How to have a strong arts crafts application If you’re creative and love making something out of nothing then focusing your application on Arts and Crafts can be a great way to spend the summer at camp. Arts and Crafts is quite a common skill set thatRead more →
Camp Counselor Spotlight: Alicia from Fernwood Cove/. Alicia, Camp director of Fernwood Cove in Maine tells us a little more about the all girls traditional camp that she runs and what makes Fernwood Cove special! Tell us a little bit about your camp? Fernwood Cove is Maine’sRead more →
Flying to camp. What are your options? We’ve had lots of questions re. flights to the USA for camp so figured we’d ping you all out an email so you can start thinking about your flight options. As you know we work with Student Universe to helpRead more →
Camp in Maine? Here’s our top tips Wild Packs are lucky to work with hundreds of camps based all over the USA- giving applicants a real taste of American culture! Most of the camps we work with are decades old, some have been running for over 100Read more →
Camp Counselor Spotlight: Carl Tell us a little bit about your camp? Camp Echo is located in Bloomingburg, New York and we’re about 90 minutes Northeast of New York City. Camp Echo was established in 1924 and this will be our 96th summer. We’re a traditional camp,Read more →
New York- The City That Never Sleeps! Camp is over. You’ve cried so many tears you’re not sure you have any water left in your body. You’ve driven down the road from camp thinking about all the amazing experiences you had at camp…but now you’re on toRead more →
One of our favourite evening activities at summer camp is… What’s an evening program I hear you ask!? An evening program will typically run from around 7pm to 9pm most evenings on camp. This can be anything from a pool party, a games night, international night orRead more →
Post camp travel on a budget Post camp travel on a budget is an effective way of getting more bang for your buck and seeing more of the USA. Heading back to camp for her fourth summer Wild Packs recruitment guru Rachel shares her tips on howRead more →
Summer camp and cultural exchange Recruitment coordinator Paddy explores the cultural exchange element of working at a summer camp in the USA and why immersing yourself in the American culture is such a key part of your summer camp adventure! My camp has a tradition where inRead more →
Worried about travelling after camp? We all work at summer camp to make the summer the best experience for the kids as possible but one of the added benefits of this is the ability to spend 30 days after camp to travel around the USA. Travel fromRead more →