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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/having-hard-day-take-mini-break
Having a Hard Day? Take a Mini Break!Humor me for a moment and do the following: Take a deep breath while counting to four. Imagine crisp, clean air and positive feelings spreading through your body. Hold your breath while...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/holding-space-splash-zone-dealing-cultural-trauma
Holding Space for the Splash Zone: Dealing with Cultural TraumaI will never forget the first time I stepped through the turnstiles and into an amusement park. It wasn’t Six Flags or Universal Studios. It wasn’t Disneyland, Disney World, or some other Magic...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/being-your-authentic-self
Being Your Authentic SelfBeing authentic means being true to your core beliefs.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/factors-exigent-fish-allergy-vigilance-proliferation-potency
Factors for Exigent Fish Allergy Vigilance: Proliferation and PotencySixth-grader Cameron Jean-Pierre was celebrating New Year’s Day of 2019 at his grandmother’s home in New York City. Cod was cooking on the stove, its smell wafting in the air when the 11-year-old...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-summer-camp-have-perpetuate-junk-food-culture
Does Summer Camp Have to Perpetuate Junk Food Culture?"Junk food” is a term we often use to describe highly processed or ultra-processed food that likely has “many added ingredients such as sugar, salt, fat, and artificial colors or preservatives. '...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/gluten-related-disorders-complex-spectrum
Gluten-Related Disorders: A Complex SpectrumAn exponential boom in gluten-based illnesses has generated health crises for individuals and created challenges for camp food service grasping at how to serve these individuals. Wheat, the most...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/four-cs-great-summer-camp
The Four C's of a Great Summer CampAt its best, summer camp is a silly, spirited place. A place where the group who cooks the best outdoor meal wins a metal spoon that has been spray-painted gold (the golden spoon! ooooh, aaaaah);...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/you-quit-how-get-most-out-your-summer-camp
Before You Quit: How to Get the Most Out of Your Summer at CampI had just finished running a marathon and had flopped onto the grass to rest. I was so tired that I hadn’t registered that the tired runner sitting next to me was a former camp counselor. He had...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-social-emotional-learning-skills-camp
Developing Social-Emotional Learning Skills at CampWelcome to summer camp, potentially the most rewarding job you’ll ever have! At camp, we are able to simultaneously help kids grow, make genuine connections with campers and fellow staff, and role...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-differences-forging-intentionally-inclusive-diverse-communities
Embracing Differences: Forging Intentionally Inclusive and Diverse Communities“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” –James Baldwin Here’s the truth: we were all raised differently — even those of us who share similar...