https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/community-kinship-within-our-camps

Last summer, I was hanging out with a group of our oldest campers, many of whom have attended since they were four or five years old. As I’m constantly thinking of program improvement, I asked these...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-letter-camp-staff

Dear camp staff, Welcome to the world of camp! Each of us — no matter what our specific job might be — is in a position that will influence the health and wellbeing of campers. Sometimes this will...

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

Roughly thirty years ago, I packed in an urban-based career and founded a summer camp in central Ontario just north of the city of Toronto. Still, I continue to seek a fuller understanding of camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-thats-not-my-job

“To you much has been given, and from you much is required.” Beyond their Biblical roots, these are certainly words for everyone to live by. Whether part of the year-round or seasonal staff, everyone...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-camp-skills-are-real-skills

In my final few weeks of college, I spent a lot of time working on resumes. Or, more specifically, I spent a lot of time working on one resume — over and over again. A resume shouldn’t be too...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-what-you-will-get-out-national-conference

My first ACA national conference was in 2007, in Austin, Texas. What an incredible experience! Around 1,000 camp professionals congregated in the same place to talk about what we love. There were...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/teaching-happiness-positive-emotions-are-skills-be-learned

Christine Carter, PhD, will be giving a keynote address at the 2012 ACA National Conference. Carter is the author of Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/teambuilding-leadership-why-college-curriculum-includes-camp-experience

Why would the University of Denver require that every graduate business student go to camp? What possible good would derive from forcing predominantly urban dwelling professionals to go off in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-not-school-no-tests-judgment-or-evaluation-excerpt-homesick-happy

Dear Colleagues, For the past thirty years, I have consulted to independent and public schools all over the United States, as well as to international schools. My work has given me a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-character-central-organizing-theme-camps

The “Game” It is week three of camp. One of your division leaders comes to you to report an incident that has occurred in one of the twelve-year-old cabins. Three boys were playing a “game” that...