https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/conversation-joe-ehrmann
A Conversation with Joe EhrmannJoe Ehrmann is an accomplished man, but not just because he was an All-American football player at Syracuse University and the tenth overall draft pick in the 1973 NFL Draft — or because of his...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/platform-growth
A Platform for GrowthDay camps. Resident camps. Camps for girls only. Camps for boys only. Burn-victim camps. Camps for kids with cancer. Camps for kids who want to lose weight. Faith-based camps. Activity- or sports-...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-symposium-preview-present-day-adolescent-sexuality-its-implications-camp-community
Healthy Camp Symposium Preview: Present Day Adolescent Sexuality and Its Implications for the Camp CommunitySex is a topic that elicits such strong emotions in people that it often becomes difficult to have a clear, calm, rational conversation about it. When that conversation concerns the sexual behavior...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/years-adventures-challenges-history-day-camp
Years of Adventures and Challenges: The History of Day CampSearch the Web for "day camp" and the results are over 100 million hits. Although the descriptions vary greatly, the words "day camp" trigger a feeling of excitement and adventure. Many sites...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/desegregating-circle-m-day-camp-determination-succeed
Desegregating Circle M Day Camp: A Determination to SucceedIt was July 2, 1964, and President Lyndon Johnson had just signed the Civil Rights Act. For us, the time had come to finally implement a plan to desegregate our white suburban day camp. We had been...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peter-january-2011
From Peter - January 2011"Changing Lives — Enriching the World": These are simple words with challenging implications. I thought of the words above, and how poignant this concept is for ACA at this time — especially as...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same
The More Things Change . . . The More They Stay the SameWow. One hundred and fifty years of organized camping! What an amazing milestone! I don't think that it's too much of a stretch that simply having survived one hundred and fifty years is testament to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-about-children
What About the Children?Over the past five decades, I have attended and presented sessions at many conferences, seminars, and educational events offered by the Maine Youth Foundation; ACA, New England; and ACA national. I...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/praise-self-esteem
Praise and Self-EsteemBest selling author Ashley Merryman — who has also been tutoring in inner-city Los Angeles for eleven years — recently spoke with ACA about youth development findings in her award-winning book, ...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-rewards-reinventing-wheel
20/20 Toolbox: The Rewards of Reinventing the WheelThe year 2020 seems so distant, and yet our goal as a collection of camp professionals is to serve 20 million campers by that year. So how do we get there? I have long been a proponent that programs...