https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-growth-mindset-summer-camp-environment

Establishing a growth mindset at summer camp can help you learn how to grow professionally.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/relationship-based-leadership-be-more-boss

Develop strong leaders at summer camp by engaging in advocacy, cultivation, empowerment, and service.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/why-everyone-edge-these-days-make-your-camp-stress-anxiety-free

Anxiety in children in climbing steadily in the US. Learn how to make your summer camp stress-free.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ur-strong-igen

The total was 254. It was the last day of the fall trimester at the independent high school where I’ve been working for 20 years. Until our health center adopts electronic...

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 —...