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 [1] • 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 [2] • Jessica Orndorff, Camping Magazine, July/August 2003
ACA accreditation [3] demonstrates a commitment to quality camp programming.
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Experience a community where children, youth, and adults play to learn.
Examples of what camp can do . . . .
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 [4] • 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 [5] • Ann Fullerton, Ph.D., Ted Hulbert, Paul Pierson, Jennifer Waldorf, and Annie Calhoun, Camping Magazine, May/June 2002
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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 [6] • 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 [7] • 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 [8] • Elizabeth Jeffrey, Camping Magazine, September/October 2001
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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 [9] • 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 [10] •
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 [11] • Melora Mayo, R.N., B.S.N., Camping Magazine, November/December 2002