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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/2024-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2024 Golden Quill and Golden Lens WinnersThe J. Wendell and Ruth T. Howe Awards recognize those individuals who contribute their talents to Camping Magazine. The Golden Quill Award is presented to the authors of quality...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2024-may-june-camping-magazine
2024 May/June Camping MagazineStaff training issue.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peanut-allergy-frightening-facts-emerging-treatments-ultimate-avoidance
Peanut Allergy: Frightening Facts, Emerging Treatments, Ultimate AvoidancePeanut allergy has historically been the most fatal food allergy, comprising 50 to 62 percent of all food allergy deaths annually (Food Allergies Atlanta, 2022). It is also the leading food allergy...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2024-march-april-camping-magazine
2024 March/April Camping MagazineBetter Business Practices
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-diy-really-good-idea
Building Principles: DIY . . . Is that Really a Good Idea?By their very nature, camp people are an extremely independent and self-sufficient lot. The most successful among them approach every adversity as a challenge and an opportunity to grow. But at the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/increasing-your-community-footprint-case-study-equitable-camping
Increasing Your Community Footprint: A Case Study in Equitable Camping“Without Camplify? Gosh, I don’t know where we would be.” What began as a challenging weekend camp in elementary school has transformed into a year-round leadership journey for local...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/crafting-healthy-conceptions-masculinity-what-summer-camp-experience-can-provide-boys
Crafting Healthy Conceptions of Masculinity: What the Summer Camp Experience Can Provide for BoysI was sitting in our chapel benches surrounded by towering pines as I listened to our leadership director, Dave Irwin, give his Sunday chapel talk in late July of 2016 at YMCA Camp Belknap, a...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/template-resource-documents-camp-operations
Template Resource Documents for Camp OperationsACA is committed to providing resources to assist in your camp's operation. These resources include sample schedules, planning forms, charts of accounts, supply lists, and more. These samples...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/scars-enchantments
On Scars and EnchantmentsI believe that when we become attached to a particular part of the environment, when we try to understand a place and feel at home there, we don’t just learn about that place, we learn about...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interrupting-isms-what-do-if-campers-say-or-do-something-ist
Interrupting Isms: What to Do if Campers Say or Do Something "-Ist"This resource offers advice to summer camp counselors who need to deal with campers saying something "-ist."