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2022 Kindness Calendars
Check out GAC’s Kindness Calendars for the 2022 year! Click on each month for a printable version or click here to print all 12 months! Share Tweet Pinterest Share Email The post 2022 Kindness...
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Choose Kindness
We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one...
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Do Camp Experiences Improve Academic Performance?
In all probability, the educationist of the year 2000 AD will look back upon us and wonder why we, the school people of 1938, failed to include the camp as an integral unit of our educational system. –...
View ArticleRandom Acts of Kindness
The work to create a kinder world never ends. There is no limit on the amount of goodness we can put into the world, but we need your help! We invite you to join the annual Random Acts of Kindness Day...
View ArticleSpotlight & Penguin
Episode 69 On this episode of the podcast, we reunite two camp friends live on the POG-Cast! Spotlight and Penguin are two great friends who didn’t know each other (even though they are both long-time...
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March Parent Coffee
“Grow: Raising Confident, Responsible Future Adults” Letting our kids do things on their own (like going to summer camp without us!) is challenging. Come learn simple strategies to let your child grow...
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March Kindness Calendar
Hello everyone! It’s a new month so that means new opportunities to show kindness to those around us! Click here to download the printable version. Share Tweet Pinterest Share Email The post March...
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Teaching Teamwork
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” -H.E. Luccock In this competitive, self-focused era, learning to be part of a team is a valuable skill that is not often taught...
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GAC Online Store!
We are thrilled to announce that our online store is now OPEN for our Spring Sale! The items in our online store will be for online purchase only and will not be available in the camp store this...
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April Kindness Calendar
Take a look at our April Kindness Calendar to spread kindness! Every day is a great day to show people around us that we care! You can download the printable version here. Share Tweet Pinterest Share...
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Parking Your Helicopter
Originally published on Sunshine Parenting By Audrey “Sunshine” Monke As parents of this generation, we’ve been told that great parenting means being super-involved with our children and always being...
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April Parent Coffee
“Why Campers Can be Homesick AND Happy” Are you worried that your child will struggle adjusting to being away from you and away from home? We’ll discuss the discomfort some campers experience and how...
View ArticleHilly
Episode 70 In this episode, we’re joined from across the pond by Hilly, who is entering his third year on our staff. Hilly and Soy had a great chat about the benefits of camp (other than the weather)...
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May Kindness Calendar
Hello everyone! It’s a new month so that means new opportunities to show kindness to those around us! Click here to download the printable version. Share Tweet Pinterest Share Email The post May...
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What to Say to a Nervous Camper
This post and video is for those of you who have decided that your child is going to camp, and especially for those of you who had a previously excited camper who is now having last-minute camp...
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May Parent Coffee
“Getting Yourself & Your Camper Ready for Camp!” Whether you’re a first-year parent or a seasoned GAC family, getting your camper and yourself ready for camp both physically and emotionally can be...
View ArticleBONUS EPISODE: Sunshine & Soy Talk About How Counselors Bring GAC’s...
We don’t have a patreon and so far Spotify hasn’t offered the POG-Cast an exclusive deal. We’ll never put our episodes behind a paywall, but we thought we should do what so many other podcasts do and...
View ArticleSchoolhouse Rocks 5K on May 22
Join GAC Runners at the Schoolhouse Rocks 5K (Menlo Park) on Sunday, May 22 Join the GAC Runners for the Schoolhouse Rocks 5K in Menlo Park! We’re thrilled to be back to help support the Menlo Park –...
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June Kindness Calendar
Happy June and the start of GAC 2022! Here are 30 ideas of how we can be kind to others this month. Enjoy! You can download a printable version here! Share Tweet Pinterest Share Email The post June...
View ArticleCounselors Bring the GAC Philosophy to Life
Today marks the start of our Staff Training Week (“Tweek” for short). We’ll spend this evening getting to know each other and will spend the entire week learning how we will bring GAC’s Vision,...
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