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https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/individuals-who-identify-gender-non-conforming
Individuals Who Identify as Gender Non-ConformingThis year, and for the past three years, the Hotline Team has seen a sharp increase in the number of calls regarding the issues of inclusion and accommodation of people who identify as trans,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/snapshot-camper-enrollment-2015
A Snapshot of Camper Enrollment in 2015After reviewing the results of the 2015 Enrollment Survey, in general, camps had a good year as enrollment continued to rise. The majority of camps reported at least maintaining the same enrollment...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-skill-building
The Role of Skill BuildingBuilding Camps That Care About Kids — Third in a Series of Four Articles Maybe Walt Whitman was on to something. When we think of the very best ways to help young people grow into...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/highlights-2016-compensation-benefits-professional-development-survey
Highlights of the 2016 Compensation, Benefits, and Professional Development SurveyOn the job front, national employment reports are generally coming in positive, with some indication that salaries, wages, and benefits may be rising a little (see, for example, www.bls.gov). So how...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-miracles-happen-you-can-have-it-all
Building Miracles Happen: You Can Have it AllOver the years, we've spent a lot of print space talking about how to do any number of things, and mostly that's been focused on the nuts and bolts of the construction. We have not, however, spent...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/putting-sustainability-practice-simple-strategies-implement-camp
Putting Sustainability into Practice: Simple Strategies to Implement at CampNext to national, state, and municipal parks, camps manage some of our most important natural resources. Camp settings not only introduce children to natural resources, build their skills to recreate...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tell-tale-heart-your-floors
The Tell-Tale Heart and Your FloorsOver the past year, we’ve become aware of some innovations that may make carpeting a more suitable and attractive alternative than it has been before. Given the heavy soiling brought in with camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interrupting-isms-what-do-if-campers-say-or-do-something-ist
Interrupting Isms: What to Do if Campers Say or Do Something "-Ist"This resource offers advice to summer camp counselors who need to deal with campers saying something "-ist."
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whatever-weather
Whatever the WeatherOne of my fondest camp memories is of sitting in a large platform tent with my other new friends during a torrential downpour. Like most suburban kids I knew, I had long been schooled to come in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-much-wood-could-woodchuck-chuck-would-you-know-how-decipher-tag-lumber
How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck? And Would You Know How to Decipher the Tag on the Lumber?A decade ago, the United States market voluntarily abandoned the long-standing wood preservative and treatment method where an arsenic and copper compound was forced into the fibers of the lumber....