https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-difference-through-innovation-service-eleanor-eells-award-winning-camps-are-tribute-camp

In her book The History of Organized Camping: The First 100 Years, Eleanor Eells wrote, “[Camp] has become an important part of the American scene, rich in its diversity and in its...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-improvement-getting-started

What can we do to get more campers? How is our camp perceived by youth, parents, and staff? What do we need to do to stay competitive with other camps? Camp administrators around the country are exam...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sign-sign-everywhere-sign

In May 1971, the Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs" peaked at number eighteen on the rock and pop charts. For the unfamiliar, it's about excluding others through signs like job descriptions that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/low-tech-lovin-it

Another summer at camp has come and gone. It was my twenty-seventh. The mouth-watering smells and tastes of a campfire cookout. The life-long friendships. The hikes in the woods. And before I knew it...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campers-have-world-good-insights-aca-sites-facilities-programs-report-2011

Each year, camp staff members spend days — if not weeks — preparing facilities, activity areas, and programs so their campers can enjoy fun, educational, and life-enhancing experiences. Whether...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embrace-world-grow-result

Camp is often described as being a life-changing experience for children. The Directions research, conducted by the American Camp Association (ACA) in 2005, documented the significant growth in...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg-november-2010

Message discipline is difficult. Yet, in a complex association such as ACA, the demand for clarity is paramount. For an organization to grow, it must learn how to walk that thin line between chaos...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cycle-camp

When I mention to people that I'm a Girl Scout, they give me the "once-over." You know, moving their eyes up and down my body, then adding; "Aren't you a little old to be a Girl Scout?" I'm thirty-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/everybody-loves-somebody-sometime

"My sometime is now," the tune continues. In 1964, crooner Dean Martin knocked the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night" from their number one pop chart perch with that bit of wisdom. Almost fifty years later...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/succession-planning-raising-next-generation-leaders

What will this industry look like in twenty years? That depends on us. That's right; don't look over your shoulder to see who else is going to step up. As leaders of youth, we know that we shape the...