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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/why-world-needs-summer-camp-essay-parents
Why the World Needs Summer Camp: An Essay to ParentsIt is not easy for parents to make the decision to send their child away into the waiting arms of strangers who promise to take care of them — people who promise to show them the wonders of nature,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/longer-camp-sessions-disappearing-dinosaur-or-timely-treasure
Longer Camp Sessions: Disappearing Dinosaur or Timely Treasure?Gone are the days when most, or even many, camps offered only full sessions of seven or eight weeks. Shrinking summer vacations for all age groups, staggered college start dates for staff populations...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/why-day-camp-matters
Why Day Camp MattersWhen looking for summer activities for their children, parents today are faced with an incredible wealth of options. Many of these options describe themselves as “camp”: sports camps, arts camps,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/it-was-best-week-ever-value-one-week-short-term-camp-sessions
It Was the Best Week Ever! The Value of One-Week and Short-Term Camp SessionsCamp directors and parents alike will enjoy hearing children report about their week at summer overnight camp as the “best week ever!” And it just may be that some of the best evidence that describes...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-magnified-benefits-specialty-camps
Camp . . . MAGNIFIED! The Benefits of Specialty CampsSpecialty camps serve a specific population exclusively. That service can be with regard to need or desire. And while the educational camp programs at the US Space & Rocket Center — Space Camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/delivering-happiness-five-things-camps-can-learn-zappos
Delivering Happiness: Five Things Camps Can Learn from ZapposTony Hsieh's book, Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, struck a cord with millions of people. The best-selling book by the CEO of Zappos.com, Inc. about the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camps-campus-safeguarding-youth-programming-higher-education-settings
Camps on Campus — Safeguarding Youth Programming in Higher Education SettingsIf you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change. — Wayne Dyer College students aren’t the first population that comes to mind when thinking about traditional summer...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5-year-impact-study-phase-2-findings-responsibility-independence
5-Year Impact Study Phase 2 Findings: Responsibility and IndependenceACA's 5-year impact study is a national research project focused on the lasting impacts of summer camp.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/research-you-can-use-summer-camp-place-apart
Research You Can Use: Summer Camp as a Place ApartResearch is more than surveys, interviews, and statistics — it can be a valuable tool to use when designing camp programs, training staff, or in your marketing efforts. But it's also a critical tool...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-research-your-link-between-work-you-love-real-world
Camp Research: Your Link between the Work You Love and the Real WorldYes, I said it. “Research” — that nasty stuff your teachers make you do in school, typically involving math, Excel, APA citations, etc. When I was in school, writing research papers always felt so...