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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/energy-enthusiasm-find-your-sweet-spot

Energy & Enthusiasm: Find Your Sweet Spot

Optimize energy and enthusiasm at camp. Learn how camp staff can adjust energy levels, maintain engagement, and use a simple system to stay effective all summer.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/three-nifty-activities-keep-campers-busy

Three Nifty Activities to Keep Campers Busy

In the event you find you and your campers have some free time to fill between scheduled events, it’s a great idea to have a quick and simple activity ready to go.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-summer-job

The Best Summer Job

Camp counselors play a powerful role in shaping children's confidence, resilience, and growth — impacts that last far beyond the summer season.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preparing-pushback-when-instituting-lgbtq-inclusive-policies

Preparing for Pushback When Instituting LGBTQ+ Inclusive Policies

Here are seven steps to help camps manage these conversations with parents and caregivers.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reimagining-camp-through-pro-inclusional-lens

Reimagining Camp through a Pro-Inclusional Lens

All of the inclusion, diversity, social justice, and equity work that many are doing in the field right now — all of it is to get us on level ground. To help us to understand that...

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 Future

At 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/igniting-positive-change-interview-rachel-rosen

Igniting Positive Change: An Interview with Rachel Rosen

Rachel 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/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/seven-steps-cultivating-culture-appreciation

Seven Steps to Cultivating a Culture of Appreciation

“True leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.”  — Simon Sinek Imagine walking into a camp where every staff member and camper feels genuinely...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/we-need-each-other-advancing-camp-movement-together-through-five-step-multcultural-approach

We Need Each Other: Advancing the Camp Movement Together Through a Five-Step, Multcultural Approach

In today’s world where diversity and multiculturalism are prevalent, creating inclusive environments is crucial. This is especially important for places like summer camps, where people from...