Seek Challenge - Grow Grit: Wilderness First Responders at Your Service!
Two weeks ago, our year round staff at CKC had the opportunity to take a Wilderness First Responder class with Sierra Rescue, a wilderness medical educational institute. One of our friends over at Camp Carolina who is a Wilderness EMT, Wilderness First Responder, and certified by Sierra Rescue spent eight days teaching us how to…
Seek Challenge - Grow Grit: The Beauty Within Discipline
This is one of my newest discoveries: the importance and beauty of discipline. I came to this realization after I noticed a pattern in my life. The pattern is what I like to call, “There I go again thinking I can do it all on my own.” I get out of my routine of talking…
Seek Challenge - Grow Grit: 3 Ways To Teach Your Child How to Handle Hardship
“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life.“ Viktor E. Frankl It is difficult, to say the least, to observe your child…
For Campers: Your First Opening Day: 5 Things New Campers Should Know
Opening day at camp. There’s just nothing like it. I remember keenly my years as a camper. Opening day was only rivaled by Christmas in my mind, and when I awoke to the sounds of bustling vehicles and the early morning staff preparation bells, I could almost not contain my excitement. I hear from many…