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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dont-let-your-camp-go-pot-impacts-policy-challenges-legalized-marijuana-youth-camps
Don't Let Your Camp Go to Pot: Impacts and Policy Challenges of Legalized Marijuana on Youth CampsMarijuana is now legal for recreational use in seven states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) and Washington, DC. It is still a federal offense to possess...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultivating-leaders
Cultivating LeadersCultivating leaders is one of the best aspects of my job. For the past ten years, I have used the leadership curve to initiate the training with our Campers in Leadership Training (CILT). Our CILTs...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/translating-passion-growth-camp-leadership-skills
Translating Passion for Growth into Camp Leadership SkillsFor 24 years, I have been a camp professional. Most of that time, I have led nonprofit camps that serve the Jewish community. For less than three years in between two camp directing positions, my job...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-nimble-coaching
In the Trenches: Nimble CoachingDear Bob, One of the challenges we've had working with staff is figuring out how to get them to tone down or adjust their behavior when working with campers. We often hire staff who seem to have...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/putting-nature-perspective-interview-scott-sampson-phd
Putting Nature in Perspective: An Interview with Scott Sampson, PhDScott Sampson, PhD, is a dinosaur paleontologist, science communicator, and passionate advocate for connecting people with nature. He currently serves as vice president of research and collections...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/their-space-or-yours-social-networking-sites-bring-risks-rewards-camp-community
Their Space or Yours? Social Networking Sites Bring Risks and Rewards to the Camp CommunityThe popularity of social networking sites, such as Myspace.com, Facebook.com, Xanga.com, and Friendster.com, raise new and important issues for camp directors intent on protecting their campers and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/noticing-deficit-disorder-how-camp-can-restore-art-seeing-world
Noticing Deficit Disorder - How Camp Can Restore The Art of Seeing the WorldWe are in the midst of an epidemic of visual impairment no medical doctor can fix — but which camps might cure. Back in the `60s, artist, researcher, and psychologist Rudolf Arnheim (1969) lamented...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/farm-dining-hall-camp-farm-program-long-history
Farm to Dining Hall: A Camp Farm Program with a Long HistoryIn 1890, the folks who built the water powered grist mill just off Carson Creek, outside Brevard, North Carolina, never envisioned that one day the property surrounding the mill would become Gwynn...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/turning-camp-counselors-nature-specialists-pemi-nature-instruction-clinic
Turning Camp Counselors into Nature Specialists: The Pemi Nature Instruction ClinicIntroduction Richard Louv, in his book Last Child in the Woods, “links the absence of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation to some of the most disturbing childhood trends: the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/medical-marijuana-current-issues-camps
Medical Marijuana: Current Issues for CampsIntroduction A call recently came into the American Camp Association (ACA) Crisis Hotline from a member camp: Three adults attended a family camp and brought medical marijuana with them. Upon...