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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/nothereatcamp-creating-camp-community-safe-sexual-harassment

#NotHereAtCamp: Creating a Camp Community Safe from Sexual Harassment

Bill Cosby. Harvey Weinstein. Lawrence Nassar. Kevin Spacey. Matt Lauer. #MeToo. It’s been a rolling, roiling story that’s been unfolding for over a year: the riveting and, at times...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/calming-camper-conflicts

Calming Camper Conflicts

Conflicts between kids at summer camp can arise for a wide variety of reasons. Here are some steps to help guide you through conflict resolution.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/four-secrets-effective-human-interaction-camp

Four Secrets for Effective Human Interaction at Camp

When you agreed to work at camp, you immediately made the decision to have fun, challenge yourself, and change lives. While the format to accomplish this will be provided for you by your camp, the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/unleashed-power-you-alignment-engagement-part-1

Unleashed: The Power of You — Alignment and Engagement, Part 1

Dear Camp Counselor: This summer you will join, figuratively, with more than 320,000 staff working at some 2,400 accredited camps serving more than 7.4 million children nationwide (ACA, 2013). And...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-recovery-transforming-string-failures-robust-success

Fumble and Recovery: Transforming a String of Failures into Robust Success

This article shows summer camp counselors how to turn past and present failures into future successes.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/begin-end-mind

Begin with the End in Mind

The first thing summer camp counselors should do going into camp season is decide how they want campers to remember them once the season ends.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-15-meet-2019-eells-program-award-winners

Episode 15 - Meet the 2019 Eells Program Award Winners

In the fifteenth episode of CampWire, meet the five winners of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence. These camps will be honored at ACA's National Conference next month in Nashville.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-14-aca-technology-tom-schenk

Episode 14 - ACA & Technology with Tom Schenk

Tom Schenk has been Director of Technology at ACA for almost 25 years. On this episode, Sam spoke with him about the ways in which technology has changed in his time at ACA, and about some of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/happy-campers-counterintuitive-conversation-about-youth-mental-health

Happy Campers: A Counterintuitive Conversation about Youth Mental Health

Why are kids at camp so darn happy? It’s a relevant question as we embark upon another camp season. Of course, an important part of your job this summer will be to promote and enhance that happiness...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/move-new-normal-be-friend-you-want-beginning

Move from New to Normal: Be the Friend You Want at the Beginning

One of the best reasons to go to camp is to experience something new. Yet, at the same time, some of the unpleasant feelings experienced while at camp might be because we are new! It is a paradox. It...