https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/essence-positive-camp-culture

The 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

The 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

A 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/tried-true-hard-do-advancing-camps-original-mission-requires-better-precision-not-better-packaging

Believers 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...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-reaching-campers-latino-communities

As the face of America continues to evolve with greater diversity, many camp directors search for ways to reach communities that might not yet be familiar with the camp experience. While every child...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-focus-future-win-win-organization

A Humble Beginning Camp owners are thrilled, educators are motivated, and economically disadvantaged children are positively changed forever. Focus For a Future began with a very simple concept...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/there-anything-i-can-do-help

As camp professionals, we hear many stories about the impact of our camps on the lives of our participants. Often, when these alums come back and share a story or two with us from the past, they...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/mini-camp-taste-sleep-away-camp

In the early 2000s, at one of ACA’s national conferences, Bonnie and Sam Dawson were discussing with several other camp directors ways of improving programs and increasing enrollment at Camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-hybrid-summer-camp-program-rethinks-family-engagement

The Boston Nature Center (BNC), an urban Mass Audubon sanctuary, offers public programs year-round. Located in the Boston neighborhood of Mattapan, two miles of trails and boardwalks traverse meadows...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-program-innovation-2012-eleanor-eells-winners

“Better Camping for All.” It’s not just a long-time slogan of members of the American Camp Association; it’s a call to action. As we strive to embody this phrase and create excellence in programming...