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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/locating-working-effectively-supervising-physician-nurse-practitioner
Locating and Working Effectively with a Supervising Physician/Nurse PractitionerCamp professionals are well aware of the critical need to have a medical professional associated with the camp's health services. This professional typically provides direction when questions arise...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/expanding-reach-camp-through-schools
Expanding the Reach of Camp through SchoolsMy oldest child, Jane, once said she wished camp could be all year. Naturally, I asked her why, and she said, “We get to do everything at camp — when we hike in the woods, the camp staff tells...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/profile-2017-recipients-eleanor-p-eells-award-excellence-research-practice
Profile of the 2017 Recipients of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Excellence in Research in PracticeIn 2015, ACA, with the help of the Committee for the Advancement of Research and Evaluation (CARE), created the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Excellence in Research in Practice. This award is designed...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sankofa-value-meaningful-debrief-end-camp-season
Sankofa: The Value of Meaningful Debrief to End the Camp SeasonAnother camp season is complete. After working overtime to ensure that every session was special, enriching, and fun-filled, we camp professionals are finally able to exhale. We did it! The energy,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whats-wrong-song-we-love-it-have-been-singing-it-forever
What’s Wrong with This Song? We Love It and Have Been Singing It Forever!Here you are, catching up, maybe relaxing now that camp is over. You’re reflecting on the joy of having experienced another successful season; the sadness of saying goodbye to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/posterity-using-time-capsules-capture-camp
For Posterity: Using Time Capsules to Capture CampIt was the spring of 2016 when I received a call from the current director of Many Point Camp in Minnesota. Having been the director of Many Point for 25 years, I was used to a call inviting me to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/informed-staffing-through-form-follows-function-program-assessment
Informed Staffing through "Form Follows Function" Program AssessmentIn architecture, the phrase “form follows function” means that a building’s purpose should be the starting point for its design. Similarly, the purpose of camp staff — why you have them and what...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-quality-improvement
Continuous Quality ImprovementIn my decades-long career as a camp professional and outdoor educator, one of my favorite parts has been problem-solving. How can I, in whatever role I find myself, help make the camper experience...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/good-bad-ugly-issues-camp-providers-face-when-providing-family-camp-programs
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Issues Camp Providers Face When Providing Family Camp ProgramsFamily camps have become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. The number of camps offering family programs has exploded since the early 90s; reports of increases in family camps range...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/climb-mountain-lessons-resiliency-high-altitude-mountaineer-luis-benitez
To Climb a Mountain: Lessons in Resiliency From High-Altitude Mountaineer Luis BenitezDescribed as one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers, Luis Benitez gives Camping Magazine a personal account of struggle, valor, and resilience as he rose above his own physical...