Towering Pines Blog

Some of you know that I have taught and tutored math over the years at various levels. Don’t worry – this is not a blog about the quadratic formula or any other math memory that you might have suppressed at some point in your school career!  My mathematical brain takes over at times when I least expect it, and so it occurred to me that there are opposing terms at work during the camp season that are worth diving into. […]

Meet the All-Star Support Staff This blog is dedicated to the faces of those whom we could not do without at camp, yet who often go without mention. The Towering Pines Support Staff are “behind the scenes” magicians. They support EVERYTHING we do!!  From fixing anything and everything around camp, to cracking enough eggs to feed 100 people, caring for the health needs of all our camp family and making sure the very littlest ones are engaged in camp life.  […]

Campfires, cabin nights, evening workshops, vespers and Sunday special events are a key part of the fabric of the weekly programming we have at camp. At surface level, these activities could have the appearance of nothing more than the opportunity to wear crazy costumes and play a bunch of games or sit in a circle singing songs and sharing thoughts around a particular theme. Some might even say their purpose on the camp calendar is to keep campers entertained and […]

A blog I recently read by Growing Leaders really grabbed me because “simple” vs “easy” is something that I think so many people struggle with (myself included). Author Dr Tim Elmore points out that “it’s important to recognize the psychological difference between simplifying life and making life easier. Nearly every student (and adult, for that matter) should work to simplify their busy and complicated lives today. But nobody becomes the best version of themselves when life is easy. We don’t […]

SO YOU’VE NEVER WORKED AT CAMP BEFORE…. Maybe this is your first ever camp experience, and all of your expectations are based on scenes from the Parent Trap. Making the exciting decision to come to camp might give you butterflies of the unknown whether you’re a seven year old who has never spent a night away from home or a student looking for a summer job. Whatever encouraged you to join our camp family for the summer, the adventure you’re […]