Tina Bildstein,  Founder & Camp Director

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Tina Bildstein founded and is the director of Country Life Kids Camp. She has spent more than two decades serving youth through sports, education, and outdoor learning.

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Athlete and coach

Tina was a multi-sport athlete in high school — a four-time Ohio State qualifier in track & field and a member of championship basketball teams — and continued as an All-American and multi-sport athlete at Penn State University. She later played and coached college women’s basketball, including coaching roles at the University of Akron, Wayne College, and Thiel College. For more than 20 years she has coached basketball, volleyball, soccer, and track & field.

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From business to camp

Before founding the camp, Tina spent 20 years as an Account Manager with TransUnion, an international credit reporting company. After the birth of her son, Matthew, she reassessed her path and returned to the work she had always loved: teaching and coaching children. In 2007, the Bildstein family founded Country Life Kids Camp on their park-like property in Medina so children could explore woods, fields, streams, and ponds — and simply be kids.

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Faith, family, and community

The camp is a 501(c)(3) Christian youth summer day camp. Tina and her family donate their time, talents, and treasures to the work. In the community, Tina has served as a board member for St. Francis Xavier Parish Council and as a CYO coach for a variety of sports, including the 3rd- through 8th-grade boys’ basketball team — continuing a long tradition of CYO sports with her husband. Kim Tuchek, CYO athletic director, has praised Tina’s basketball program for young learners and her gift for teaching teamwork and sportsmanship.

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Tina’s leadership at Country Life Kids Camp is marked by a steady commitment to character, outdoor play, and giving parent’s peace of mind — preparing youth with values, leadership, and a moral compass for the years ahead.