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Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/reflections-and-dreams-2022 Before the pandemic, we would never have dreamed of starting a podcast. Now, we’re wrapping up season three!  Three seasons of Zoom, Slack, Facebook, and virtual everything. Three seasons that feels both like a lifetime and like it has passed in the blink of an eye.  Today marks the final episode of the third season of beyond camp. Join us as we get vulnerable once again, reflecting, challenging each other and dreaming of the future.  Grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in, we are so grateful you are with us. BONUS LINK FROM THIS SHOW: A letter to my child’s staff person . . . - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/dont-lose-your-friends Learn from our mistakes…here’s how to make sure you keep your friends this summer.They say making friends as an adult is hard… but whoever said that for the first time had never tried being an overnight camp director, juggling the demands of a 24/7 job with friends back home.  We don’t claim to be experts on this, we have certainly lost some friends and damaged other friendships over the summer and we want you to learn from us.  Grab your coffee, tea or other beverage and listen in. - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/being-a-mentor Giving back isn’t as hard as you think!Many of us are fortunate to have incredible mentors in our lives, people we can turn to, ask questions to and share our failures with.  But how do you become a mentor?  Do you have to have worked in the industry for 50 years? Do you have to be a walking encyclopedia of answers? We would argue no - the best mentors are those who know themselves, know what they have to offer and can connect you with others. You’re ready to be a mentor, we believe in you! - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/self-care-community-care Is self-care really the be-all and end-all of mental health?Every felt like self-care just isn’t cutting it? What about shifting from me to we? We know we are stronger together and that the weight of the world is more easily shared when carried together. Join us as we push to shift our mindset from self-care to community care because together we can do hard things. And no one deserves to be alone. - Links from this show:https://fashionmagazine.com/flare/self-care-new-zealand-muslim-attack/ https://www.wellandgood.com/what-is-community-care/#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20ways%20that,we%20can%20better%20heal%20ourselves https://jack.org/About/Be-There   - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/camp-corporate-world When you trade in your Keens for dress shoes…will camp still be with you?From camp counselor to a director for Health Canada, Etienne’s passion for camp hasn’t wavered, if anything it’s grown stronger. A moment at a staff meeting percolated in his head until years later when a light bulb moment struck and changed the way he saw the world forever. The passion that Etienne has for how important camp leadership skills are beyond camp is contagious, so grab a cup of coffee and listen in. - Bonus LinksThanks for checking out the show notes! Book recommendations from Etienne  Compass: Your Guide for Leadership Development and Coaching Leadership BS - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/is-all-fun-created-equal The different types of fun you’ve experienced as a camp pro, and what it’s like now…Have you ever had a moment during the summer where you question your very decision to end up where you are at that current moment, but then once the summer is over you look back and say ‘wow that was incredible!’? That might just be type 2 fun.  Join us as we dive into different types of fun, why they are important and how we can create them. - Recharge Station - Charge your batteries!From Rachel Kent Have some fun this week - Type 1 AND Type 2! - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/beyond-eco-anxiety-climate-change Our campers are some of the most eco-aware campers ever. Are you ready for them? Climate change, eco-anxiety, swimming lessons, transportation, intersectionality. Today’s episode with guest Alyssa Porter touches on all these topics and more. Grab a cup of coffee and join us as we hear from Alyssa about how climate change impacts camp and how we can empower young people to learn, be inspired and make a difference for generations to come. - Recharge Station - Charge your batteries!From Rachel and Cassie: Find. Your. Person. - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council Alyssa Porter, Director of Youth and Family Programs - Chautauqua Institution - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/how-to-have-fun The “How To” episode you didn’t know you needed!Do you ever get jealous of how easy it is for a kid to have fun? When was the last time you had fun? Do you get stressed about trying to play epic, fun events for your team? Well join us as we break down the science of how to have fun… don’t worry it isn’t as scary as it sounds! - Recharge Station - Charge your batteries!From Cassie: Read More, easily, it’s not free but Lucid - visual reading, breaks books into smaller pieces and even has a comprehension question at the end of each chapter. - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/lessons-you-may-have-forgotten-2 Do you ever find yourself wiping a table a particular way? Or able to navigate a difficult conversation and say to yourself “thanks, camp!” This episode is for you.It would be an understatement to say that we learn a lot in our camp careers. In fact, we learn so much that we can’t possibly keep it all top of mind.  Cassie and Rachel are back to remind you that whether or not you’re still in the industry, you’ve got a library of knowledge on your side to navigate the rocky seas of work and life. Tune is to remember about: Goal-settingEffective self-careBuilding trustSelling yourself and what you doStaying hungry for knowledge and opportunitiesFinding and building communityBalanceA great book recommendation - The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander- Recharge Station - Charge your batteries!From Rachel: “Find a good friend who will call you out on your shit.” Period. - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/mental-health-and-camp Mental Health and Camp - the new soy butter and Jelly!Camp professionals know that mental health is a challenge at camp but often being able to articulate just where the gaps in our knowledge are can be challenging.  Today our guest Erin Sunstrum shares with us how she identified those gaps and has taken steps in her own camping journey to help bridge those. Tune in to this episode to hear about: How do you identify? What words would you use to identify yourself? Do you think about your privilege? What privilege do you think you carry?As a leader do you feel responsibility or pressure to discuss your identity? How do you cope with that? You are currently working at camp but also in school. what made you decide to do this?How did your time at camp influence your choice of program?Are there any lessons from camp either as a camper or staff member you carry with you now or reflect on?How has camp shaped how you work with young people/how you want to work with young people?Are you moving away from camp/how do you plan on incorporating your education into camp?- Recharge Station - Charge your batteries!Firm & Fair Boundaries - Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council Erin Sunstrum, Director, Camp Wanapeti - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/one-week-emma-fogel For some, it only takes one week.Think back to when you were a staff member, was it last year? Ten years ago? 20 years ago? Now look at where you are now. Was there a pivotal camp moment that helped point you to where you are today? For our Guest Emma Fogel there was.  A moment at camp pointed her towards social work which eventually came full circle as a friend and ally of the camping world. Emma Fogel is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto. She has a private practice in Toronto where she specializes in supporting kids, teens, young adults and parents through challenging life moments. She has worked within the Ontario Camp Association for the past three years, offering pre-camp mental health trainings and support throughout the camp season for campers, staff and administrative teams. Tune in to this episode to hear about: How do you identify? What words would you use to identify yourself? Do you think about your privilege? What privilege do you think you carry?As a leader do you feel responsibility or pressure to discuss your identity? How do you cope with that? You are currently working as a therapist, how did your time at camp influence your decision to enter into this profession?Are there any lessons from camp either as a camper or staff member you carry with you now or reflect on?How has camp shaped how you work with young people/your practice?What made you move away from working at camp?How do you stay connected to the camping world now that you no longer work at camp?- Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council Emma Fogel, Clinical Social Worker, emmafogeltherapy.com - Recharge Station - Charge your batteries!Visual timer app: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/visual-timer/id1392401197 - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/how-camp-shapes-work The impact of camp is “boundless” - here’s how that played out for Kevin AmiraultRemember those initiative tasks you ran as an outdoor ed staff member or camp counselor? Those ones with the marbles that seemed to frustrate kids to no end? Tune in today to hear how our guest Kevin Amirault turned a love of initiative tasks, metaphors and building relationships into a career as a school social worker and how he works every day to bring a little bit of camp into the school building. Kevin is a Master’s level Social Worker currently working as a School Social Worker in Ottawa. Kevin grew up attending YMCA Camp Chief Hector in the Canadian Rockies and spent several summers working as a counsellor there, and credits his camp experience as contributing to his life direction, as well as fostering the skills to be successful on that path. Kevin completed an undergraduate degree in Outdoor Adventure Leadership at Laurentian University, before beginning work at the intersections of camp, education and psychotherapy, first at The Boundless School and then more specifically in adventure therapy at Wendigo Lake Expeditions - with a brief stint at Camp Kandalore along the way.  Throughout his Master’s studies and in his current role, Kevin has pursued an interest in nature-based and adventure therapy, nature as a determinant of health, group dynamics and facilitation, suicide intervention and emotion-focused approaches to mental health. Tune into this episode as we discuss: How do you identify? What words would you use to identify yourself? Do you think about your privilege? What privilege do you think you carry?As a leader do you feel responsibility or pressure to discuss your identity? How do you cope with that? You are currently working as a social worker, how did your time at camp influence your decision to enter into this profession?Are there any lessons from camp either as a camper or staff member you carry with you now or reflect on?How has camp shaped how you work with young people/your practice?What made you move away from working at camp?- Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting  Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council Kevin Amirault, School Social Worker - Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org