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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/play-camp-talking-funders-versus-preaching-choir
Play at Camp: Talking to the Funders versus Preaching to the ChoirCamp professionals just get it! Play is a valuable aspect of childhood and, of course, camp. It’s a given, an easy sell. But that’s just preaching to the choir. Explaining to funders the need to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/stress-camp-no-never-three-mindful-practices-create-kinder-happier-healthier-campers-counselors
Stress at Camp? No, Never . . . Three Mindful Practices to Create Kinder, Happier, Healthier Campers and CounselorsWhen people think summer camp, they think tranquil natural setting, fun, happiness, and bliss. While this permeates throughout camp life, the threat of stress — and a lack of resiliency to that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pressure-camp
The Pressure of CampThe positive pressure one experiences at camp is something rare and hypnotizing. Friends at home call what you are doing a summer holiday, but you know the work is tough and comes with daily...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/case-melted-fingerprints
The Case of the Melted FingerprintsMy first time working at summer camp, in fact during my first week, I melted off every one of my fingerprints. I was only 16 at the time, and I remember feeling shocked that this could actually...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-world-camp-food-service
Welcome to the World of Camp Food ServiceIf you’re new to the food service staff at camp, then the first week may feel a bit overwhelming. There are a lot of mouths to feed! But rest assured, the camp administration wouldn’t have hired you...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/essential-communication-requirements-caretakers
Essential Communication Requirements of CaretakersCounselors, other camp staff, volunteers, parents, guardians, and friends of camps join camp directors as partners in the responsibility of caring for other people’s children. How many times have we...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-generation-camp
Welcome to Generation CampI live in Minnesota where the season’s changing is often dramatic and spectacular. One day it’s ten below zero and the next 65 with bright sun and birds gleefully singing. And although we are all...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/letting-your-brand-shine-through-intentional-approach-your-brand-camp
Letting Your Brand Shine Through: An Intentional Approach to Your Brand at CampYour personal brand matters. Wait — before you roll your eyes or flip the page because personal brand sounds cheesy, consider this: What three words would your camp supervisor and peers use to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/its-complicated-beyond-hookup-culture-taking-initiative-mitigating-risks
It's Complicated. Beyond the Hookup Culture: Taking Initiative and Mitigating RisksNavigating what has become known as the “hookup culture” is no easy task for young people of all ages and both sexes. Although it has now been popularized in song (including pop star Katy Perry’s “...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-more-can-we-do-help-homesick-campers-homesickness-anxious-withdrawal-motivations-avoid-new
What More Can We Do to Help Homesick Campers? Homesickness, Anxious Withdrawal, and Motivations to Avoid New ExperiencesWhen Rudy ran away in the Ivan Reitman movie Meatballs he helped enshrine homesickness as one of the hallmarks of the camp experience alongside morning announcements, pranks,...