https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-atlanta

Although we as camp professionals are fully aware of the joy of camp and get to experience it with those campers and staff members we serve, we're never completely free to truly experience camp for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hallowed-ground

An Interview with Camp Southern Ground President Rob Parker When GRAMMY Award-winning musician Zac Brown began the journey of realizing his vision to build Camp Southern Ground, a nonprofit camp,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fostering-creativity-camp-life

An Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, is scientific director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/field-guide-preserving-childhood

It is commonly said that it takes an entire village to raise strong, healthy children. Yes, it takes a village of people to raise a child, but it also takes the village itself. A hundred years ago...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cautionary-tale-how-handle-hookup-culture-camp

The recent "Senior Salute" revelations that engulfed the prestigious St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, offer a cautionary tale to educational institutions unable or unwilling to directly...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/collective-impact

A young woman walks down the trail to the next station. There, in front of her, is a wall towering over her. The wall is ten feet tall and six feet wide, and as she and her group of peers walk up to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-picture-sites-facilities-programs-aca-camps

Do you ever wonder what other camps offer for programs? Are your facilities similar to those at other camps like yours? Are there differences in sites, facilities, and programs based on...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/briefing-paper-emotional-safety-camps

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/community-values

I spent last summer on Lake LBJ in Marble Falls, Texas, working at a camp where I had spent many previous summers: Camp Champions. Tucked away in the hill country of central Texas, Camp Champions has...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/utilizing-civil-rights-law-better-include-participants-disabilities

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 2.8 million school-aged children with disabilities in the United States. Their functional limitations range from effected hearing and vision to...