by Anna Sorenson | Mar 15, 2024 | Health & Wellness
A few weeks ago I was visiting with a camp director who expressed their deep weariness. Their camp was in transition with key staff positions needing to be filled. Their personal life included grieving. And they wondered about the future of the camp – with fewer...
by Jared Rendell | Dec 5, 2023 | Camp and Culture, Health & Wellness, Podcast
Our heart is restless until it rests in you. – ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO “Spirituality.” How do we actually define that word? What’s the difference between spirituality and religion? Can one be a non-spiritual person? What does it mean to be...
by Anna Sorenson | Oct 10, 2023 | Health & Wellness, Stories from Camp
This month at Sacred Playgrounds, we are deep in parent survey data from 21 different camps that worked with us. One or two weeks after campers returned home, these camps sent a survey to parents, asking about their child’s experience. Parental observations offer...
by Jared Rendell | Oct 3, 2023 | Health & Wellness, Podcast
“Of all the pillars of health, spirituality is the one that has a perfectly inverse relationship with anxiety and depression.”- Tracey Gaslin Listen in to this deep conversation with our own Jake Sorenson and Tracey Gaslin, Chief Executive Officer of the...