https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-safely-clean-your-furniture

Today more than ever it is important that surfaces are well cleaned & sanitized. Seating, storage, bedroom and dining furniture represent the majority of surface areas in any facility. With its...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/intentional-youth-development

Camp directors often design the summer camp experience with intended camper outcomes in mind. Campers often experience positive changes as a result of attending summer camp. The research...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/develop-your-skills-camp

I am going to take a stab in the dark and guess that you are not planning on becoming a professional camp counselor. True, some of you will fall in love with camp this summer and may end up changing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/different-kind-mentor

Mentors come in all types, shapes, and sizes. There are loud ones, quiet ones; short ones, tall ones; young ones, old ones. The common denominator is “one” — as in “Be one!” While there are many...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/2020-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners

2020 Golden Quill Award Winner Elizabeth Marable and Ariella Randle Rogge “Where Are Their Adult Pants? Tools, Catchphrases, and Understanding for Choosing Today’s Staff Members” (January/...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/challenging-your-comfort-zone

Making decisions is a part of life. Growing means you have to test your comfort zone. You can do this by empowering yourself with knowledge, desire, and the necessary skills to expand your perceived...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/co-counselor-mash-how-work-more-collaboratively-happily-your-co

Mariana and Jessica are exasperated with one another. Mariana thinks the girls they share responsibility for as co-counselors are way too noisy and messy. She is always the one who gets these...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/self-care-camp-environment-survival-guide

As former camp directors, we've both had experiences where we pushed ourselves to the point where we weren't safe. Imagine this scenario: It is the last day of camp. As a program director, you...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/influencing-green-behavior-your-camp

Two summers ago, I led a staff training workshop with 180 camp staff from Blue Star Camps in Hendersonville, North Carolina. They had recently spent around $30,000 to replace their lights with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-grow

The Princeton-Blairstown Center (PBC), a 264-acre camp in northwestern New Jersey, suggests on T-shirts, water bottles, and its website that it is "A Place to Grow." This, despite being a concise...