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CAMP Travel Edition / Highways Magazine - Friday, April 23rd, 2010
CAMP Featured on WUSA9.com / Amy Bevins - Monday, March 16th, 2009
Amy Bevins discusses the need for family game night. She has the CAMP board game as one of her favorites products! Thanks Amy. Be sure to check out: DC.MomsLikeMe.com WUSA9 | Washington DC | Virginia | Maryland.
The Toy Book/ Education Outdoors Camp Travel Game - Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Scouting Magazine/ Outdoor Smarts, by Karen Berger - Friday, October 24th, 2008
Boys' Life Magazine/ Play The Trail, by Paula Murphey - Friday, August 1st, 2008
Edplay Magazine / Game Night - Friday, April 18th, 2008
New York International Toy Fair - Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Antrim County News/ /Hadley Robinson - Sunday, November 11th, 2007
New CAMP commercial on CBS! - Thursday, November 8th, 2007
The new CAMP commercial starring the Paczesny family, will be airing now through the Holiday Season on our local CBS affiliate 9&10 News.
Michigan Country Lines / By Gail Knudtson - Friday, November 2nd, 2007
TC Business News / By Heather Johnson Durocher - Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Elk Rapids News / Liz Durling - Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Edplay Magazine / New Products August 2007 - Monday, July 30th, 2007
Women in the Outdoors Magazine - Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
For testing your family's outdoor knowledge; a fun trivia game that pits parents against kids; 24.99; www.campboardgame.com; also available at Cabela's.
Playthings Product Watch/Karyn M. Peterson - Monday, July 9th, 2007
Playthings Magazine/Buzz Report: ASTRA Marketplace/Karyn M. Peterson - Sunday, July 8th, 2007
For retailers looking for brand new products and lines, start-ups like Tim Paczesny’s Education Outdoors, Eastport, Mich., filled the bill. The company’s Camp family board game aims to teach kids about the natural world through trivia questions leveled for different ages and ability levels. “The whole family can play together at their own level,” Paczesny told Playthings. Camp’s four levels of wildlife and nature questions range from easy (recognizing which animal is in a photo) to difficult (identifying the scientific names of different animals), and a second addition of cards is in the works, Paczesny said. The company also offers free downloadable coloring pages—with a complete outdoors-themed coloring and activity book for kids on the horizon—and a space-saving, rustic point-of-purchase display made from recycled pallet wood that holds up to 12 games. “Most stores have taken the display,” Peczesny said, noting that more than 2500 games have been sold since November at toy stores and outdoor stores.
Traverse Magazine Article - June 2007 - Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Permission to Hunt - May 2007, Vol. 4 - NO. 10 - Sunday, April 29th, 2007
Record Eagle/ By Kevin Johnston - Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Michigan Outdoors News/ By Yvonne Swager - Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
North American Fishing Magazine - Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
"Gear of the Week" The Camp board game ($24.99) brings families together while educating kids about fishing and the outdoors. With four levels of questions, it will challenge both children and adults. Camp includes 400 questions with color photos, 100 fun facts, eight game characters, 1 die, and a colorfully illustrated board.
The Toy Directory - Sunday, March 4th, 2007
With this fun and educational game, families can learn facts about the great outdoors. For two to eight players, it includes 200 game cards and is designed to grow with the player, starting with level one questions (primarily animal identification) and progressing to higher level questions. “A vibrant earthtone color palette, full-color photos, interesting playing characters and a cute Camp card decoder” were incorporated to make this family game appealing to both children and adults, Jesse DenHerder, in graphic design/marketing for Education Outdoors, told TDmonthly. “With a game that is true to its vision in content and overall aesthetic, Camp will be a must-have for specialty retailers.” Launch date: December 15, 2006. 1/29/2007 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket]
Escanaba Daily Press/Rick Kobasic/ BBBS - Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Big Brothers / Big Sisiters(BBBS) of the Bay Area covers Delta, Dickinson, Menominee and Schoolcraft counties in the U.P., as well as Florence and Marinette counties just inside Wisconsin. Board Member Tanya Schuster of Escanaba, who has been involved with the organization for five years, relates that "even though most of what we do is handled through volunteer labor, we still need money to maintain the business and make the service available to our youth and the mentors who want to join them." Michigan began a Families Afield/Youth Mentoring Program several years ago. BBBS of the Bay Area has picked up on those programs with their version that incorporates them with their Outdoor Mentoring Program. To do so, they match caring adults with a passion for the outdoors with "Littles" that want to learn more about the outdoors, whether it is hunting, fishing, archery, hiking or just about any other traditional activities. BBBS recently found another way of merging minds of the young and old by incorporating a unique new game to the fold and using it as a fund raiser project. Tim Paczesny from Eastport, Mich. has developed a game and is distributing it through his company, Education Outdoors, Inc. The name of the game is "Camp" and is designed so both children and adults can play and learn fun facts about the great outdoors. The new board game Camp is designed so both children and adults can play and learn fun facts about the great outdoors. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Bay Area is using the game to help teach "Littles" about the outdoors. The game is designed to grow with the player, starting at level one questions which are primarily identification of animals. As the players increase their knowledge about the outdoors, they grow into the higher level questions. It is a fun and educational game where parents and children can play against each other to get to Camp first. BBBS of the Bay Area also feel it will help accomplish, in part, what they have set in the Outdoor Mentoring Program principles: Respect for our natural resources and the heritage that has been built in conservation since the days of Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold. The format is modeled somewhat like Trivial Pursuit. The object of Camp is to be the first person to start a game piece at the campfire and move it around the board, following the footprints and finishing back at the campfire. All players choose a game piece and place it on a seat by the campfire. Each player must choose a level they would like to play. Level one is the easiest (suggested for beginners) and level four the hardest. The youngest player is first to roll the die and players takes turns in a clockwise order. Mentoring comes into play when the young participants learn from the experienced players. Their minds are also taxed to imagine circumstances and situations from the outdoors experience. It has a lot more creativity and challenge than many computer games and allows multiple participants which can also help you reconnect with your family while learning about the outdoors. The game is endorsed and was sponsored by U.P. Whitetails Association, Inc., and is available locally through the Northern Lodge Down Company, 7292 US Highways 2, 41 and M35 between Escanaba and Gladstone. A portion of every sale is given to Big Brothers / Big Sisters of the Bay Area. You can also contact the organization for more information at (906) 789- 0060 or via the web: http://bbnsbayarea.org./ This is an ideal gift for Christmas, especially for those U.P. Alumni who live away. The suggested retail price is $24.95 and can be shipped direct for a small shipping and handling charge. For those who have considered becoming a mentor, this just may be the tool to help get acquainted with a youngster who needs someone like you in their life. article by, Tim Kobasic Tim Kobasic is the Outdoors Editor for KMB Broadcasting and host/producer
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