Unfreezing Year-Round Programming

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The term summer camp does not often bring to mind tobogganing and ice skating, yet more and more frequently, summer camps are transitioning into programs capable of running year-round. This study aimed to examine both the formation and process of creating year-round programming within summer camps in Ontario. A descriptive case study was employed to uncover answers to the studys research questions: (1) in what ways have camps become year-round programs? and (2) what has been learned by individuals involved in creating year-round programming? Interviews were conducted with camp directors from six camps who had created year-round programming. Narratives and themes were identified from the interviews with eight major themes highlighted. These eight themes were inherited or donated, planning, correctly the first time, marketing, relationships, staffing, benefits to other seasons and financial justification. Using Kurt Lewins Three-Step model of planned change, themes were characterized into one of Lewins stages of unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. Two themes did not pertain to one of Lewins stages, but were still relevant.

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Hannah Dabrowski is an outdoor educator in Ontario, Canada.

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