https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/case-melted-fingerprints

My first time working at summer camp, in fact during my first week, I melted off every one of my fingerprints. I was only 16 at the time, and I remember feeling shocked that this could actually...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-world-camp-food-service

If you’re new to the food service staff at camp, then the first week may feel a bit overwhelming. There are a lot of mouths to feed! But rest assured, the camp administration wouldn’t have hired you...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/essential-communication-requirements-caretakers

Counselors, other camp staff, volunteers, parents, guardians, and friends of camps join camp directors as partners in the responsibility of caring for other people’s children. How many times have we...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-generation-camp

I live in Minnesota where the season’s changing is often dramatic and spectacular. One day it’s ten below zero and the next 65 with bright sun and birds gleefully singing. And although we are all...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-more-can-we-do-help-homesick-campers-homesickness-anxious-withdrawal-motivations-avoid-new

When Rudy ran away in the Ivan Reitman movie Meatballs he helped enshrine homesickness as one of the hallmarks of the camp experience alongside morning announcements, pranks,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/letting-your-brand-shine-through-intentional-approach-your-brand-camp

Your personal brand matters. Wait — before you roll your eyes or flip the page because personal brand sounds cheesy, consider this: What three words would your camp supervisor and peers use to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-arcadia-century-family-values-adaptable-change

I grew up at Camp Arcadia. I was so excited to finally be a real camper in 1942. My mother, Juliette Meylan Henderson, called Mum Mum by everyone, was directing the camp with her father, Dr. George...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/my-perspective

I have spent many interesting summers at my town summer day camp in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and I am excited to be part of that experience again. I met some very good friends at camp and some people...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-food-accountability

No camp is immune to sneaky food raids. Over the years many camp directors have reported food incidents involving bears, strangers break-ing into kitchens, and, most often, camp staff. Tales of food...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/its-complicated-beyond-hookup-culture-taking-initiative-mitigating-risks

Navigating what has become known as the “hookup culture” is no easy task for young people of all ages and both sexes. Although it has now been popularized in song (including pop star Katy Perry’s “...