https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/platform-growth
A Platform for GrowthDay camps. Resident camps. Camps for girls only. Camps for boys only. Burn-victim camps. Camps for kids with cancer. Camps for kids who want to lose weight. Faith-based camps. Activity- or sports-...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/years-adventures-challenges-history-day-camp
Years of Adventures and Challenges: The History of Day CampSearch the Web for "day camp" and the results are over 100 million hits. Although the descriptions vary greatly, the words "day camp" trigger a feeling of excitement and adventure. Many sites...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/desegregating-circle-m-day-camp-determination-succeed
Desegregating Circle M Day Camp: A Determination to SucceedIt was July 2, 1964, and President Lyndon Johnson had just signed the Civil Rights Act. For us, the time had come to finally implement a plan to desegregate our white suburban day camp. We had been...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peter-january-2011
From Peter - January 2011"Changing Lives — Enriching the World": These are simple words with challenging implications. I thought of the words above, and how poignant this concept is for ACA at this time — especially as...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same
The More Things Change . . . The More They Stay the SameWow. One hundred and fifty years of organized camping! What an amazing milestone! I don't think that it's too much of a stretch that simply having survived one hundred and fifty years is testament to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-about-children
What About the Children?Over the past five decades, I have attended and presented sessions at many conferences, seminars, and educational events offered by the Maine Youth Foundation; ACA, New England; and ACA national. I...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/praise-self-esteem
Praise and Self-EsteemBest 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
20/20 Toolbox: The Rewards of Reinventing the WheelThe 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
Shared ValuesMore 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
Hints of Positive Enrollment Trends in Turbulent Economic TimesTo 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...