This is camp .....

1. Camp deals with the whole life of a child.

2. There is no other experience quite like the camping experience. The home comes closest.

3. The greatest need of a camper is their growth as a person.

4. Camp is an educational experience. It causes children to see right or wrong ways of dealing with themselves, or their peers’ environment.

5. The personal growth and safety of campers comes first in camp situation. They are placed ahead of programs, facilities, directors, counselors and skills.

6. Camp should provide campers with the opportunity to think, plan, choose, and make some of their own decisions.

7. Camp needs to provide for the campers’ freedom to exercise their own imitative. Freedom does not mean that good organization and definite scheduling of activities are not necessary.

Camp should provide the following:

A happy place A friendly place An opportunity for campers to form good habits

An opportunity to build self-confidence A chance to gain self-reliance Fun Safety

A chance to try and the opportunity to try again Goals or objectives that are within the reach of the camper, not the counselors or paid staff An opportunity to become acquainted with the great outdoors. A spirit of teamwork among counselors, and paid staff Acceptance by the counselors A chance to discover a sense of values of right and wrong