Category: Roughing It News

Aloha From Roughing It!

This week at Roughing It is our last week of session one, and was camp spirit and community week. Campers focused on team building, communication, making friendship ties and keeping them, saying farewells, and closure. On Wednesday, we celebrated Hawaiian Day, one of our many dress up days at camp.

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Session One Farwell Song From Staff

Today was the last day of session one! We want to thank everyone for an amazing first session! We hope that you all had a great session with us, and we hope to see you back soon! During our final closing circle, the Roughing It staff performed a song for

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Captain Caboodle’s Day at Camp!

Hey, it’s me – CAPTAIN CABOODLE! I loved visiting camp today and getting to say hi to all of my favorite Roughing It campers! I can’t wait to stop by again soon! Be sure to keep checking in at Camper Caboodle for photos and news from camp! Share your favorite

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Eco-Week Excitement!

This week at Roughing It is Eco-Week! Campers learn life skills like outdoor survival skills, group challenges (where everyone survives!) respecting the environment, minimum impact, making a contribution, taking action, and positive participation. All of our campers participated in Ranger Rachel’s non-natural nature challenge, where campers competed to see which

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Fourth of July Fun!

It has been a great week here at Roughing It!  We started out the week celebrating the Fourth of July at our family picnic. Every year, campers invite their families to join in the fun of camp for a day and experience all that Roughing It has to offer. Families

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Welcome to Roughing It!

Welcome to the first week of camp! We have been having an absolute blast at Roughing It. This week was friendship week, where campers worked on getting to know the other members of their group and making new friends. During the first week of camp, camper groups bond by creating

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Huffington Post: Benefits of Camp

The Huffington Post recently published an article about the differnet ways that http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-kestin/whats-needed-to-prepare-your-child-for-the-future_b_3777547.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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CILT Service Project – Camp Sizanani

The CILTs, Campers In Leadership Training, spend their days at camp enjoying camp activities while developing valuable leadership skills by aiding younger campers and extending their own camp knowledge to those around them. As leaders in their camp community, they took their service role and extended it beyond our own

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