Day Camp in Hawaii is a new leader's resource for any type of youth program, summer camp, summer school, recreational program or day camp.  It has games, activities, crafts, art projects, music, dancing and other ideas that use a tropical theme, for grades 1-6.
The following five star review was posted on Good Reads.  The author, Jim MacLachlan, moderator of the DYI review group on Good Reads gave permission to repost his review.

Day Camp in Hawaii by Paula Knoderer Hrbacek is for grades 1 - 6 according to the title page. I disagree. It's not just for day camp, Hawaii, or those ages. With very little imagination, it gives any parent a lot of fun ideas of things to do with kids singly or in groups cheaply, whether you're on a trip, have a rainy vacation day, or a birthday party. Baby sitters should read it, too.
My kids are long out of Indian Guides, Scouts, &/or Pony Club, but I did my time as a leader & volunteer in all those organizations& more. I've never run a day camp, but I've faced the problems of how to keep the little monsters busy for weekly meetings, weekend camp outs or days when our best laid plans just made the gods laugh & we had to find
something else for them to do. I wish I'd had this book!!!
 
Although this book has the Hawaii theme, the suggested activities could easily be changed for any place & Paula is a woman after my own heart - a scavenger. Seriously, the funding for activities is always minimal & the prep time is huge & often complicated. She lists a lot of quick, cheap ways to do or make a lot of neat things without a lot of time, special tools, skills or anything else. Under her tutelage, you don't even need a lot of imagination to come up with something special.
 
The author provided me with a free copy for a review to spread the word. It wasn't a chore, but a joy to go through this. I even got a couple of ideas for awards that my wife, a school bus driver, can use. I can't recommend this highly enough for anyone with kids. There are a lot of things I would have or did use to keep my own kids busy. Much better than planting them in front of the TV.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/636929855


5 stars

Every year, when the tomatoes start to come in from the garden, our family craves BLT sandwiches.  There's no better way to eat a garden fresh tomato, in my opinion.
I can't believe that bacon is more than six dollars a pound--for fat.  Here's a thrifty alternative that is also healthy. 
Spread mayonnaise on one slice of bread, and sprinkle imitation bacon flavored bits into it.  The mayonnaise will glue the bits to the bread so that they don't fall out of the sandwich.  Then, continue adding the lettuce and tomato and pickles as you prefer.
Imitation bits are made from soy beans.  I've read articles saying that soy beans help with hot flashes.  They have protein, no fat, and add fiber to your diet.
Another rendition of the BLT that we enjoy is a BELT--bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato.  Just scramble an egg and cook it over hard in one sheet.

I'd like to recommend this article to anyone who cares about the future of scouting. http://chrisaiken.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/why-i-will-not-leave-scouting-by-chris-aiken.pdf
This is a well-researched paper by a Baptist minister that affirms Christian belief that homosexual behavior is contrary to the nature of God as defined by all world religions.  I also agree with his suggestion that instead of folding a troop, a church that disagrees with the new policy should change their membership requirements, insisting that in order to join their troop, the boy must also be a member of that church.
The Catholic position is that all persons deserve love and respect, and that it is only the behavior and choices that are contrary to God.  God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.  By changing the membership requirements for the troop, the church can continue to provide a wonderful and fulfilling ministry to boys that will teach them how to be good men.  Folding a troop to protest the new change will only take this ministry away from the majority.  It will only satisfy the minority of activists who have been working to destroy the program anyway.

It's been a struggle to find someone willing to review my book, Day Camp in Hawaii, but I've finally received my first review.  He gave me five stars!
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/636929855
Then, in a discussion post in the DYI and Craft discussion group on Good Reads, Jim made this comment.
"Day Camp in Hawaii by Paula Knoderer Hrbacek is for
grades 1 - 6 according to the title page. I disagree. It's not just for day
camp, Hawaii, or those ages. With very little imagination, it gives any parent a
lot of fun ideas of things to do with kids singly or in groups cheaply, whether
  you're on a trip, have a rainy vacation day, or a birthday party. Baby sitters
  should read it, too."