The true meaning of CRSF camp: one chaperone’s experience
 Jason Newman is the Program Director at the Bridesburg Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia.When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be Lou…
 Jason Newman is the Program Director at the Bridesburg Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia.When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be Lou…
Our kids can't thrive if they don't feel safe. A few months ago, we introduced access to affordable background checks through First Advantage (formerly LexisNexis) along with a video that included…
CRSF travels up to Neenah, WI, for September’s Mentor Spotlight of the month. Tim Chappa has been working in youth development for 9 years and has run our Badges for Baseball program…
 This past weekend, on her fifth attempt, 64 year old Diana Nyad achieved her dream: to become the first person to swim, unaided, from Cuba to Florida. That's more than…
As I sit here at my desk writing this blog post, I am a little perplexed because I am not out at camp enjoying free time or the ropes course…
Relay race fun: campers had to walk (not run) across the turf circle and pretend they were putting things into a shopping cart. When they got to their counselor at…
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood in front of millions of people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, and spoke those famous words (which he apparently…
In some parts of the country, including our home state of Maryland, many kids are already back in the classrooms and on school buses. Fortunately for us, some of our…
As another eventful week of Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation summer camp comes to a close, campers reflected on new friends and new experiences in their final night. Although getting the…
Last night we had the awesome opportunity to take the kids to an Aberdeen IronBirds game! Not only was it a blue moon last night, but it was a perfect…