Kupugani Blog

Celerating Father Figures

While we've been enjoying our counselor training session, Kupugani's outgoing mailbox has been filling up with Father's Day cards on the way to the families of our counselors, both near and far. As a multicultural empowerment camp, we recognize the importance of positive male role models in the lives of our campers. Father figures encourage us to be our best.

Counseling in a Multicultural Environment

As we transition from activity staff training into Kupugani counselor training, the energy of camp increases with about twenty counselors eager to learn what the summer holds. We spent the first morning's training sessions getting to know each other and finding commonalities. Given that Camp Kupugani is a multicultural summer camp, we as counselors reflect those values, hailing from countries all over the world and from every walk of life.

Fostering Staff Flexibility and Empowerment

Staff activity training at our multicultural summer camp is now full speed ahead. The staff members are excited and ready to teach activity skills to campers on the water and on land. The weather so far this year has been even more varied here in Northwest Illinois than is “typical”. Some cold and rainy spells have provided staff with some necessary and valuable lessons as they prepare for our girls-only and boys-only camp programs.

Staff training and the importance of emotional safety

Our son will be attending his first away-from-Kupugani sleepaway camp this summer. As intentional parents, we are now on the other side of the camp director-parent dynamic. Since our boy's bedwetting—continual since he was a toddler (like his parents' before him)—has seemed to increase of late, defeating even the best efforts of his pull-up style bedtime diapers—I gave the camp director a quick call.

Properly serving a changing population

A recent Today show piece touted that Caucasian children won't comprise the majority of children born in the U.S. within 5 or 6 years. This story isn't news to us at our multicultural summer camp, which has been emphasizing serving who our population actually is for many years.

Camp Character Development (at least as) Important as Academic Development

I recently communicated with a parent grappling with a decision of not wanting to “reward” her child with summer camp, due to her child's having to attend summer school. She felt that to reward the child with camp after failing school classes wouldn't be a good choice.

5 Tips on What to Do When Your Child is at Camp, aka Managing "Childsickness"

As we prepare for another summer at our multicultural summer camp, I field more frequent calls from parents pondering a great summer camp experience for their child(ren). While child tranisitions and homesickness are common and managed appropriately at camps, there can also be an issue with childsickness.

Tips for Dads Raising Daughters

As we approach Mother's Day, where we recognize the great moms and mom figures in our lives, it's important to realize the impact of dads raising daughters. During the girls-only sessions of our multicultural camp, we focus on developing an atmosphere of empowerment. Every parent knows that paying attention to his or her child matters. Fathers face different challenges when it comes to raising daughters.

Overprotective parenting can lead to bullying and being bullied

As camp season for our multicultural summer camp approaches, the frequency and tenor of calls fielded from parents considering a girls-only or boys-only camp experience for their child picks up. Many seek our intentionally empowering camp program to continue the positive character development for their child that the parents are already doing at home and with their child's social interactions.

Four Tips to Keep in Mind Regarding Your First-Time Camper

So it's your first time sending your baby away? We understand that it can seem daunting. Sending a child away to camp for the first time is a major milestone for most families; it's exciting, eagerly anticipated, and potentially an anxious time. However, it doesn't need to be scary! Your child will be well taken care of. When children are taking positive risks in a safe and nurturing camp environment, they don't have much time to miss home; most of their time is dedicated to fun, growing, and learning.

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