https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/message-20-20-toolbox

As we celebrate the third anniversary of the 20/20 Toolbox series in Camping Magazine and start a new publication year, we are given not only a chance to pause and reflect on what we have...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-our-shared-passion

As camp professionals, we are not alone in our passion for the positive impact camp can have. There are many individuals and organizations who share, value, and understand the power of the camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/business-camp-starting-new-camp

“It is critical to treat camp like a business or it will absolutely fail, and to know in your head and heart that if you treat camp only as a business it will also fail absolutely; so always...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camper-outcomes-increase-regardless-session-length-beyond-anecdotal-evidence-increased-competence

Session length may not be as vital to the accomplishment of developmental outcomes as directors are anecdotally sharing. Interestingly, no empirical support exists for the conventional wisdom that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/workers-compensation-facts

Workers compensation laws exist in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. Each state’s law is different. Do you understand your camp employer’s obligations as well as yours? This is an...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/implementing-special-events-programs-camp

While a summer at camp is, in and of itself, a special event, sometimes it’s important to shake up the daily routine to revitalize both campers and staff, especially a few weeks into the summer....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/concussion-awareness-risk-management-more-headache

The long-term health implications from concussion among players in the National Football League (NFL) were a concern for nearly 20 years. The NFL studied, debated, and finally acknowledged the issue...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-window-world

They were the first accents I ever heard that were different than mine. Australian, Dutch, English, Scottish, and heaps of others flew through the wooded, cabin-filled area at my Riverhead, New York...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/conflict-camp-world-peace

Saving Civilization by Filling in the Gaps in Traditional Education Conversations online and off have focused recently on stopping violence and conflict. From Ferguson to France, from Baltimore to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/plan-now-new-food-activity-programming

Before the last campfire at summer camp 2015 fades from your memory, focus some energy on developing new camp activities that involve the food service operation. Food activities can range from...