https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-maintaining-healthy-camp-environment-strategies-camp-staff
Creating & Maintaining a Healthy Camp Environment: Strategies for Camp StaffAs summer begins and all those carefully recruited campers begin to arrive, camp professionals often revisit orientation to assess if they've adequately prepared staff to handle various aspects of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-hallmarks-healthy-camp-community-how-your-camp-positioned
Risk Management: The Hallmarks of a Healthy Camp Community — How Is Your Camp Positioned?Another summer season is ending. With that comes the time when many camp profes¬sionals not only relax but also review systems with an eye toward change, improvement, and growth. To that end, the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-osha-baseline-compliance-camps
Risk Management — OSHA: Baseline Compliance for CampsThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has regulations that pertain to employee safety and health on the job. Occasionally, the popular press contains news of a business slapped...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/intersection-camp-traditional-school-experience-improving-student-achievement-engagement
The Intersection of Camp with the Traditional School Experience: Improving Student Achievement and EngagementIn tears, a camper shares: “Camp is such a big part of me . . . I grew up here; I found out who I am here; I have spent my childhood here; I figured out my values here; and now I know I can do...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peter
From PeterBecause of Camp . . .™ — there are millions of powerful answers to this leading statement. We know that all participants — campers, counselors, supervisors, owners, and directors are changed by each...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/essence-positive-camp-culture
The Essence of a Positive Camp CultureThe culture of a camp is essential to evaluate on a regular basis. Is it noticeably and measurably acceptable or does it need help and/or remediation? Ask yourself the following ten...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/alternative-businesses-camps-promoting-testing-web
Alternative Businesses for Camps: Promoting and Testing on the WebThe Web continues to make it faster, easier, and cheaper to test out new offerings. Your core business may seem secure for now, and your camp may have valuable assets accrued over time, but it is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/research-parents-perspectives-resident-camp-experiences-dimensions-predict-retention-word-mouth
Research — Parents’ Perspectives on Resident Camp Experiences: Dimensions that Predict Retention, Word-of-Mouth Marketing, and SatisfactionA primary challenge for any business is recruiting and maintaining customers. In 2012, 27.2 percent of camps surveyed reported camper enrollment that was lower or at its lowest point compared to the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-hunting-camp-property
Building Principles: Hunting on Camp PropertyYou well know the liability associated with having guests on your site. Most times, invited guests have expectations about what their experience will entail and the level of risk they intend to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tried-true-hard-do-advancing-camps-original-mission-requires-better-precision-not-better-packaging
Tried and True . . . and Hard to Do: Advancing Camp’s Original Mission Requires Better Precision, Not Better PackagingBelievers in organized youth camping regularly flirt with ways to repackage the experience. Although many feel this market-driven approach is necessary to boost registration, it causes mission...