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	<title>Our Kids Blog &#187; Travis Allison</title>
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	<description>Helping families choose private schools and summer camps</description>
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		<title>Montreal Private School Expo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing a School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private School Expo for Montreal Families Families in the Montreal area: don&#8217;t miss the Montreal Private School expo this September. Register for free admission and to meet with French and English schools. At the Montreal Private School Expo you will find: French and English schools institutions that offer day and boarding programs schools from Quebec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make your school as green as can be</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is partnering with Loblaws Canada to reduce schools&#8217; impact on the environment and teach students more about taking care of the earth. The awards are focused on making changes within the school that will also have a positive affect on the local community. Your school could win a $5000 grant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I became a step-father to teenagers when I was 30 years old.  Well, technically, Spencer was only 11 but Andrew was 15 so the median age was teenagers. It has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Because Beth and I had worked together at our Muskoka summer camp for so long, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sending kids to camp&#8230; by portaging!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing a Camp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charity Raises Money to Send Kids to Summer Camp Although the base of my feet felt bruised, my thumbs were stiff and I couldn’t stand up straight, it was well worth it – we raised over $30,000 to help send 30 underprivileged kids to camp this summer. On June 5, I was one of 48 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picking a great camp for your kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Camp Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know how to pick the best summer camp for your kids?  Watch how the staff treat each other. You can tell a lot about the atmosphere and general attitude of a children&#8217;s summer camp by taking a tour and observing a few things. Are you greeted warmly and immediately? Do the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day camp: Green Acres – Video 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is our pleasure to welcome Camp Green Acres/MyCamp to our blog.   They are posting  a video every day this summer. [Green Acres/MyCamp is a day camp located outside of Markham, ON. Their summer video blog can be found here.]]]></description>
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		<title>Camp Photos – a thought for Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was thrilled to see this summer camp photography comic strip from Edge City in a recent blog post.   As we have discussed in CampNation (our podcast for summer camp directors and professional camp staff), camps are working to find a good balance between showing parents what is going on for their child at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CampNation Facebook Contest Winner – Spencer Blake</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook Contest &#8211; CampNation Music Video Winner We are excited to announce the winner of our CampNation Video contest: Spencer Blake with his original song “Take it Slow”.  Spencer grew up at Cairn (see Cairn’s listing on camps.ca) and this summer he is working as their head of Adventure Programming. Spencer has won our grand prize: a Toshiba laptop and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CampNation Facebook Contest Winner – Spencer Blake</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook Contest &#8211; CampNation Music Video Winner We are excited to announce the winner of our CampNation Video contest: Spencer Blake with his original song “Take it Slow”.  Spencer grew up at Cairn (see Cairn’s listing on camps.ca) and this summer he is working as their head of Adventure Programming. Spencer has won our grand prize: a Toshiba laptop and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Week on Twitter: 2010-06-13</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/the-week-on-twitter-2010-06-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RT @Borschke: Congrats to Rob Dryan of Camp Oochigeas! Check out his profile on Canada&#39;s top 40 under 40: http://tiny.cc/RobDrynan. # RT @CampLeadership: Interview with &#34;Queen Bees and Wannabees&#34; author Rosalind Wiseman http://bit.ly/7u0gV5 girl on girl #cyberbullying # RT @JessiLinnD: 3 4-year-olds on a picnic table singing Wavin Flag &#8230; others pick up song, and [...]]]></description>
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