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Experience a community that fosters
positive relationships, healthy risk taking,
and acceptance.
Examples
of what camp can do . . . .
 Adventure educators have documented the
benefits of structured adventure activities
on camper development. Improvement of self-concept
has been primary for children and youth.
Read
more • Matt
Brownlee and Rita Yerkes, Ed.D., Camping
Magazine, November/December 2003
A model for volunteerism, the 4-H Volunteer
Camping Assistants program touches lives
and teaches campers a few lessons about
respect, friendship, and loyalty. Read
more • Jessica
Orndorff, Camping Magazine, July/August
2003
ACA accreditation
demonstrates a commitment to quality camp
programming.
Experience a community where children,
youth, and adults play to learn.
Examples of what camp can do . . . .
A Parent's Letter to Counselor's
and Staff: "With finances tight, we
could either take a family vacation, or
they could attend camp. Without hesitation,
they chose camp. And, until now, I just
couldn't ‘get' it."
Read
more • Donna
Donovan, Camping Magazine, November/December
2003
Running, swimming, baseball, basketball,
sailboats, and sun – these are the
first images associated with summer camp.
This past summer, however, Camp Alvernia
added a new program – visual media.
Read
more • Aaron
Ranstrom, Camping Magazine, May/June
2002
Through the generosity of one camp's program,
families enjoy four-day vacations and find
the benefits of the camp experience in a
relaxed, natural setting. Read
more • Ann
Fullerton, Ph.D., Ted Hulbert, Paul Pierson,
Jennifer Waldorf, and Annie Calhoun, Camping
Magazine, May/June 2002
Experience a community where learning
contributes to growth and development.
Examples
of what camp can do . . . .
 In New York, more than ten thousand young
people spend a month of their summer vacation
in a special camp program to help them
retain what they learned during the school
year.
Read
more • Jim
O'Donnell, Camping Magazine,
January/February 2002
Programming for service opportunities in
today's camps offers a variety of
options, from short-term experiences to
a fully integrated curriculum that links
action and reflection. Service learning,
therefore, may be best understood as a method
to encourage campers to act, reflect, develop,
and learn through community-organized service.
Read
more • Joel
S. Garavaglia-Maiorano and Joel Pile, Camping
Magazine, September/October 2001
The Hole in the Wall Discovery Center in
Ashford, Connecticut, has facilitated a
model diversity program that partners the
best of camp and school. Read
more • Elizabeth
Jeffrey, Camping Magazine, September/October
2001
Experience a community where everyone
is welcome.
Examples of what camp can do . . . .
Israeli teens experience American camping
at Tamarack Camps: "An important opportunity
to integrate American and Israeli campers
in the same cabins and villages so they
could live together, learn about each other's
culture, and develop long-term friendships."
Read
more • Wendy
Rose Bice, Camping Magazine, January/February
2003
S.C.O.P.E. (Summer Camp Opportunities Provide
an Edge) is a program of the American Camping
Association New York Section that makes
summer camp available by funding ACA-accredited,
nonprofit camps with "camperships"
for children in need. Read
more •
Jennifer Flax and Marc
Honigfeld, Camping Magazine, January/February
2002
Across the country, among families dealing
with serious diseases, the camp movement
for children with such conditions is on
the rise. Read
more • Melora
Mayo, R.N., B.S.N., Camping Magazine,
November/December 2002
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