2020 Conference Session: Bootstrapping Improvements
Is it a struggle to come up with the money needed to run programs and make payroll? Does addressing deferred maintenance at your camp or conference center seem out of reach? Could there be a way to do both with the resources that you already have? If there is, would you want to know how to do it? Attend this session and leave with ideas and methodologies to help you turn the corner from surviving to thriving.
Presented by Steve Rumage. Steve is a graduate of Purdue University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation Resource Administration. During college he worked at the Boy Scouts of America Philmont Scout Ranch, a 216 square-mile high adventure property in northern New Mexico. He was recruited into the executive ranks of the Boy Scouts of America and served in positions of increasing responsibility during a 27-year career during which he directed and managed a total of 15 different camps. During that period, Steve authored the Learning for Life Outdoor Education Program for the BSA which became a model program for BSA councils across the country. Although the BSA always treated camp as an additional responsibility, it was the element of his work he enjoyed most. Steve transitioned to full-time work in Christian camping in 2005 and has directed Christian-affiliated Camps and Conference Centers in Maine, Oregon, and currently serves as the Executive Director at the Episcopal Conference Center in Oakhurst, CA.
