https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/praise-self-esteem

Best selling author Ashley Merryman — who has also been tutoring in inner-city Los Angeles for eleven years — recently spoke with ACA about youth development findings in her award-winning book, ...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-rewards-reinventing-wheel

The year 2020 seems so distant, and yet our goal as a collection of camp professionals is to serve 20 million campers by that year. So how do we get there? I have long been a proponent that programs...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/shared-values

More than thirty years ago, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta sang about "Summer Lovin'" when Grease graced the Silver Screen. Although they drove off into the sunset at the end of the film, one...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hints-positive-enrollment-trends-turbulent-economic-times

To camp professionals, camp enrollment trends serve as an important indicator of the overall health of the industry, and are particularly important in uncertain economic times. Every year, day and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-money-nothing-thanks-dire-straights

I don't know anyone, within or outside of camp, who isn't looking for ways to improve their cash flow either by cutting costs or growing their income. Operationally, there are lots of places to look...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-every-child-should-have-chance-go-camp-besides-i-have-vacancy-could-be-filled

The title of this article makes sense to me — and why not? Let’s start by considering some basic business principles. It does not matter if you are a nonprofit or a private independent camp, you...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-public-charity-structuring-considerations

You may be interested in starting a charitable organization. Specifically, some of you may be interested in organizing a tax-exempt entity in addition to the for-profit camp that you already operate...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-family-foundation-path-perpetuity

It was July 1967, so the story goes, on parents’ weekend in Fairlee, Vermont. A group of camp parents whose children were sleeping soundly at Aloha, Aloha Hive, and Lanakila enjoyed cocktails on the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-profit-goes-green-501c3

“I have a new idea for a program!” This is a statement my wife hears from me on a regular basis. We have owned our own private day camp, Triple C Camp, since 1999. We serve children and youth in...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-old-glory

Morning flag raising ceremonies have been camp routine staples probably as long as there have been camps. It seems, though, that there is much confusion over how to properly display and care for the...