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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-ultimate-internship-ceos-perspective

Camp as the Ultimate Internship: A CEO's Perspective

For the past 27 years, I have had the profound honor of serving as the CEO and cofounder of The Redwoods Group — a mission-driven insurance company. We were created to prevent kids from being...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-robin-hood-goes-green

Camp Robin Hood Goes Green

Situated on 180 breathtaking acres in the shadows of New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest, Camp Robin Hood (CRH) works hard to instill in campers, counselors, and staff alike kindness and a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/value-discomfort-creating-learning-environment-camp-staff

The Value of Discomfort — Creating a Learning Environment for Camp Staff

“I don’t feel safe discussing this topic, and if a camper wanted to discuss it, I would just tell them that and redirect them to something else.” – Camp Staff 2023 I was leading an...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/aca-awarded-225-million-create-improve-expand-leadership-pathways-camp-young-people-diverse

ACA Awarded $2.25 Million to Create, Improve, and Expand Leadership Pathways at Camp for Young People of Diverse Backgrounds Across the US

Over 20 camps across the United States will join Phase 2 of the Leadership Pathways Project.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/new-tool-measure-burnout-among-overnight-camp-staff

A New Tool to Measure Burnout among Overnight Camp Staff

The Camp Counselor Burnout Scale is a nine-item self-report questionnaire that captures experiences of burnout among overnight camp staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/shellfish-allergy-least-encountered-most-dangerous

Shellfish Allergy: The Least Encountered, the Most Dangerous

Almost seven million Americans have an allergy to shellfish based on consumption amount, age, and locale. Shellfish are aquatic animals with a shell or shell-like exoskeleton. The two major...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/consequence-character-how-summer-camp-promotes-character-leadership-entrepreneurship

A Consequence of Character: How Summer Camp Promotes Character, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship

Even casual observation reveals the powerful role the summer camp experience plays in accelerating character development in children and teens. The question then becomes "What's next?" The answer, it...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2023

ACA Camp Crisis Hotline Annual Review 2023

Case studies and lessons learned from the ACA Crisis Hotline.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/understanding-camper-behavior-ensure-successful-summer

Understanding Camper Behavior to Ensure a Successful Summer

This blog post aims at helping summer camp staff understand why campers might act the way they do, how they can work with campers through their behaviors, and tools to use in behavior improvement.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/what-if-it-does-happen-camp-security-%E2%80%93-plans-make-actions-take

What If It Does Happen? Camp Security – Plans to Make and Actions to Take

In July 2011, Anders Brevik detonated a "car bomb," killing eight people in the Parliament Building in Oslo, Norway. He then proceeded to shoot and kill 69 participants at the Workers Youth League...