https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-conservation-easement-solution-green-river-preserve

The story of the summer camp called Green River Preserve and its conservation easement actually starts with my father’s service in WWII. Dad fought in the infantry in both Africa and Europe. He was...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/girls-camp-fostering-community-causes-confidence

I spent the first 12 years of my life in a sleepy, rural town in the northeast corner of Connecticut. With both of my parents working full-time, my summer mornings began near dawn as I filled up my...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/capture-magic-middle-school-campers

When the recent "Great Recession" hit in 2008, it changed the attitudes and enrollment behaviors of many camps' clientele. But around that same time came another defining moment that has changed how...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/wise-use-time

Last Night Phil Bader did everything wrong on his last night off except give his keys to a sober colleague. He’d left camp ten minutes early, bought alcohol with a fake ID, indulged in binge...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/where-camp-happens

When was the first time you really felt camp? Whether you are a longtime camp person or this is your f irst summer, chances are that the answer to that question is (or will be) intangible,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/counselor-judgment-campers-lives-depend-it

The title of this article, “Counselor Judgment — Campers’ Lives Depend on It!” is not in any way written to be frightening to a new counselor, but quite honestly, it is very much written to make the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-agents-social-entrepreneurship-summer-camp-experience

Lessons on leadership abound in the summer camp environment. And as we know, leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Some are loud; some are quiet. One is bold; another cautious. Many seek to lead...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/scared-or-prepared

For campers to have a successful experience we must prepare them for the unknown, build their confidence, and give them the tools needed to succeed in our camp's environment. As camps will always...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/wow-your-campers-parents

“Hey, wazzup?” is a perfectly good greeting when meeting one of the counselors you’ll be working with this summer for the first time. But what will you say when you meet your campers’ parents?...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-inescapable-truth

Mark Twain’s reported to have observed that when he was fourteen, his father was so ignorant that he couldn’t stand to be around him. But he was amazed at how much his dad had learned by the time he...