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Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/appreciating-staff-brandweinIt’s your friend from Chicago…Michael Brandwein!We all want our staff to be professional, and we all want to support them. Great. We also want the pandemic to go away, voting rights, and peace in the middle east… These situations are HARD, and take creativity beyond what most normal humans and day camp pros are capable of. Well, who is faster than a speeding baseball, and scales tall climbing walls in a single bound- This is a job for Michael Brandwein! So get yourself a notepad, and new pen, and a hot cup of coffee- Because this, is the Day Camp Pod.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-Get more Michael!Live 2022 Webinar from ACA-Illinois! Brandwein on Training : The Step-by-Step System for Planning & Presenting Your Best Staff Training EverJoin Michael and 7 other industry leaders in Go Camp Pro’s 5-Minute Fridays-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Best PracticesBack Next Episode-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictMichael Brandwein, Speaker, Trainer and Author - https://www.michaelbrandwein.com/store-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/from-the-mouth-of-babesHave you asked your camp staff what their summer was really like? Andy and Sam did - and we found out their staff are incredibly honest.For our first podcast of 2022, we’re going to the source- the staff themselves- so you can hear their debrief of last summer, and their thoughts on recruiting future superstars at our camps. We’re going to warn you now, that Ashley Whittington & Justin Pritikin offer up some sobering realities, alongside some great ideas- so buckle up, buttercup!-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Best PracticesAshley - Give little kids tiny competitive bursts - "I'll time you!" "Who can do this first!"Justin - Witches - Like the game of "mafia" but set in medieval times except, here's the trick, THERE ARE NO WITCHES. Other game - running charades relay!-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampSam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictAshley Whittington, Pee Wee Camp CounselorJustin Pritikin, Senior, Villanova -Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/2021-resolutionsHere’s how our hosts are (and you can) set yourself up for success in 2022!2021 has come to a close, and Sam, Tiff and Andy have some New Year’s resolutions to make 2022 the best it can be for our camp, and especially our staff. SUPPORT, training, diversifying revenue streams, and more- PLUS, a few program tips at the end.Thanks to our hosts and for our awesome listeners for making 2021 a GREAT podcasting season!-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Best PracticesSam - Camp reunions and story sharing - ask your alumni how the skills they’ve learned from camp has positively impacted their livesAndy - Music makers! - Lay instruments out and let kids have at ‘em!Tiff - Help kids rediscover the parks in their own backyards - “Tour-de-la-parks” or “Beyond the Block!”-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park District-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/extreme-heat-2021The heat is ON! Here’s how to not just survive, but thrive when the weather is at it’s hottest!2021 was literally the HOTTEST SUMMER OF ALL TIME. The heat is on, people, global warming is real, and it ain’t getting any cooler. We need to do what we can as camp operators to operate in these crazy hot conditions while keeping our campers and staff healthy and happy. Karyn Miller has been doing it successfully in sunny Arizona, in 122-degree weather even!Check it out, as she tells us “Nawtheners”, how to get it done.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Links from this episode:Water MonsterOral Rehydraation Salts-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictKaryn Miller, Owner & Director - Cactus Day Camp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/dream-big-cannabisMary Stein is here to tell us how she dreamed big…and how she was one of the first camps to face marijuana legalization at camp!Mary Stein started a private day camp from scratch in a neighborhood that at first didn’t realize how primed for it, it was. Dream BIG Day Camp worked deals with local schools and marketed with a very small budget to serve over 1000 campers each summer. Besides that, they are located in Colorado, one of the first states to legalize cannabis- so she’s got a 10-year head start on most of us, in regard to how to frame the legal weed situation with her staff- Get your notepad out, because this is a good one!-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Tip of The WeekSam Thompson - Friday the 13th Event @ Crystal Lake - Big year-round $$$!YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictMary Stein, Founder - Dream BIG Day Camp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/sleepaway-spirit-4An annual tradition of ours…where we talk about…traditions (and other great stuff!)Every season on this podcast, we discuss the “secret sauce” of camp- with a couple of crossover day camp pros, who have special insight. Today, we welcome Dave Skolnik from Hampton Day Camp, and Scott Leonard from Pocono Springs and ask the philosophical yet practical question- What is the Sleepaway Camp Spirit, and what are ways we inject it into our Day Camp Programs?-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcpYOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictDave Skolnik,  Director - Hampton Country Day CampScott Leonard, Director, Pocono Springs Camp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/staffing-and-reorgWhat to do when it feels like you need to rethink EVERYTHING?Summer 2022 is the time.What more of a kick in the butt do you need? Staff need to be paid equitably, programs need to be rethought, value-added means something totally different nowadays and we need to be ready.And here’s the thing - PEOPLE WANT CAMP. They need it more than ever.So demand is up. How do we meet the need?We need to bring some serious brainpower to this conversation - so why have one Podcast hosting team when you could have TWO!?Joining Sam and Andy is Kelly Schuna and Howie Grossinger, the co-hosts of Go Camp Pro’s The Camp Owners Podcast.Together, they will take an initial dive into two of the hottest issues in camp right now - staffing and re-organization.We can’t wait another second. Let’s dive in.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampSam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictKelly Schuna - Executive Director - Hidden Pines RanchHowie Grossinger - Co-owner/Director - Camp Robin Hood, Partner - Camp Walden & Madawaska Camps-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/camps-at-schoolSchool’s out. Camp’s in!You can run a great camp program ANYWHERE! If you’ve got the right people, a solid program and a can-do attitude, you’re in.Running a day camp in a school setting, but it definitely also has some major advantages!For millions of kids across the world, schools are their camp setting!Join us for this episode as we sit down with Weston Outlaw and Isaac Brubaker, two incredible directors running camp in a school setting, to hear about how it works they bring the magic of the camp experience into schools.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictIsaac Brubaker, PREP Program Manager, Day Camp Director - PREP Camp PatriotWeston Outlaw, Director of Auxiliary Programs, Cranbrook Educational Community -Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/2022-staffing-pt1Was staffing a slog in 2021? We have a cheat code for 2022 - her name is Kim AycockKim Aycock dedicates her life to the ins and outs of camp staffing- Recruitment, Hiring, Retention- All-round Best Practices. She trains camp staff, she posts great content on social media, she blogs, pods, and leads the ACA “Camp is a Real Job” initiative- which has a ton of online resources. We plan on having a WHOLE LOT of episodes on Staff this season on the day camp pod, and this is a great first effort- So stay tuned for some terrific ideas and ways of thinking about what we do with staff in 2022 and beyond.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Bonus Links:Kim’s latest blog post with the ACA: Staff Culture: Reclaim Your Purpose, Part 2Kim's info: Website: www.kimaycock.comFacebook: @kimdaycockInstagram: @kim_aycock_Pinterest: @kimdaycockLinkedIn: @kimdaycock-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictKim Aycock, Summer Camp Trainer & Speaker - kimaycock.com-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/multicultural-camp-dcpJust because your marketing materials say you are multicultural, or diverse, doesn’t mean you are. Here’s how Kevin Gordon did it, and how you can, too.Kevin Gordon is a camp owner and director who started Camp Kupugani from scratch, as a multicultural camp experience, and with a 10-point Kupugani method of character development that will blow you away. Listen and learn from this uniquely intelligent man, and come away with a whole lot of great ideas that you can implement at your camp. And FYI- the last 15 minutes of this Podcast are OFF THE HOOK amazing- so make sure you get there and pay attention.-Do you have a suggestion for a future show? Let us know by email: daycampquestions@gocamp.pro-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Bonus Links:Kevin Gordon Bio: https://campkupugani.com/families/meet-camp-directors/The Kupugani Method: https://campkupugani.com/families/kupugani-method/Interesting article about bus driver shortage: https://thehustle.co/why-america-has-a-school-bus-driver-shortage/-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictKevin Gordon, Camp Director - Camp Kupugani-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!