https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/green-river-preserve-americorps
Green River Preserve and AmeriCorpsWorking at camp, we often feel like we need forty-eight hours in a day, three extra hands, a winning lottery ticket, and the ability to be in two places at once. As camp professionals, we are...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/growing-relationships-nature-experiences
Growing Relationships and Nature ExperiencesAt age eleven, Rue Mapp was programming computers while growing up on her family’s ranch in northern California, participating in both recreational and organized camp experiences (with the Girl...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/you-are-your-own-story
You Are Your Own StoryWith Mark Victor Hansen, author, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and co creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul, tells how and why the stories of our lives can be motivators for change in every...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-leadership-21st-century
Camp Leadership for the 21st CenturyMichael Yeh is standing in front of an audience of over 1,000 health care and mental health professionals telling a story about a recent surgical procedure he led at the UCLA Endocrine Surgical Unit...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-community-through-nature
Creating Community through NatureAn Interview with Joseph Cornell From a young age, author Joseph Cornell felt the awe and wonder of nature. For nearly forty years, Cornell has shared his passion for nature with the world,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/implementing-change-practical-tips-early-camp-director
Implementing Change: Practical Tips for the Early Camp DirectorWhen I was seventeen, I was hired for the second summer at my beloved home camp by the veteran camp director. She had become my mentor and friend through all my years as a camper, teen leader, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/practical-leadership-what-we-can-learn-simon-says-show-tell-sharks
Practical Leadership: What We Can Learn from Simon Says, Show and Tell, and SharksThere is so much good information about leadership. There are books about leadership with themes ranging from the military to Mickey Mouse; there are seminars, workshops, retreats, and entire...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/nobody-ever-tells-me-anything-communication-camp
Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything: Communication at CampGrowing up, my sister’s catch phrase could have been, “Nobody ever tells me anything!” because she said it so often. More and more, this sentiment is being shared at summer camp, too. Our camp staff...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-changing-risk-paying-coordinating-health-care-camp-after-health-care-reform
Risk Management: Changing Risk — Paying for and Coordinating Health Care at Camp after Health Care ReformThis information is current as of July 24, 2013. For the latest information, please visit www.ACAcamps.org/...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/paying-enough-training-right-snapshot-salary-benefits-professional-development-practices-camps
Paying Enough and Training Right! A Snapshot of Salary, Benefits, and Professional Development Practices in CampsRead the full article at www.ACAcamps.org/research/improve/compensation-benefits/snapshot. ...