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The Transition from Camp to Home: How Kids and Parents Make the Adjustment

August 9, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

Across the state, summer camps are nearing the end of their seasons. For many directors and leadership staff that means looking ahead to closing up buildings, storing equipment, thinking about maintenance needs. But season’s end also means campers are going home, leaving the constant connection to friends, the immersion in new and favorite activities, and […]

At Junior Maine Guide Testing Camp 64 Campers Demonstrate Skill, Knowledge

August 2, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

Half a dozen teenagers are gathered on the shore of the Kennebago River.  They are buckling and adjusting the straps of their lifejackets, examining a selection of paddles spread out on the ground, and pacing a little nervously as they look out on the water.  Among them is 14-year-old Noah from Maryland, a camper at […]

“Courageous Ignorance” Training: Camp Experts Talk Diversity, Acceptance

July 26, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

Summer camp staff members assume enormous responsibility when they take on their jobs. They teach a variety of activities, oversee cabins full of youngsters, engage in conflict resolution, homesickness management, and other relationship challenges, and work with other staff members to ensure that campers stay healthy and happy. It’s a tall order – and a […]

Camp Communicate 2018: Pine Tree Society Offers its Annual Camp Experience for Non-Verbal Youth

July 18, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

During the sweltering weather of July’s first week, about two dozen youngsters and their parents and caregivers gathered on the shores of North Pond in Rome. At Pine Tree Camp – Pine Tree Society’s program that offers camp programs for individuals with disabilities – non-verbal kids were immersed in five days of summer camp. Armed […]

Camps and Families: How Parents Can Support their Kids at Camp

July 10, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

Summer camps are in full swing. Across the state, kids are throwing themselves into an exciting variety of activities, meeting friends from near and far, and, in many cases, are living away from home for the first time.  And while all those experiences require adjustments for the camper, summer camp may demand some adjustments for […]

Aurora Vaulters: Offering Unique Equestrian Camp Programs in Lamoine

June 25, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

In the coming days, camp programs across the state will be in full swing. From robotics to music to sports – plus traditional residential camps nestled among woods and water – offerings in the state’s camping community are vast. And come July, a few dozen youngsters will have the chance to attend a camp like […]

Maine ACE Camps: A Look at Careers in Aviation, Up-Close and Hands-On

June 13, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

For many, summer camp in Maine brings to mind outdoor adventure in the state’s natural beauty. But for two decades, youngsters have had an entirely different camp opportunity, one that opens the vast world of aviation careers. Maine ACE (Aviation Career Education) Camps offer its participants an inside look at the military and commercial aviation […]

Youth Camp in Maine: Long-Time Professionals Say Much Remains the Same

June 4, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

Living in cabins and tents. No electronics.  Exploring mountains and waterways. Taking risks, learning new skills, fostering lifelong friendships. Maine’s youth camp season will be in full swing in a matter of weeks.  Tens of thousands of youngsters from around the country and all over the world will soon arrive for a summer of living […]

Camp Directors, Facing Hiring Challenges, Pitch Benefits of Camp Jobs

May 9, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

“I really believe a summer camp job is an internship in leadership.” Garth Altenburg, director of boys’ Camp Chewonki  in Wiscasset, isn’t alone. Several camp directors facing a hiring crunch for the summer season say working at a camp provides young adults with a skill set both sought by post-graduation employers, and not easily gained […]

Camps Rise to the Challenge of Addressing Food Allergies and Intolerances

April 30, 2018Home
By Kristine Millard

Above all, camps directors want kids to have positive experiences: friendships, abundant activities, and – in the case of residential camps – cabin life, all factor into how much campers enjoy themselves. But an additional and crucial element of the camp experience is the food. And for a subset of campers, those with food allergies, […]

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Kristine Millard

Kristine Millard

Kristine Snow Millard is a free-lance writer from Portland and a fan of all things summer, including camp. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of New Hampshire, a master’s degree (communications) and a law degree from Boston University, and, most recently, earned an MFA in creative writing from the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine. She is currently helping to edit The Art of Outdoor Living, a guidebook used for Junior Maine Guide candidates, and is a regular contributor to the Maine Summer Camps newsletter. She has also contributed to the American Camp Association New England newsletter. Kris has written regularly for Maine Women and My Generation, both publications of Current Publishing. She has written features for the Maine Sunday Telegram, and is also a free-lance grant writer. A parent, she is also deeply committed to the subject of emotional wellness, and has seen how camp can foster whole and healthy kids. She is working on a memoir about living with clinical depression, and an essay she has written on that topic is forthcoming in an anthology to be published by Talking Writing, an on-line literary magazine.

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