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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dont-let-them-stay-mad-keeping-camp-parents-your-side

Don't Let Them Stay Mad: Keeping Camp Parents on Your Side

Sam gushed about the fun he had at camp, but his mother (Mrs. Jones) was distressed about his chapped lips. In fact, it upset her so much that she marked "needs improvement" on the "Health &...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fresh-tips-running-better-summer-camp-business-look-operations

Fresh Tips for Running a Better Summer Camp Business: A Look at Operations

In the 2009 November/December issue of Camping Magazine, we discussed sales and marketing tips to help run a better camp business. But, like any well-run business, camps need to be concerned...

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

The 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/good-bad-ugly-issues-camp-providers-face-when-providing-family-camp-programs

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Issues Camp Providers Face When Providing Family Camp Programs

Family camps have become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. The number of camps offering family programs has exploded since the early 90s; reports of increases in family camps range...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-can-you-tell-when-camper-really-ready-camp

How Can You Tell When a Camper Is Really Ready for Camp?

Dear Bob, We are a coed resident camp operating in the mountains. It seems that every summer we have campers who aren’t really ready for the demands of group living in what is the intense social...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-pack-rat-or-keeper-treasures

Building Principles: Pack Rat or Keeper of Treasures

Imagine finding a jar full of old coins buried in the yard, and tossing them out because Italy (Rome) doesn't issue denarii anymore! I bet that you didn't know that you, too, have a treasure. It's...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-business-interruption-insurance-traps-gaps

Risk Management: Business Interruption Insurance Traps and Gaps

Speaking or writing about risk management without mentioning insurance is difficult. The two disciplines are independent in theory, but "glued together" in thought and practice. Insurance is one...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/well-founded-hope-past-future

Well-Founded Hope: From the Past to the Future

For many, hope has always been an important element of "survival." The power of hope has often been chronicled. Hope is a feeling, a form of positive thinking often considered therapeutic. Hope can...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/you-are-your-own-story

You Are Your Own Story

With Mark Victor Hansen, author, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and co creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul, tells how and why the stories of our lives can be motivators for change in every...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/climb-mountain-lessons-resiliency-high-altitude-mountaineer-luis-benitez

To Climb a Mountain: Lessons in Resiliency From High-Altitude Mountaineer Luis Benitez

Described as one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers, Luis Benitez gives Camping Magazine a personal account of struggle, valor, and resilience as he rose above his own physical...