https://www.acacamps.org/blog/should-you-offer-camp-staff-retention-bonus

A retention bonus is money offered to staff with the goal of giving them incentive to stick around.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/working-summer-camp-keeping-fire-alive

Journalism student Dan Gray shares his experience working at camp and interviews camp professionals about the staffing shortage.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-prepared-camp-professionals-guide-public-relations

When facing a crisis, an emergency, or another major happening at your camp, do you have a plan in place for communicating with the media? With campers and their families? With the public?

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/magazine/2023-march-april-camping-magazine

The business of camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/somewhat-ugly-truth-about-teenagers-camp

I attest my confidence in making friends, trying new things, and even my success in college to the time I spent at summer camp. I went for a month each summer from age 12 to 16. The industry, culture...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/helping-camps-go-green-motivators-barriers-camp-sustainability

Like many camp administrators around the country, Jeff Gamble wanted his camp his camp — Jefunira Camp in California — to “go green” and operate more sustainably. But he faced a challenge. The camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ultimate-guide-staffing-your-kitchen

It’s not you. With a 3:1 ratio of available culinary positions to applicants, the labor shortage for kitchen staff continues to be a harsh reality. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/delegation-donts-camp-directors

Delegation can make you effective or lazy, so, as a camp director, what are the things you should never delegate? The Mission Others should be in the room when you’re figuring out the mission;...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/educating-parents-what-your-camp-obligated-do-how

Parents are our partners. Not only do they control the supply chain of campers, and to some extent our young-adult seasonal staff, they also are the ones who pay and ensure their children arrive with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/facing-digital-age-humanity

President/CEO Tom Rosenberg's latest Camping Magazine column.