https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/boys-camp-developing-skills-life-success
Boys and Camp - Developing Skills for Life SuccessI spent a few months earlier this year visiting camps throughout New England. One of my stops was Camp Watitoh, a sleepaway camp in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, where a college classmate...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/girls-leadership
Girls and LeadershipIn this interview, auther Rachel Simmons speaks to Camping Magazine about creating intentional camp experiences centered on relationship building, asserting oneself, and taking risks.
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/summer-camps-successfully-prevented-mitigated-covid-19-transmission-says-new-cdc-study
Summer Camps Successfully Prevented and Mitigated COVID-19 Transmission, Says New CDC StudyResults Demonstrate Successful Operation of Overnight Summer Camps with Use of Layered, Evidence-Based Strategies Martinsville, IN — August 26, 2020 Today the American Camp Association (...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/10-commandments-communicable-disease-protective-behaviors-camp-refresher
The 10 Commandments of Communicable Disease Protective Behaviors at Camp: A RefresherIn addition to the current COVID-19 pandemic, you may also recall norovirus and SARS (also a coronavirus) outbreaks, Ebola, or even 2009's H1N1 "Swine Flu." There are lots of communicable diseases...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fostering-quality-athletic-programs-camps-promote-lifetime-physical-activity
Fostering Quality Athletic Programs in Camps to Promote Lifetime Physical ActivityFor most of us, summer brings warm feelings and we readily associate summer with the camp experience. Camps have had a long tradition in this country providing valuable life skills and motor skills...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/summer-camp-season-ends-numbers-indicate-positive-experience-says-american-camp-association
As Summer Camp Season Ends, Numbers Indicate a Positive Experience, Says the American Camp AssociationMore than 3,000 day and overnight camps nationwide ran safe programs with positive outcomes for families. Martinsville, IN (August 7, 2020) - Positioned at the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/care-other-peoples-children-part-3-supervision-tips-frontline-staff
In the Care of Other People’s Children, Part 3: Supervision Tips for Frontline StaffMost accidents involving campers occur in program, living, and common areas — typically when campers are (or were supposed to be) under the supervision of frontline camp staff such as cabin...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-supervise-what-light-do-you-see-yourself
Learning to Supervise: What Light Do You See Yourself In?Light shed on any situation makes it look different. It follows that the tone we set, both internally and externally, casts shadows and highlights different points of view. As a new supervisor, the...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/hot-topic/aca-advocating-critical-financial-support-camps
ACA Advocating for Critical Financial Support for CampsACA recognizes the tragic impact the coronavirus has had on the field of camp. Our current estimates indicate that more than 19 million people who are traditionally served by camps did not have the...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/american-camp-association-offers-context-cdc-study-implications-back-school
American Camp Association Offers Context on CDC Study and Implications for Back to SchoolMartinsville, IN—July 31, 2020 Today’s Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) study of a single summer camp’s Covid-19 infections tells an incomplete story. To better...