https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/raising-bar-case-quality-outdoor-education

Outdoor education is not a very large industry, but certainly an important one. There is great diversity in how outdoor educators approach their missions, but we have much in common. We do not pursue...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/looking-back-education-formal-sense

Doing good work with and for youth has been a hallmark of the camp experience since its inception. Very quickly, there was recognition that the place and space of camp was also "good" for the staff...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/acas-raise-bar-initiative-capturing-magic-camp-tangible-data

Matthew Smith is the camp communications and strategy director at Longacre in Pennsylvania, and cohort leader (along with Scott Brody, owner/director of Camps Kenwood and Evergreen in New Hampshire,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-depends-you-six-things-staff-can-do-have-healthy-summer

You've probably heard your camp director say, "Counselors are the backbone of any camp." Although somewhat cliché, camp directors see daily evidence of the truth of that phrase. Directors can develop...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/argument-we-must-learn-make-camp-creates-advantage

As I’m sure is true with many camps, we spent several weeks last October and November recruiting and visiting families in the major cities from which we draw campers. It is a fun and sometimes...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-picture-sites-facilities-programs-aca-camps

Do you ever wonder what other camps offer for programs? Are your facilities similar to those at other camps like yours? Are there differences in sites, facilities, and programs based on...

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

I spent last summer on Lake LBJ in Marble Falls, Texas, working at a camp where I had spent many previous summers: Camp Champions. Tucked away in the hill country of central Texas, Camp Champions has...

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

As a camp professional, I, like you, have literally thousands of affirming anecdotal stories — the camp experience is not discretionary. And, if anyone needs more evidence, ACA's outcomes research...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-global-giving

Giving has always been a critical lesson that we teach campers and staff as part of the camp experience. Living and learning together, campers must give respect to their peers and camp staff. In...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/environmental-impairment-risk

Our world is fragile and so are we! Could we have a starker reminder of this than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year? There are many lessons which...