With warm weather and little rain Concord camp directors are recording this
past season in the victory column.
"We had a great season," said Laura Lunig, Concord Recreation's summer camp
Director, who said enrollment was good despite being slow in the beginning of
the season.
She said that this year was better than least year where it was cold and rainy which made it hard to convince the kids to go swimming.
"We love the heat," said Lunig, who said that the high humidity this year made getting kids to do swim lessons a lot easier.
Lunig said there were less injuries this year than there had been in the past
and that she was surprised that there where no reported cases of heat
exhaustion that she was aware of. She chalked up this success to an experienced
staff on hand saying that the camp only hired one new person this year so there
was less time needed to teach people the ropes.
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Although at the same time she said she was "not sure why" this year was less injury prone than in the past.
Likewise Star Sports Camps which also rely on an experienced coaching staff
also reported a "really successful" season, said Director Bob Starensier, who
added that the season was "incredibly positive." He said that the campers and
the staff did a "really good job" of staying hydrated and that the high
humidity did not affect the operation of the camp.
Starensier said that the camp sought to develop skills at the skill level that
the athletes were at and that that the camp made an effort to employ school
teachers as part of its coaching staff so that campers received instruction
from those who where able to teach the basic skills well.
At the same time Camp Thoreau which is based out of the Thoreau Country Club
also reported that that the "summer went really well," although their director
was unavailable for comment. Concord Academy Day Camp did not respond to interview requests.
