https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leadership-transition-managing-change
Leadership Transition: Managing ChangeIn the summer of 2013, we faced an exciting and critical challenge at our camp — a major leadership transition. We had the chance to replace our boys' camp director, who had been with us for seven...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leadership-transition-what-i-learned-my-first-year-camp-director
Leadership Transition: What I Learned in My First Year as a Camp DirectorLast November I had the pleasure of sharing a long car ride with Dr. Michael Thompson, during which he gave me a fun idea. We were on the way to Houston for a presentation he was giving about the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/alive-well-case-camp-letter
Alive and Well: The Case for the Camp LetterIn this era of tweeting and texting, the slow-moving, handwritten, paper letter is an endangered species. Unlike an electronic missive, the letter that arrives in an envelope can be touched, smelled...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg-moments-magic-meaning
From Peg: Moments. Magic. Meaning!It only takes a moment — to change a life, make an impact, or create significance. It is remarkable how persuasive a moment in time can be to one's life. The camp experience is full of such moments...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-movin-right-along
Building Principles: Movin’ Right Along . . .Whether the current program has your camp bursting at the seams and you're considering expanding, or you're ready to look for another property to host your organization, there comes a time when you...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg
From Peg“We may have come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. When I review ACA’s enrollment and business data (see page 44), I think of this quote by MLK. The...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-lessons-summer-camp
A Place to Share: Lessons from Summer CampBobby arrived later than all the other campers, a habit I would soon come to expect. He waited awkwardly in the rec hall doorway. He clutched a black plastic bag of clothing and toiletries, and in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-parents-camp-health-services-creating-sane-partnership
Risk Management: Parents and Camp Health Services - Creating a Sane PartnershipCamp professionals have long talked about forming a partnership with parents. First articulated by Bob Ditter, the concept has moved deeply into various policies, practices, materials, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sport-education-innovative-practice-activities-camp
Sport Education: An Innovative Practice for Activities at CampIt is 6:00 p.m. Campers and counselors eat a tailgate cookout dinner at the Trails End Camp field. Excitement is in the air, as kickoff for the championship game will occur in just over an hour....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-it-improv-comedy-camp
Making it Up: Improv Comedy and Camp"I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply still today. Listen, say yes, live in the moment, make sure you play with people who...