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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/loudly-engaged-training-your-team-beat-burnout

Loudly Engaged: Training Your Team to Beat Burnout

When I first saw the now-famous TikTok explaining the term “quiet quitting” (Leppelin, 2022), it came across to me as laziness masquerading as inspiration. As scenes of July 2022 NYC life flash by...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/swims-smores-social-emotional-growth

Swims, S'mores, and Social-Emotional Growth

Camp’s opening day excitement is palpable. Sights and sounds elicit joy and anticipation from staff, counselors, and campers alike. Early arrivers wait in line for the camp gates to open. Campers...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/water-exploring-its-significance-sustenance-sources

Water: Exploring Its Significance, Sustenance, and Sources

Water is sustenance for every living being on earth. Albert Szent-Gyorgi, MD summed it up best, saying, “Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water” (Szent-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fema-nonprofit-security-grant-program

The FEMA Nonprofit Security Grant Program

In 2023, an overnight camp in the Northeast received $150,000 to upgrade its security. These funds allowed the camp to replace fences, add a security exit gate, and install protective window coating...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-improvement-program-quality-lessons-learned-part-two

Continuous Improvement and Program Quality: Lessons Learned, Part Two

As established in the first “Lessons Learned” article (...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/thank-you-another-great-year

Thank You for Another Great Year

As the year winds down and the holidays approach, I hope you and your loved ones are well and finding time to breathe, play, and celebrate with time together. During this season of giving...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/architecture-culture-kindness

The Architecture of a Culture of Kindness

Eden Village Camp, the Jewish farm-to-table sleepaway camp in Putnam Valley, New York, has an unusual business plan: to "be the camp we wish to see," borrowing from Ghandi's quote encouraging us to "...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-working-camp-premed-student-one-best-decisions-i-have-ever-made

Why Working at Camp as a Premed Student Is One of the Best Decisions I Have Ever Made

"Camp has provided me with deeply meaningful friendships, many networking opportunities, valuable people skills, and it has had an enormous positive impact on my mental health."

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whatever-weather

Whatever the Weather

One of my fondest camp memories is of sitting in a large platform tent with my other new friends during a torrential downpour. Like most suburban kids I knew, I had long been schooled to come in...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/news/department-labor-announces-overtime-rule-decision

Department of Labor Announces Overtime Rule Decision

2019 Update On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor announced their decision regarding minimum salaries and...