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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/health-care-providers-whos-best-my-camp
Health Care Providers: Who's Best for My Camp?With another summer tucked into history, many camp professionals use autumn to review the summer as well as decompress from it. This is often when we consider changes that would "make things better"...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-great-camp-counselor-act-one
To Be a Great Camp Counselor, Act Like One!You’re the head of baseball and softball at a prestigious summer camp in New England. It’s week four of the seven-week session and one of your counselors, Jason, is still struggling to connect with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ten-ways-we-can-respond-inappropriate-behaviors
Ten Ways We Can Respond to Inappropriate BehaviorsThis summer at camp you are bound to encounter some behaviors that are inappropriate. The types of possible behaviors are too numerous to list. As frontline staff, having a range of strategies to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/kids-healthy-lifestyles-how-camps-can-help
Kids and Healthy Lifestyles: How Camps Can HelpChild Obesity: A National Public Health Problem As the child obesity epidemic rears its overweight head across the nation, affecting one in five children, camps can play a vital role in the rescue...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/homesickness-it-isnt-just-campers
Homesickness - It Isn't Just for CampersWith technology, there is simply more to miss. Here are some tips on how to get through it. One of the more interesting challenges borne of this era of connectedness and technology is that camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/raising-bar-case-quality-outdoor-education
Raising the Bar: A Case for Quality Outdoor EducationOutdoor education is not a very large industry, but certainly an important one. There is great diversity in how outdoor educators approach their missions, but we have much in common. We do not pursue...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/looking-back-education-formal-sense
Looking Back: Education in a "Formal" SenseDoing good work with and for youth has been a hallmark of the camp experience since its inception. Very quickly, there was recognition that the place and space of camp was also "good" for the staff...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/acas-raise-bar-initiative-capturing-magic-camp-tangible-data
ACA’s Raise the Bar Initiative: Capturing the Magic of Camp in Tangible DataMatthew Smith is the camp communications and strategy director at Longacre in Pennsylvania, and cohort leader (along with Scott Brody, owner/director of Camps Kenwood and Evergreen in New Hampshire,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-depends-you-six-things-staff-can-do-have-healthy-summer
A Healthy Camp Depends on You: Six Things Staff Can Do to Have a Healthy SummerYou've probably heard your camp director say, "Counselors are the backbone of any camp." Although somewhat cliché, camp directors see daily evidence of the truth of that phrase. Directors can develop...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/argument-we-must-learn-make-camp-creates-advantage
The Argument We Must Learn To Make: Camp Creates AdvantageAs I’m sure is true with many camps, we spent several weeks last October and November recruiting and visiting families in the major cities from which we draw campers. It is a fun and sometimes...