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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/riding-programs-camp-enrichment-different-kind
Riding Programs at Camp: Enrichment of a Different KindHorseback riding has deep roots in the history of American summer camps, but stereotypical images of the expense and elitism of riding may get in the way of a full appreciation of the benefit and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/success-horses-success-life
Success With Horses = Success With LifeW.L. Lorimer, founder of Lorimer Family Camps, included the cavalry style of horsemanship along with the athletics, aquatics, and outdoor skills that were the basics for all camps in the early 1900s...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/improving-quality-life-campers-severe-food-allergy
Improving Quality of Life for Campers With Severe Food AllergyWhen was the last time you gave a second thought to going out to dinner? Attending a gathering of friends? Sending your children to school? Participating in a leisure activity? These are daily events...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-low-cost-tech-tools-further-your-mission
Five Low-Cost Tech Tools That Further Your MissionCamp operates as a business, when we all know it is more. In order to focus on what matters at camp, it is crucial that camp operations run without friction. That means adopting the best business...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/indigenous-instructional-programming-camp-professionals
Indigenous Instructional Programming for Camp ProfessionalsCamp professionals are taking a greater interest in the concept of allyship, a process of unlearning and re-evaluating whereby those in positions of privilege attempt to adopt a stance...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/yes-only-means-yes-until-something-better-comes-along-making-camp-best-offer-gen-z-staff
Yes Only Means Yes Until Something Better Comes Along: Making Camp the Best Offer for Gen Z StaffStaff sign a contract, then inform you the week before camp begins that they won’t be coming after all. Or staff commit to working the entire season only to tell (not ask!) you they are leaving for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/project-real-job-moving-forward-together
Project Real Job — Moving Forward TogetherIn the early ’80s, I graduated from high school and made a simple but life-changing decision. It was May and I hadn’t yet made plans for the summer. My mom encouraged me to call my former camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/benefits-volunteering-aca
Benefits of Volunteering with ACAIn honor of National Volunteer Week (April 15–21, 2018), Rich Garbinsky, who chairs ACA's Volunteer Engagement Committee, shared his experience volunteering with ACA.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/droning-important-resources-use-drones-camp
Droning On — Important Resources for the Use of Drones at CampDrones are a great tool for camps, both for use in programming and in collecting valuable footage of your property for use in a camp marketing video. Relatedly, some camps find themselves in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/meeting-minds-camp-directors-higher-ed-college-students
A Meeting of the Minds: Camp Directors, Higher Ed, and College StudentsCamps need staff to run their programs; colleges/universities have various requirements for students regarding coursework and internships; and students are usually pulled between what they want to do...