Minnesota's Oldest Camp for Girls
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As Mike wrote in an earlier blog posted on July 21st “Most days at Kamaji, the campers attend four different instructional activity periods — two in the morning and two in the afternoon — and have a free period at the end of the afternoon. They don’t necessarily go to instructional [...]
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Greetings from Camp Kamaji where it is much too quiet for our liking!! Although summertime has yet to give way to Autumn, the life-and-breath, the heart-and-soul, the campers and staff are no longer in residence. Camp is simply not “camp” – the last of the departing buses two+ weeks ago took with it all traces [...]
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Recently someone not connected with camp asked me “Why did you choose a girls’ camp to own?” Truth is, Mike and I did not intentionally choose a girls’ camp over a boys’ camp. When we started out in 1978 to look for a summer camp to own and direct, we had no preference other than [...]
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Did you know that summer camp is an American invention – with camps becoming more and more widespread 90 to 100 years ago?? As discussed in a 2002 article written by Kay S. Hymowitz titled Notes on Camp, “Back then forward-thinking youth leaders worried about the influence of corrupt city life on the young [...]
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Greetings from Kamaji! In this day and age, we hear so much about heroes; usually, these are folks who are athletes like tennis pro Serena Williams, soccer player Mia Hamm, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi or downhill Lindsey Vonn; or public figures including First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, television personality Oprah or [...]
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Have you laughed today?? Seriously!! Have you snickered quietly? Suppressed a chuckle? Let a chortle escape? Spontaneously giggled? Cackled raucously? Hooted noisily? Guffawed boisterously?
Seriously – when was the last time the corners of your mouth turned up . . . and you found yourself smiling . . . giving way to a giggle . . [...]
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Did you know that a four week Kamaji camper spends 648 hours at camp during a summertime? And an eight week camper spends 1320 hours at Kamaji? And during the off-season those same Kamaji campers spend about 1260 hours at school? Who would have ever guessed??
For better or worse, for most campers – regardless of [...]
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