https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-future-leaders-through-counselor-training-programs-investing-camps-future
Developing Future Leaders Through Counselor-In-Training Programs: Investing in a Camp's FutureAt a recent camp conference, I caught up with Jessie Emmons, executive director of YMCA Camp High Harbour at Lake Burton in Georgia. I told her about my obsession with counselor-in-training (CIT)...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/please-sign-here-essential-contract-considerations-camps
Please Sign Here: Essential Contract Considerations for Camps“Can someone please share their enrollment agreement? We’re updating our contracts, and I need a good template.” If you’re a member of any of the online camp forums — from the ACA Message Boards...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-safety-first-culture-camp
Building a Safety-First Culture in CampDuring my years as a camp director, safety became more than a set of rules or a checklist; it evolved into a daily practice with my entire team, embedded in everything from early morning activity...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/feedback-without-fallout-guiding-your-team-compassion-clarity
Feedback Without the Fallout: Guiding Your Team with Compassion and ClarityAnyone who claims to love receiving feedback is either stretching the truth or blessed with nerves of steel. Feedback can be tough to hear. Most of us approach it with pride and vulnerability,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/igniting-positive-change-interview-rachel-rosen
Igniting Positive Change: An Interview with Rachel RosenRachel Rosen, founder of SPARK Equity in Action, believes that everyone’s story counts. A seasoned facilitator and DEI strategist, she is committed to helping people work better together — and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inspired-inspire-interview-chris-moore
Inspired to Inspire: An Interview with Chris MooreChris Moore, CEO of the youth-focused nonprofit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), uses his extensive executive leadership, advocacy, and field engagement...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/camps-title-iii-americans-disabilities-act
Camps and Title III of the Americans With Disabilities ActLaws and regulations create a variety of risks for camp directors to manage. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) presents an interesting risk management challenge. The Act was passed in 1990 to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/planting-seeds-inclusion-practical-strategies-inclusive-mentoring-camps
Planting Seeds of Inclusion: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Mentoring in Camps“A society grows great when elders plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” — Greek Proverb. Growing up, my family always said it takes a village to raise a child, and it most definitely...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/everybodys-nobodys-out
Everybody’s In, Nobody’s Out!As a camp counselor this summer, you are about to meet campers from all walks of life. Just a casual look at the changing demographics in the United States suggests that your chances of having an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/impact-technology-social-media-camp-staff
The Impact of Technology and Social Media on Camp StaffMiles is a first-time counselor at a sleepaway camp in the eastern United States. He had seen an online ad for the camp at which I met him and decided that a summer away from his Midwest town working...