https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-difference-through-innovation-service-eleanor-eells-award-winning-camps-are-tribute-camp
Making a Difference through Innovation and Service: Eleanor Eells Award-Winning Camps Are a Tribute to the Camp SpiritIn her book The History of Organized Camping: The First 100 Years, Eleanor Eells wrote, “[Camp] has become an important part of the American scene, rich in its diversity and in its...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-improvement-getting-started
Camp Improvement: Getting StartedWhat can we do to get more campers? How is our camp perceived by youth, parents, and staff? What do we need to do to stay competitive with other camps? Camp administrators around the country are exam...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sign-sign-everywhere-sign
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a SignIn May 1971, the Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs" peaked at number eighteen on the rock and pop charts. For the unfamiliar, it's about excluding others through signs like job descriptions that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/low-tech-lovin-it
Low Tech and Lovin’ It!Another summer at camp has come and gone. It was my twenty-seventh. The mouth-watering smells and tastes of a campfire cookout. The life-long friendships. The hikes in the woods. And before I knew it...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campers-have-world-good-insights-aca-sites-facilities-programs-report-2011
Campers Have a World of Good — Insights from the ACA Sites, Facilities, and Programs Report: 2011Each year, camp staff members spend days — if not weeks — preparing facilities, activity areas, and programs so their campers can enjoy fun, educational, and life-enhancing experiences. Whether...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embrace-world-grow-result
Embrace the World: Grow as a ResultCamp is often described as being a life-changing experience for children. The Directions research, conducted by the American Camp Association (ACA) in 2005, documented the significant growth in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/years-adventures-challenges-history-day-camp
Years of Adventures and Challenges: The History of Day CampSearch the Web for "day camp" and the results are over 100 million hits. Although the descriptions vary greatly, the words "day camp" trigger a feeling of excitement and adventure. Many sites...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/desegregating-circle-m-day-camp-determination-succeed
Desegregating Circle M Day Camp: A Determination to SucceedIt was July 2, 1964, and President Lyndon Johnson had just signed the Civil Rights Act. For us, the time had come to finally implement a plan to desegregate our white suburban day camp. We had been...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peter-january-2011
From Peter - January 2011"Changing Lives — Enriching the World": These are simple words with challenging implications. I thought of the words above, and how poignant this concept is for ACA at this time — especially as...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same
The More Things Change . . . The More They Stay the SameWow. One hundred and fifty years of organized camping! What an amazing milestone! I don't think that it's too much of a stretch that simply having survived one hundred and fifty years is testament to...