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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-mixing-nonprofit-profit
20/20 Toolbox: Mixing the Nonprofit with the For ProfitSoon after we assumed the ownership of Camp Mont Shenandoah in 1996, my husband, Jay, and I were interested in establishing a scholarship program for our campers. We were clueless, however, as to how...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-profit-goes-green-501c3
20/20 Toolbox: A For Profit Goes Green with a 501(c)(3)“I have a new idea for a program!” This is a statement my wife hears from me on a regular basis. We have owned our own private day camp, Triple C Camp, since 1999. We serve children and youth in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/search-marketing-web-drive-new-camper-enrollment-alternative-businesses
Search Marketing on the Web — Drive New Camper Enrollment and Alternative BusinessesThe quiet, final weeks of August find camp directors exhaling and peering out over empty fields — luckier ones are on a beach somewhere preparing meticulously crafted reenrollment letters. Agonizing...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-old-glory
Building Principles: On Old GloryMorning flag raising ceremonies have been camp routine staples probably as long as there have been camps. It seems, though, that there is much confusion over how to properly display and care for the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-health-center-log-rich-source-risk-management-data
Risk Management: The Health Center Log — Rich Source of Risk Management DataAs camp professionals become more effective risk managers, the need to periodically review camper and staff injury and illness events is a given. One of the best sources of this information is a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-camper-behavior-growth-without-shame
In the Trenches: Camper Behavior — Growth without ShameDuring the summer, I have many opportunities to see and discuss camper behavior at the several camps I visit during the season. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly even some well-educated,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-conservation-easement-solution-green-river-preserve
A Place to Share: Conservation Easement — A Solution for Green River PreserveThe 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
Girls and Camp: Fostering Community, Causes, and ConfidenceI 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
Capture the Magic for Middle School CampersWhen 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
Wise Use of Time OffLast 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...