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Preparing the family for camp
Maximize the experience with these tips
Now's the time that your child is getting ready to go away, it's time to prepare the family crew to get ready as well. Here are a few tips to help the whole family enjoy your child's summer camp experience. 
The Younger Siblings
Younger brothers and sisters may become anxious about their sibling being gone. What you can do is to make special plans for the younger ones. They could attend a day camp or go on weekend excursions, or you could collaborate with friends who also have little ones for group games, sports or themed activities; you could start your own little mini-camp with neighbors!
Grandparents can also be a valuable resource while a child is away at camp. Camp time can be an ideal time for the younger ones to spend some time with grandparents. Be sure to tell the little ones that soon they will have their turn to go away to camp.
Pointers for Pining Parents
As a parent, your behavior can help maximize your child's first time away. How you portray camp in the weeks leading up to departure is critical to your child's adjustment. Be positive, encouraging and NEVER make a deal for an early pick-up from camp. That is a guaranteed recipe for failure.
Hopefully, you made the decision for overnight camp as a family. So stick with the commitment. Just let your child go and have a good time. Your child going to sleepover camp may experience first-time jitters. Learning to become comfortable away from home is one of the many reasons for going to camp in the first place.
Helping Discuss Spot's transition
Domesticated animals love routine. Dogs sitting by the front door on cue for the scheduled walk or your cat's habitual mid-day snooze on the sofa; rabbits, hamsters, even fish, all are used to routine. A change in routine can impact your pet's disposition.
But, animals do not rationalize the way humans do. But you don't want to send letters or emails like, "Fluffy is so depressed that you're gone-she won't eat-everyone is missing you so much." Instead, it's better to frame positive messages like, "Fluffy is spending her days digging in the garden or harassing the neighbor's cat, and hey honey, what's going on at camp?"
It's All Good...Relax!
Remember, camps accredited by the American Camp Association have a proven record for the highest standards of professional practice, health and safety, caring and capable leaders, and beneficial programs for children. So relax and let the magic of summer camp happen for your child.
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We're Green and Getting Greener!
 As part of our process of engendering respect for the natural environment, we continue to make our camp processes “greener.” After receiving a recent grant from our county, we've enhanced our recycling program, including composting. We use many organic cleaning products in camp; we continue to get our eggs from the local producer (Phil's Fresh Eggs); we have sodas without high fructose corn syrup (Blue Sky and Hansen's) in our La Tienda camp store; and we have commissioned from a local farmer to get beef from cruelty-free and artificial hormone-free cows (Sumner View Angus Farm). With each passing year, it becomes more important to incorporate into our own lives critical practices that will allow our Earth to sustain itself for our children and their children.
At Camp Kupugani, environmental awareness and respect for the natural environment is one of the core values that we emphasize at camp. We take seriously our relationship with the environment and convey that attitude to our campers. In addition to providing learning opportunities through experiential education, we teach the campers service to the environment by modeling good practices that are respectful of the world in which we live. We see camp as an opportunity to teach children about their natural environment and provide an antidote to “nature-deficit disorder.” Valuing the natural world, we seek and appreciate what is real, genuine, and non-artificial. The whole point of our camp is to enjoy nature, facilitate communication, and empower children by developing those skills. |
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Kupugani for Boys On the Way!
Complementing our successful multicultural camp for girls—a unique program that promotes diversity and empowerment of young women—our boys camp is on the way August 7-13, 2011! As with our established girls program, our carefully considered curriculum and professional, trained counselors will help our campers have a fantastic experience. Our Kupugani boys pilot session held in 2009 was an unqualified success. One pilot camper put it best, saying: "Thank you for a great time. At first I wasn't so sure about going to camp. [But in just four days] my trust level in people went up and my doubts about myself went away. The camp site was clean, living conditions were great, food was good, and overall it was the highlight of my summer." With our upcoming full boys in August, our excellent male staff will again be able to guide the boys through team building, empowering activities, and just plain fun. They'll have big fun, big adventure, and big challenges! For more information, or to register, please contact us at any time via our toll-free line (866-471-4616) or by e-mail to kupugani+boys@gmail.com if you have any questions! |
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| Win a Prize Here!
Try Our Monthly Quiz!
Congrats to last month's quiz winners: Kenya P., Anais P., and Beth P.! It's again time to see who knows their history, especially as it relates to female empowerment. Our monthly quiz checks to see who knows their stuff. Please respond by e-mail to kupugani+quiz@gmail.com (if the link doesn't work, please cut and paste the address into your e-mail program) when you figure out the answer. If you have the first correct response and are a current or former camper, you win your choice of a $100 tuition credit for a new camper friend or a $15 personal credit to La Tienda (our camp store); if you're a new camper, you win a $100 tuition credit. The second correct response is worth a $75 tuition credit for a new camper or $10 for La Tienda. The third correct response gets you a $50 tuition credit or $5 at La Tienda.
Here's the question... This prominent American civil rights leader  played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States, and co-founded the first Women's Temperance Movement. Who is she?
For more fun, if you want to check out a fun and informative cool quiz designed especially for Camp Kupugani, you can see which significant female world leader you most resemble. It takes just six clicks of the mouse to determine which of 64 influential women is your role model. Be careful though, because the quiz can be addictive! Check it out by following this link or clicking on the picture. |
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Registration Open for Mother Daughter Weekend 2011
 Last year's second annual Mother Daughter Weekend provided another fantastic opportunity for moms and daughters to reinforce the motherly bonds and to connect with other mothers and daughters. Kupugani's relaxing, natural environment, combined with team building and empowerment activities helped our participants celebrate the essential relationship between Mothers and Daughters. Fun activities like pool time, dam jumping, and Ga Ga, also helped to deepen bonds.
Join us this August 19th-21st as we again provide a relaxing, natural environment to celebrate the essential relationship between mom and daughter. For only $200 a pair ($50 for each additional daughter) and available activities such as rock climbing, canoeing, and team building activities, the relationship with your daughter(s) is bound to grow deeper. Registration has already begun; spaces for this special camp session are again limited. If you have a daughter or daughters aged 6-14 and you'd like to register or get more information, please contact us via our toll-free line (866-471-4616) or by e-mail at info@campkupugani.com if you have any questions! |
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Amazing Summer Staff for 2011
We're excited to have an extremely talented and dedicated staff again this summer to help care for our camp children. Over 250 applicants vied to become part of our amazing staff, making those who survived the rigorous application, interview, screening and training process part of a select five percent who made the cut! They're ready to help our campers have an amazing summer!
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