https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-health-center-log-rich-source-risk-management-data
Risk Management: The Health Center Log — Rich Source of Risk Management DataAs camp professionals become more effective risk managers, the need to periodically review camper and staff injury and illness events is a given. One of the best sources of this information is a...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-february-17-2026-preorder-camping-magazine-staff-training-issue
ACA Now - February 17, 2026: Preorder Camping Magazine Staff Training IssueIn this issue: Bulk ordering of the May/June Staff Training Issue of Camping Magazine. Building Character Through Cultural Responsiveness at Camp [Webinar] What CampCounts Is — and Why...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-february-10-2026-unconventional-staffing-solutions-camp-school-partnerships-project-awardees
ACA Now - February 10, 2026: Unconventional Staffing Solutions, Camp-School Partnerships Project AwardeesIn this issue: Unconventional Recruitment Ideas for the Summer Ahead Camp-School Partnerships Project 2026 Awardees Announced Send a Child to Camp Grant Application Severe Weather Safety...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/character-culture-community-creating-powerful-staff-recruitment-retention-tools
Character, Culture, and Community: Creating Powerful Staff Recruitment and Retention ToolsTogether, character, culture, and community set camps up for strong staff recruitment and retention success — two things many camps struggle with. The Cs provide a solid foundation and become part of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campfire-kitchen-table-communication-builds-trust
From Campfire to Kitchen Table: Communication That Builds TrustTrust doesn’t just happen — it’s built, word by word, conversation by conversation, long before the first camper ever steps onto the property. Why Communication Matters We’ve all had those...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fitting-belonging-help-campers-staff-thrive-together
From Fitting in to Belonging: Help Campers and Staff Thrive Together"When you go out into the woods and you look at trees . . . you appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that . . . That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/beyond-balance-sheet-why-your-organizations-culture-your-most-important-financial-asset
Beyond the Balance Sheet: Why Your Organization’s Culture Is Your Most Important Financial AssetAt camp, we talk a lot about culture because, ultimately, culture impacts everything. Culture is where thoughts, feelings, and behaviors intertwine and come to life. As a profession, we are really...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/you-dont-have-be-salesperson%C2%A0-camp-professionals-guide-comfortable-marketing
You Don’t Have to Be a Salesperson: A Camp Professional’s Guide to Comfortable MarketingSharing the moments you already witness can become the most effective marketing you’ll ever do. Most camp professionals carry more job titles than anyone could reasonably fit on a business card....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/coaching-fragile-staff%C2%A0techniques-decrease-defensiveness-increase-resilience
Coaching Fragile Staff: Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Increase ResilienceDo important people respect me? Do I belong here? Am I seen as competent? These internal questions shape how young people hear and respond to feedback. The Staff Coaching Challenge If...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/we-all-have-superpower-character-conversation-angus-fletcher
We All Have a Superpower: A Character Conversation with Angus FletcherAngus Fletcher, PhD, is a professor of story science at Ohio State University’s Project Narrative, the group’s main objective being to promote leading-edge research and education in the field of...