https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-15-meet-2019-eells-program-award-winners
Episode 15 - Meet the 2019 Eells Program Award WinnersIn the fifteenth episode of CampWire, meet the five winners of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence. These camps will be honored at ACA's National Conference next month in Nashville.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-you-can-use-10-ways-use-camper-impact-study-findings-your-camp
Research You Can Use: 10 Ways to Use Camper Impact Study Findings at Your CampLearn how to use findings from phase 2 of the American Camp Association's Youth Impact Study.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-14-aca-technology-tom-schenk
Episode 14 - ACA & Technology with Tom SchenkTom Schenk has been Director of Technology at ACA for almost 25 years. On this episode, Sam spoke with him about the ways in which technology has changed in his time at ACA, and about some of the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp
What's the Best Age for Camp?You probably want a number here. If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/celebrating-kindness-camp
Celebrating Kindness at CampHappy Camp Kindness Day! Check out this blog from ACA President/CEO Tom Rosenberg about kindness at camp
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/importance-camp-lgbt-youth
The Importance of Camp to LGBT YouthThe month of June holds a very special place in my heart. Warm weather, the joyous arrival of seasonal staff and campers, and of course, LGBT Pride Month. Pride is a time to celebrate the lesbian,...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help
Too Much Screen Time? Four Ways Summer Camp Can HelpChildren between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-independent-confident-resilient-kid-camp-can-help
Want an Independent, Confident, Resilient Kid? Camp Can Help!While it’s easy to think of ways to teach our kids to do laundry or solve math problems, finding a way to instill important character traits isn’t as simple. The way we model traits we want our...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-lessons-use-when-transitioning-back-school
Camp Lessons to Use When Transitioning Back to SchoolOne Sunday night this past July, I was with my wife eating dinner when the all-boys sleepaway camp my eight-year-old son Myles was attending for the very first time in his life emailed a few photos....
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/conversation-about-fatigue-camp
A Conversation about Fatigue and CampBefore fatigue becomes a serious problem, here are four suggestions for addressing fatigue at this point in the summer.