Cooking in Our Kitchen: Pasta Salads
Pasta salads are great for many things: barbecues, side dishes, camping, and meals. There are literally thousands of different recipes out there, surely enough to keep you busy all summer…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Reese’s Pie
While much of what I make for the campers is more nutritionally sound, dessert almost never is. I’ve always considered it a treat and like to spoil the…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: General Tso’s Chicken
One of my family’s biggest cravings during this shutdown has been Chinese food. There aren’t any good takeout places around where we live. I have been making General Tso’s chicken…
How Wildwood Ranch Changed My Life
Share on facebook Share on pinterest My name is Rachel Hoehn. I was a day camp counselor at Wildwood Ranch the summer of 2012 and…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Taco Tuesday
It’s almost everyone’s favorite day of the week at camp, Taco Tuesday! Whether it’s tacos, nachos or quesadillas we make this day extra special. We mix it up in three…
Scotland’s Outdoor Play Initiative has Some Lessons for the Rest of the World
Authors Michal Perlman Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto Catherine Bergeron Research Co-ordinator and PhD Student, Counselling Psychology, McGill University Nina Howe Professor of Early Childhood…
An Ode to Summer Camp: From a Counselor’s Eyes
Share on facebook Share on pinterest Each community has a unique culture, as does every summer camp. Having the privilege to work in various camp environments, I've been exposed to…
Cooking in Our Kitchen: Breakfast Scramble
I am not a morning person. My breakfast normally consists of a couple cups of coffee. But if there’s food, I’ll eat. Now with the kids being home all the…
The Camp Experience is Transformational
The impact that CAMP had on my life.I first went away to an overnight camp with my church at age 10. I had been to sleepovers and even away from…