1. UNDER CONSTRUCTION
HIRE ME / GO-LIVE!
A Concept Camp for Youth & Family Development
“Looking for the best team to join.”
Brian Bovaird Contact Information
(918) 671-1871
brian@campgrit.org
My Mission & Strategy
I am looking for an existing team to join,
with a focus on youth development,
outdoor classroom, and families.
Camps nourish all this naturally, in the
great outdoors.
The CampGRiT Concept reveals my
passion to pursue a special youth program
which will directly affect their personal
lives, their school life, and their future.
Success comes from running a camp as a
The CampGRiT Concept
Behind nearly every successful
leader in the corporate or non-profit
world, there is a change-making
childhood camp story they love to
share. Camp is where tomorrow’s
leaders are nurtured, encouraged,
strengthened and inspired to dream
big and touch lives.
CampGRiT has the ability to bridge
social, racial, physical and/or
economic iniquities for both the
youth participants and the older
youth leaders, who are building the
self-confidence and grit to innovate
business, to fulfill its mission.
Years of working with young people,
coupled with 30 years in Corporate
America, has prepared me well.
They instilled in me the enthusiasm,
perseverance, and determination to seek
out a year-round position where my
experiences can be best shared.
If your existing youth/family organization
lacks a camp environment, let’s work
together to build one.
A full resume’ and additional
information can be found online at
www.campgrit.org
and execute.
CampGRiT creates a unique
environment outside the home or
classroom, unplugged and more self-aware.
It is a Nature’s Classroom!
Families return to camp to renew
their spirits and familial purpose.
CampGRiT leverages the wilds of the
outdoors, coupled with intentional
programs to instill leadership
characteristics and creativity into
the lives of kids. At the same
time, bringing in executive style
training for the youth staff to create
leaders of consequence. Social
entrepreneurship requires
Educational
Organizations
Background
an experiential camp environment,
where youth take risks, get messy
and develop true grit. Integrate the
CampGRiT Concept into an existing
camp or help me start a new one to
serve your community. Let’s begin
discussing your favorite camp story,
for the next generation.
Educational
Background
Education/Employment Timeline
TSAS
TULSA
SCHOOL of
ARTS and
SCIENCES

2. My proven
business
experience
will make me
a valuable
member
of your
team:
Camps Matter & FUN Matters
These are the hallmarks of the American Camp Association (ACA), which certifies youth and adult camps, programs
and outdoor classrooms (OC). I have visited, and participated in the camps listed, and described below.
Camp Loughridge
Board Member – Current
Finance & Ad-Hoc Pgm Cmte’s
Interim Exec. Director (’12)
Tulsa, OK
Summer’s Best Two Weeks
Founded by Jim Welch
Site Visit – Program Review & Mentor
Boswell, PA
Camp Grady Spruce
YMCA Metropolitan Dallas
Outdoor Education (2x)
Mary Helen Franko – Exec. Dir.
Possum Kingdom, TX
Green River Preserve
Summer Residential Camp
Outdoor Education (SEE)
Sandy & Missy Schenck – ED
Cedar Mountain, NC
Let’s give Kids a chance.
Keewaydin – Dunmore – Est. 1894
Summer Residential Camp
Environmental Education Camp (KEEC)
Pete Hare – Exec. Director
Salisbury, VT
Hope’s Crossing – Special Needs
Board Member – Current
Robert Degen – Exec. Director
Tulsa, OK
Camp Enterprise – Est. 1976
Rotary Club of Tulsa
Member – Student Recruitment
Former Chair (2x) & Camper
www.campenterprise.com
Tulsa, OK
YoungLife – Sand Springs
Associated with CPHS and
The Tulsa Boy’s Home
Committee Member - Former
Sand Springs, OK
Build a Mission & Vision
Hire & Train Staff
Create a Budget
Build a Marketing Plan
Recruit the Kids
HAVE FUN!
Youth today need GRiT, and several other tools to be successful at
home, school, and work. CampGRiT can also be a model to help
break the cycle of poverty for many Title 1 school kids.
Angela Duckworth, Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania,
defines GRiT as “perseverance in pursing your passion”. Nature
helps kids (especially those with ADD & ADHD) broaden their
attention spans to bigger and more experiential tasks and discovery.
Paul Tough, bestselling author, How Children Succeed posits – kids
need curiosity, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude,
optimism and GRiT. They need to be outside, disconnected from
electronics and artificial stimuli.
Richard Louv, bestselling author, Last Child in the Woods, describes
children has having a “Nature-Deficit-Disorder”. He brings together
the CampGRiT concept.
Our elementary teachers, and parents/
guardians also need their kids learning
& exploring the outdoors. Nature is
where S.T.E.M, literature, stewardship,
and creativity have naturally existed for
millenniums. Nature’s Classroom will
become our kid’s competitive advantage in
the “chaotic, ephemeral and fickle world”
(Tom Peters, author) in which they live.
My Key Inf luences