Camping Magazine

Discover why passionate camp professionals remain loyal despite the stress. This article explores the unique lifestyle, emotional rewards, and challenges of working in the camp industry.

Explore the challenge camp directors face in balancing their camp's mission with financial sustainability, and learn the importance of creating engaging experiences for campers while managing associated costs.

Conference season is an exciting and energetic time because conferences are camp for the camp professional. You reconnect with old friends and make new ones as you enjoy a...

At a recent camp conference, I caught up with Jessie Emmons, executive director of YMCA Camp High Harbour at Lake Burton in Georgia. I told her about my obsession with counselor-in...

“Can someone please share their enrollment agreement? We’re updating our contracts, and I need a good template.” If you’re a member of any of the online camp forums — from the ACA...

The challenge: behavior and group management skills — one of the skill sets needed first and most by staff — must compete for schedule space during training with so much other...

During my years as a camp director, safety became more than a set of rules or a checklist; it evolved into a daily practice with my entire team, embedded in everything from early...

Anyone who claims to love receiving feedback is either stretching the truth or blessed with nerves of steel. Feedback can be tough to hear. Most of us approach it with pride and...

Rachel Rosen, founder of SPARK Equity in Action, believes that everyone’s story counts. A seasoned facilitator and DEI strategist, she is committed to helping people work better...

Chris Moore, CEO of the youth-focused nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), uses his extensive executive leadership, advocacy, and field...