Broad & Bright Articles

AMSkier’s Broad and Bright library shares valuable summer camp resources and are open to the public. Broad and Bright is a smaller library curated from our full media center of SKI-Way articles, which is packed with valuable tips and resources for summer camps and camp leaders. This extensive library of SKI-Way articles, videos, podcasts and other summer camp resources is exclusive to our AMSkier summer camp clients. Each article is prepared by experts in the camp industry because we know informed and prepared camp leaders help make children’s summer camps safer and better. Several SKI-Way articles are published a month and full access to these articles, podcasts, and other media is exclusively available to AMSkier camp clients. Stay informed by legal experts, child psychologists, behavior specialists, and top leaders in the camp industry and consider insuring your camp with us.

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AMSkier Celebrates 2017 Scholarship Recipients from Wallenpaupack, Wayne Highlands High Schools

Hawley, Pa.—June 25, 2017—AMSkier Insurance, a third-generation family insurance company with a national customer base, today announces the winners of their college scholarship program, awarded this Spring. AMSkier awards the Gail Masker Scholarship to Wallenpaupack High School graduates, honoring Gail Masker who was an AMSkier cherished staff member for 53 years. This scholarship was founded […]

SCOOP: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EMPLOYEE’S PERSONAL PROPERTY AT CAMP?

SCOOP: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EMPLOYEE’S PERSONAL PROPERTY AT CAMP? Alan Cooper, Esquire, AMSkier General Counsel, Claims Director Originally Published on SKI-Way, Dec 7, 2012 The place where personal property and camp meet can be challenging for directors and staff to navigate. From musical instruments to cooking equipment to electronics, directors and their senior employees […]

DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE | READ NOW, PLEASE – LATER MAY BE TOO LATE

By AMSkier Partners, Norman Friedman, M. Ed & Cathi Fischer, LCSW As the largest insurer of children’s summer camps in the United States, we consider the health, safety and welfare of children our primary concern. The data that our Camp-ALERT-Network gathers is often relevant for anyone responsible for the care of other people’s children. What […]

MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH VACCINATIONS – TOP ISSUES FROM THE BEN APPELBAUM MEDICAL ISSUES FORUM AT 2015 ACA NATIONAL CONFERENCE “

In this article, learn how camps can prepare for immunizations issues and handle non-immunized campers or staff. Example waiver included.

TWN: SUICIDE & HOMICIDE ISSUES – ESSENTIAL RESPONSES!

Once again, as every summer before, our Camp ALERT Network has received calls asking for assistance when campers or staff members have either actually made attempts or threatened suicide or violent acts. With over nine million of America’s youngsters and hundreds of thousands of staff caring for them at camps nationwide, it’s no surprise that this is what happens during the off-season is destined to happen at camp. What makes our AMSkier Family of Camp Directors different is that denial is not part of their “tool box” when caring for other people’s children.

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