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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-culture-sensitive-are-your-camp-health-services
How Culture-sensitive Are Your Camp Health Services?Campers and staff come from a variety of backgrounds. An urban-savvy camper becomes the bunkmate to a youth raised on a rural farm; two girls — one from a small mountain village and the other from a...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-working-summer-camp-changed-trajectory-my-life
How Working at Summer Camp Changed the Trajectory of My LifeJordyn Roark, MSW, originally applied to a summer camp job to secure summer housing — but what she also found was a life-changing experience.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/using-journals-help-your-summer-camp-staff-succeed
Using Journals to Help Your Summer Camp Staff SucceedIn support of Project Real Job, one camp shares why they started providing journals to their camp counselors in hopes it would help staff feel more organized, informed, and focused on their goals.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-summer-camp-have-perpetuate-junk-food-culture
Does Summer Camp Have to Perpetuate Junk Food Culture?"Junk food” is a term we often use to describe highly processed or ultra-processed food that likely has “many added ingredients such as sugar, salt, fat, and artificial colors or preservatives. '...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/water-exploring-its-significance-sustenance-sources
Water: Exploring Its Significance, Sustenance, and SourcesWater is sustenance for every living being on earth. Albert Szent-Gyorgi, MD summed it up best, saying, “Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water” (Szent-...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-working-camp-premed-student-one-best-decisions-i-have-ever-made
Why Working at Camp as a Premed Student Is One of the Best Decisions I Have Ever Made"Camp has provided me with deeply meaningful friendships, many networking opportunities, valuable people skills, and it has had an enormous positive impact on my mental health."
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-recruitment-digital-world-harnessing-power-camp-staff-influencers
Staff Recruitment in a Digital World: Harnessing the Power of Camp Staff InfluencersCamp Manito-wish YMCA recently implemented a camp staff influencer initiative in order to recruit more summer camp staff.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-use-texting-recruit-candidates-camp
How to Use Texting to Recruit Candidates for CampIf you're not already using text messaging as part of your summer camp staff recruitment efforts, check out these reasons to consider doing so and tips on doing so effectively. Disclaimer: The...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/commitment-how-do-we-earn-it-how-do-we-keep-it
Commitment: How Do We Earn It — and How Do We Keep It?An answer to this question of the century may seem counterintuitive, yet it is at the core of most camp communities: Relationships. More than ever, staff are looking for connection and belonging. So...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/this-or-that-reflection-staff-hiring-recruitment
"This or That" Reflection for Staff Hiring and RecruitmentThe "This or That" game encourages folks to make a decision given only two choices. We invite you to think about each “this or that” with regards to your own staffing strategies to gain insight for...