Dear Camp St. Herman Parents:
We greatly appreciate the fact that you entrust your children in to our care and we look forward to partnering with you to transform the lives of young people and families and to nurture their faith in Jesus Christ through Orthodox Christian community living, worship, education, fellowship and love. We attempt to provide your camper with a living experience of the Holy Orthodox Faith, in their relationship with God and other campers in an uncluttered, natural environment. We know that there are many challenges of parenting and we are happy to partner with you to help your child(ren) grow up to be responsible Orthodox Christians finding their path to salvation. We will use this page to provide resources that we feel may be of benefit to you both for your families camping experience and in raising your child(ren) in general.
If you have suggestions of materials that you think would be helpful for us to share with other parents, please contact us.
Camper Parent Handbook
Our little handbook is the most single critical tool for you to prepare for Camp St. Herman. We urge your to read it through thoroughly, as it has pretty much all the answers that you need to know about our camping program.
Preventing Homesickness
Fr Michael Nasser, Camp Director at Antiochian Village (1997-2006), wrote an article to help families prepare their children for camp and to help circumvent potential homesickness. The article will give you some practical steps to help minimize the impact of homesickness for your children while they are at camp. As for you parents, sorry you are going to miss your children terribly while they are at camp, but know that we are taking good care of them and their absence is only temporary.
Six Reasons to Send Kids to Overnight Summer Camp (that are good for parents too)
This article appeared in the Boston Globe on February 20, 2020.
Why Summer Camp is Great for Today's Kids
From Chicago Parent
Helpful Hints for Preparing your Camper for Camp – The key do’s and dont’s
We encourage all parents to view these top tips of how to prepare your child and yourself for camp. These tips come from one of the leading professionals in the camp industry, Dr. Chris Thurber. In short, the tips he offers are the biggest mistakes that we see parents make that in turn make a child’s camp experience more challenging. Please avoid the pitfalls and let your child succeed at camp by following these helpful hints.
ACA Resource Page for Parents
The American Camp Association has a variety of resources including resources for families including planning for camp, videos for parents, parent blog, expert advice and more.
We greatly appreciate the fact that you entrust your children in to our care and we look forward to partnering with you to transform the lives of young people and families and to nurture their faith in Jesus Christ through Orthodox Christian community living, worship, education, fellowship and love. We attempt to provide your camper with a living experience of the Holy Orthodox Faith, in their relationship with God and other campers in an uncluttered, natural environment. We know that there are many challenges of parenting and we are happy to partner with you to help your child(ren) grow up to be responsible Orthodox Christians finding their path to salvation. We will use this page to provide resources that we feel may be of benefit to you both for your families camping experience and in raising your child(ren) in general.
If you have suggestions of materials that you think would be helpful for us to share with other parents, please contact us.
Camper Parent Handbook
Our little handbook is the most single critical tool for you to prepare for Camp St. Herman. We urge your to read it through thoroughly, as it has pretty much all the answers that you need to know about our camping program.
Preventing Homesickness
Fr Michael Nasser, Camp Director at Antiochian Village (1997-2006), wrote an article to help families prepare their children for camp and to help circumvent potential homesickness. The article will give you some practical steps to help minimize the impact of homesickness for your children while they are at camp. As for you parents, sorry you are going to miss your children terribly while they are at camp, but know that we are taking good care of them and their absence is only temporary.
Six Reasons to Send Kids to Overnight Summer Camp (that are good for parents too)
This article appeared in the Boston Globe on February 20, 2020.
Why Summer Camp is Great for Today's Kids
From Chicago Parent
Helpful Hints for Preparing your Camper for Camp – The key do’s and dont’s
We encourage all parents to view these top tips of how to prepare your child and yourself for camp. These tips come from one of the leading professionals in the camp industry, Dr. Chris Thurber. In short, the tips he offers are the biggest mistakes that we see parents make that in turn make a child’s camp experience more challenging. Please avoid the pitfalls and let your child succeed at camp by following these helpful hints.
ACA Resource Page for Parents
The American Camp Association has a variety of resources including resources for families including planning for camp, videos for parents, parent blog, expert advice and more.
