https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sample-issues-camp-2018

I spend time with camp professionals from May to August consulting with directors on the more perplexing and complicated issues they face with campers, staff, or parents during the camp season. This...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/j-1-visas-camp-counselor-summer-work-travel-programs

The ACA Government Affairs team — consisting of ACA leadership, ACA volunteer leaders, an ACA consultant, and ACA hired lobbyists — continue to vigorously defend the need for and value of J-1 Visa...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2018

These are just a few of the actual situations faced by camps this year. These examples and many others were fielded by ACA's Camp Crisis Hotline team. The Hotline serves as third-party support for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/videos-impact-camp

Does summer camp really make a difference? We know camp changes lives but what impact does it have on the lives of former campers? The American Camp Association’s large-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tough-tender-optimistic-trend-male-staff

I was at the end of a full day of training 300 group leaders (GLs) at the San Diego YMCA in early May 2018. I ended with a story that I hoped would portray a deeper sense of friendship that campers...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/let-world-be-your-oyster-taking-camp-abroad

Political unrest in Kenya, a railway strike in Europe, the Zika virus in Central America, visa applications for Tanzania, international terrorism levels in Paris, the value of the baht in Thailand —...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/acas-youth-impact-study

It doesn’t take a scientist to explain the impact of camp. If you are reading this, you are likely a camp professional, and if you are a camp professional, you likely see the impact of camp every...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/so-many-reasons-attend-conference

I admit it, I love a camp conference! The energy, the ideas, the networking, and catching up with old friends — it's an extroverted camp-lover's dream. Attending a camp conference is important...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/book-village-effect

The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier Susan Pinker About the Author Susan...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/empowering-communities

Nashville, Tennessee, is home to country music, hot chicken, Johnny Cash, and the upcoming 2019 ACA National Conference, "Empowering Communities."