Inside Down Under – Meet Rod Thomson, CEO of ACA AUS
Interview by Joel Thompson, Director at Edutourism Melbourne Pty Ltd, and ICF Board Member Australian Camps Association CEO, Rod Thomson When did you take on the position as CEO and why the Australian Camping Sector? I started the role at the end of June…
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Camp Without Borders Award 2021
The Board of the Russian Camp Association MOO-SDO, has awarded the 2021 “Camp Without Borders” award to John (Jorgi) Jorgenson. “Camp Without Borders” is the organization’s highest award. The “Camp Without Borders” Award was founded in 2019. Once a year, Russian camp professionals recognize an outstanding non-Russian…
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Camp Events Around the World
These are some events camp professionals around the world can look forward to, in chronological order. If there is an event you think should be added to this list, please email us the information at communications@icfconnect.net Date / Place November 3-4, 2021 – Australia/Online…
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Beverly Ball (1928 – 2021)
We wanted all the ICF friends to know that Beverly Ball died on September 22, 2021. She was 93 years old and the wife of Armand Ball. When Armand was the Executive Director of the American Camping Association, Bev was the director of book publishing…
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Feedback from the #ThanksToCamp 2021 Post Survey
The TTC 2021 Post Survey was sent out in 7 different languages and the responses came back in all 7 languages! Below you will find some of the comments. If you would like to be more involved with the next TTC campaign, please contact ICF…
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International Seminar on Special Needs and Camps
On May 11, Russian Children’s Centre <<Orlyonok>> hosted a Roundtable of Russian and international presenters on the topic of “Inclusive recreation for children: international experience, challenges and perspectives”. The roundtable took place within the Orlyonok inclusive camp session for visually impaired children “Artistic Impulse”. It…
Read MoreICF President’s Remarks – May 2021
Dear ICF Family, We are a just a few steps before the summer of 2021. The ICF leadership team has made a huge effort to stay in contact with the ICF members, to get updates on conditios in each country and to share them across…
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Russia and #ThanksToCamp
Russian Children’s Centre “Orlyonok” hosted a #ThanksToCamp international online meeting, in order to support the ICF global campaign #ThanksToCamp. Participants The participants of the meeting were the campers and staff members of: national children’s centres “Zubryonok» (Belarus), “Baldauren” (Kazakhstan), “Kamchia” (Bulgaria), federal children’s centres “Orluonok”, “Ocean” and…
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Project Team Conference in Moscow Russia
The International Children Center Artek has continued its leadership in education by hosting approximately top-level teachers from across Russia in a conference on the subject developing leaders for social change. Titled “Project Team”, the three-day event took place at the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow but…
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Interview on the TV channel “Tyumensky Vremya”
On March 22nd, 2021, ICF President Fahrettin Gozet and ICF Past President Valery Kostin took part in the filming of the TV show “Interview” on the TV channel “Tyumensky Vremya”. In a conversation with Olga Solonitsyna, they talked about the activities of the International Camping…
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