https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg-moments-magic-meaning

It only takes a moment — to change a life, make an impact, or create significance. It is remarkable how persuasive a moment in time can be to one's life. The camp experience is full of such moments...

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

“We may have come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. When I review ACA’s enrollment and business data (see page 44), I think of this quote by MLK. The...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sport-education-innovative-practice-activities-camp

It is 6:00 p.m. Campers and counselors eat a tailgate cookout dinner at the Trails End Camp field. Excitement is in the air, as kickoff for the championship game will occur in just over an hour....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-it-improv-comedy-camp

"I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply still today. Listen, say yes, live in the moment, make sure you play with people who...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/recipe-success-planting-seeds-change

Change is often difficult for the thousands of camps and conference centers across the country to embrace, partly because many camps are steeped in tradition, and partly because of fear. The camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reflections-back-basics

Few people would disagree that we now live in a world of consumer capitalism. Our open lands and lakefronts in New England are slowly disappearing to development. Many young children are over...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultivating-camps-tech-free-traditions-digital-age

The camp director of one of the oldest and most respected camps on the continent remembers how, a few years ago, his camp's continuing tradition as a tech-free environment was especially hard for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-experience-every-child-eleanor-eells-award-winners-2013

Imagine a world where every child benefits from a camp experience . . . This is the goal of camps across the country as we continue to strive for ACA's 20/20 Vision — to serve 20 million children...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-makers-africa-venues-healing-social-change

Universal needs, tireless visionaries, transplanted ideas, unique character. We sometimes forget the power of the camp experience. We invite you to meet change makers in Africa and allow seeds of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hover-over-send-button-nurturing-teenagers-through-their-first-job-application-process

Picture the scene: A camp director makes a job offer to a counselor and receives a response of outrage that he has not been offered the job he wanted and, additionally, was not placed with his...