries On After an Unthinkable Loss

The Dirigo Experience summer camp offers essential community and support for Deaf and hard-of-hearing children, filling a unique gap in their social lives.
from Brooklyn Paper
2 months ago

Tools and Tiaras: Community Offshore Wind funds scholarships for girls at Brooklyn trades camp * Brooklyn Paper

Community Offshore Wind funded scholarships for girls to attend a hands-on summer camp promoting women in trades and clean energy jobs.

The anxious history of the American summer camp

The American summer camp tradition began with Frederick Gunn in 1861, merging education and military training amid societal anxieties about urbanization's effects on youth.

A Catskills Camp by a Bed-Stuy Queer Bar

Camp Singers will offer creative LGBTQ+ programming in a camp setting, drawing on the owners' past experiences with summer camps.

Sign Up for IMPACCT Brooklyn's Free Small Business Webinar Bootcamp

Nonprofit IMPACCT Brooklyn and Angie Hancock & Associates host free summer camp for small businesses, featuring expert consultants.

I'm Already Prepping My Summer Wardrobe-16 Camp-Inspired Pieces I'm Loving

Camp Bloomingdale's offers a summer camp-inspired shopping destination for outdoor enthusiasts.
The collection includes camp-inspired clothing and accessories perfect for a getaway to the great outdoors.
#people

Leslie Recht: Will the NASCAR races be worth the mess they bring to Chicago's Grant Park?

The Grant Park Advisory Council, or GPAC, was organized under Chicago Park District rules to protect and improve Grant Park for all its users.Grant Park is a neighborhood park for more than 110,000 residents in Chicago's central business district, and it is also Chicago's gem, its town square, the site of many important civic events, world-class museums and celebrations.

Celebrate Pride in Cuba - Join a Humanitarian Journey - San Francisco Bay Times

By Jeff Cotter-
Encounter a new land and a people in a way that values them, deepens your spirituality, broadens your worldview, and begins to heal the world.This May 11-21, 2023, Rainbow World Fund (RWF)-the world's first and only all-volunteer, LGBTQ+ based humanitarian aid organization-is traveling to Cuba for the first time since the pandemic.

Daylight Saving Time Means Sunnier Days Ahead. That Depresses Me

I know, I knowyou couldn't be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way.The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time.To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the humidity, the hot wind masquerading as a warm breeze.

The Surprising Coherence of 'Qamp II: An Album Created In 3 Days' | KQED

"We're not trying to make anything specific," says Cope, who curates the lineup of participants and co-manages the space with Marquito at Studio Q in Berkeley."We spend the whole year going to shows, clicking on links, listening to tons of albums, and just being music geeks.It's like, 'You're good and you're good, so we hope you work well together.'"

What Are Your Values? 7 Questions To Help Define Them

Hey buddy - quick question: What are your values?It's an innocent ask but the answer might make you a bit defensive.You probably think that you have values.Wait, you know you have values.You have lots of them - good ones.You just keep them to yourself, but when you say them out loud ...
Well, there's the problem.

How To Live A Bit More Slowly: 4 Simple Practices To Try

The reminders are issued daily, if not hourly, to your kids.Take your time.Don't rush.Just think for one second.They need to hear this advice since they're all impulsive.But how much do you follow up on it yourself?Probably not often.But varying the pace is important, so much so that there's a movement that's committed to slow living.

Leslie Recht: Will the NASCAR races be worth the mess they bring to Chicago's Grant Park?

The Grant Park Advisory Council, or GPAC, was organized under Chicago Park District rules to protect and improve Grant Park for all its users.Grant Park is a neighborhood park for more than 110,000 residents in Chicago's central business district, and it is also Chicago's gem, its town square, the site of many important civic events, world-class museums and celebrations.

Celebrate Pride in Cuba - Join a Humanitarian Journey - San Francisco Bay Times

By Jeff Cotter-
Encounter a new land and a people in a way that values them, deepens your spirituality, broadens your worldview, and begins to heal the world.This May 11-21, 2023, Rainbow World Fund (RWF)-the world's first and only all-volunteer, LGBTQ+ based humanitarian aid organization-is traveling to Cuba for the first time since the pandemic.

Daylight Saving Time Means Sunnier Days Ahead. That Depresses Me

I know, I knowyou couldn't be more delighted that spring and summer are on the way.The toasty days, the warm nights, the gentle breezes and, especially, the lengthening hours of daylight, which begin Mar. 12 with the return of Daylight Saving Time.To which I say: Keep it; keep it all: the heat, the humidity, the hot wind masquerading as a warm breeze.

The Surprising Coherence of 'Qamp II: An Album Created In 3 Days' | KQED

"We're not trying to make anything specific," says Cope, who curates the lineup of participants and co-manages the space with Marquito at Studio Q in Berkeley."We spend the whole year going to shows, clicking on links, listening to tons of albums, and just being music geeks.It's like, 'You're good and you're good, so we hope you work well together.'"

What Are Your Values? 7 Questions To Help Define Them

Hey buddy - quick question: What are your values?It's an innocent ask but the answer might make you a bit defensive.You probably think that you have values.Wait, you know you have values.You have lots of them - good ones.You just keep them to yourself, but when you say them out loud ...
Well, there's the problem.

How To Live A Bit More Slowly: 4 Simple Practices To Try

The reminders are issued daily, if not hourly, to your kids.Take your time.Don't rush.Just think for one second.They need to hear this advice since they're all impulsive.But how much do you follow up on it yourself?Probably not often.But varying the pace is important, so much so that there's a movement that's committed to slow living.
morepeople

Nemesis' Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates

You can imagine directors being warned away from adapting the work of Philip Roth.The film versions of his novels have been panned so consistently that a writer for The Atlantic in 2014 called for them to stop.Few playhouses have even attempted to translate them for the stage.Yet a young French theater director, Tiphaine Raffier, just proved that it can be done.
#years

Landmark Commission stalls demolition at former summer camp in Northwest Hills - Austin Monitor

Thursday, March 23, 2023 by Kali Bramble
A sprawling lot in Northwest Hills - once home to a summer camp for boys - could be headed to City Council's agenda sometime soon, after a move to zone the site historic secured approval from the Historic Landmark Commission earlier this month.Built around 1940 for army captain and outdoorsman Warren Penn Knox, the ranch house at 7304 Knox Lane remained in his family until the passing of Margaret P. Knox late last year.

Take 5: CAKE, Modern Stained Glass, Relaxation + More

One thing too many of us have in common is stress.Sensate 2 is a compact therapy device that can be used to freeze your vagus nerve, a key element in managing your response.Using infrasonic resonance that triggers the vagus nerve to self-regulate, Sensate 2 calms fight, flight, or freeze responses, as well as making you more resilient to future stresses.

Dodgers: A Look At the Projections for Max Muncy in 2023

Baseball isn't played on paper, but in the offseason, the "on-paper" projections are all we have.This is the fourth installment in our series looking at the projections for key members of the 2023 Dodgers.We've done Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith; now it's time to take a look at Max Muncy.

Three common misconceptions about the magic' of parenting | Isabelle Oderberg

In the first episode of the fourth season of The Simpsons aired in 1992 Marge and Homer see Bart and Lisa off to summer camp.As soon as the bus drives off, all the parents start hollering, hooting, popping bottles of champagne and one parent even shouts, don't come back.Once they're gone, Homer's hair begins to grow back and he loses weight.

Landmark Commission stalls demolition at former summer camp in Northwest Hills - Austin Monitor

Thursday, March 23, 2023 by Kali Bramble
A sprawling lot in Northwest Hills - once home to a summer camp for boys - could be headed to City Council's agenda sometime soon, after a move to zone the site historic secured approval from the Historic Landmark Commission earlier this month.Built around 1940 for army captain and outdoorsman Warren Penn Knox, the ranch house at 7304 Knox Lane remained in his family until the passing of Margaret P. Knox late last year.

Take 5: CAKE, Modern Stained Glass, Relaxation + More

One thing too many of us have in common is stress.Sensate 2 is a compact therapy device that can be used to freeze your vagus nerve, a key element in managing your response.Using infrasonic resonance that triggers the vagus nerve to self-regulate, Sensate 2 calms fight, flight, or freeze responses, as well as making you more resilient to future stresses.

Dodgers: A Look At the Projections for Max Muncy in 2023

Baseball isn't played on paper, but in the offseason, the "on-paper" projections are all we have.This is the fourth installment in our series looking at the projections for key members of the 2023 Dodgers.We've done Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith; now it's time to take a look at Max Muncy.

Three common misconceptions about the magic' of parenting | Isabelle Oderberg

In the first episode of the fourth season of The Simpsons aired in 1992 Marge and Homer see Bart and Lisa off to summer camp.As soon as the bus drives off, all the parents start hollering, hooting, popping bottles of champagne and one parent even shouts, don't come back.Once they're gone, Homer's hair begins to grow back and he loses weight.
moreyears

Planned L.A. Unified strike would close schools. What are child-care options?

Parents of students scrambling to secure child care ahead of a strike that could close Los Angeles Unified School District campuses for three days next week got some relief Friday afternoon.The L.A. County Department of Parks and Recreation announced that it is temporarily opening free drop-in recreation programming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at 16 parks.
#back

Hundreds of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia: EBU Report

Hundreds of unaccompanied Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia since the start of the war, with some disappearing from summer camps and others from medical treatments according to a new study.A recent report by the EBU Investigative Journalism Network has verified dozens of videos of these children on Russian social media.

Kristof: Russia traffics in Ukrainian children

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine  The children left this town in August for a free summer camp sponsored by the Russian occupiers, enticed by assurances of gifts and of safety from constant shelling.The Russians promised it would be two or three weeks, and then the children would be back, Nadia Borysenko, 29, told me.

Opinion | Russia Traffics in Ukrainian Children

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine  The children left this town in August for a free summer camp sponsored by the Russian occupiers, enticed by assurances of gifts and of safety from constant shelling.The Russians promised it would be two or three weeks, and then the children would be back, Nadia Borysenko, 29, told me.

Hundreds of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia: EBU Report

Hundreds of unaccompanied Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia since the start of the war, with some disappearing from summer camps and others from medical treatments according to a new study.A recent report by the EBU Investigative Journalism Network has verified dozens of videos of these children on Russian social media.

Kristof: Russia traffics in Ukrainian children

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine  The children left this town in August for a free summer camp sponsored by the Russian occupiers, enticed by assurances of gifts and of safety from constant shelling.The Russians promised it would be two or three weeks, and then the children would be back, Nadia Borysenko, 29, told me.

Opinion | Russia Traffics in Ukrainian Children

BALAKLIYA, Ukraine  The children left this town in August for a free summer camp sponsored by the Russian occupiers, enticed by assurances of gifts and of safety from constant shelling.The Russians promised it would be two or three weeks, and then the children would be back, Nadia Borysenko, 29, told me.
moreback

6 Movies For Those Of Us Who Just Cant Get Enough Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd is a funny guy and a cool dad.The 53-year-old actor (though you'd never guess by looking at him) is a gifted comedian, so it made sense when Marvel Studios cast him as Ant-Man - one of the more inherently silly superheroes from the comics - nearly a decade ago.The 2015 Ant-Man was a comedy as much as it was a heist-flavored superhero movie, and the 2018 sequel might have been even funnier.

GIG Offers Summer Camp Programs for Your GF Teen | Gluten Free & More

Believe it or not, summer plans are already being made.Summer camps are always the highlight of the summer for kids, but when it comes to kids with celiac, summer camp isn't always an option.Summer camps normally don't cater to dietary restrictions, excluding kids with food allergies from all the fun.

Biden Taps DC Bagel Shop Founder as White House Chief of Staff

President Joe Biden helping lead the current administration's pandemic response.But locally, his claim to fame is co-founder of bagel hotspot plans to name Jeff Zients as the new White House chief of staff.Zients may be nationally known as the former Obama economic advisor who became Covid "czar," Call Your Mother.
#parenting

A Mom Wants To Know If She Should Force Her Kid To Go To A Camp She Hates

Summer camp experiences may not always align with a child's preferences or interests, requiring parents to navigate difficult decisions and find a balance between enforcing attendance and respecting their child's feelings.

Mom Seeks Advice After Child Receives Inappropriate Note From Another Child's Parents

Parents may face challenging situations when their child receives disturbing communication from an adult in response to conflict at a summer camp.

A Mom Wants To Know If She Should Force Her Kid To Go To A Camp She Hates

Summer camp experiences may not always align with a child's preferences or interests, requiring parents to navigate difficult decisions and find a balance between enforcing attendance and respecting their child's feelings.

Mom Seeks Advice After Child Receives Inappropriate Note From Another Child's Parents

Parents may face challenging situations when their child receives disturbing communication from an adult in response to conflict at a summer camp.
moreparenting

Bronx youth get ready for Camp Junior, named in honor of local teen murdered in 2018 - Bronx Times

Camp Junior provides free summer camp experience for Bronx kids, fostering Bronx pride and offering a safe alternative environment.
[ Load more ]