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Eric Shendelman and Andy Lillienthal join Howie and Kelly to begin to unpack what was likely the hardest season in a Camp Owner’s career.

The Camp Owner’s Pod is BACK!

We’re thrilled to bring you a full season of podcasts from now until June 2021! Stay tuned to our podcast feed to hear new episodes dropping every two weeks.

It’s fair to say that it’s been a bit of a rough 3 months since we last dropped an episode. So even though we’re excited to move on and get to some different episodes, we can’t not talk about what happened this past summer.

To help unpack this blur of a summer, Howie and Kelly are joined by Eric Shendelman from Crestwood  Valley Day Camp & Shendy’s Swim School in Ontario and Andy Lillienthal from Camp Winnebago in Maine.

All 4 of our hosts had very different summers, so get excited for this episode to really cover some broad ground!

Tune-in to hear about:

• How did you navigate: 
  • Camp Logistics 
  • Customer 
  • Service Staff Training 
• In what ways were you challenged like never before? 
• What changes did you make that will carry forward to future seasons regardless of the presence of COVID? 

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Thanks for listening!

If you have a suggestion or guest for a for a show, please email our producer, Matt at [email protected].

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What Inspires You? 

Things that inspire our hosts and guests to be the best Camp Owners they can be.

Howie: Article: “Your Surge Capacity is Depleted, That’s Why You Feel Awful”

Kelly: Book: Yung Pueblo “Inward”

Andy: Poem: “How Many and How Much” by Shel Silverstein

Eric: Camp community at large, the coming together of leaders in both Canada and US

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Host Links:

Hosts: 

• Howie Grossinger - Co-owner/Director - Camp Robin Hood, Partner - Camp Walden & Madawaska Camps 
• Kelly Schuna - Owner - Hidden Pines Ranch
• Andy Lillienthal - Owner/Director of Camp Winnebago
• Eric Shendelman - Director, Crestwood Valley Day Camp in Toronto and Owner, Shendy’s Swim School. Past President of the Ontario Camps Association

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