https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/globalization-camp-movement
The Globalization of the Camp MovementIn American history books, 1987 will be remembered as the "dark year" of the Reagan administration, with shadows cast by the Iran- Contra affair, the Unabomber, and detonation of an atomic weapon in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reaching-out-nontraditional-campers-women-girls-african-descent-spread-their-wings-camp-butterfly
Reaching Out to Nontraditional Campers: Women and Girls of African Descent Spread Their Wings at Camp ButterflyAs an artist and owner of the creativity center Mijiza (Swahili for “she works with her hands”), Niambi Jaha-Echols did not always have the dream of founding a nonprofit organization devoted to the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/going-outdoor-school-talking-talk
Going to Outdoor School: Talking the TalkReturning from the 2011 ACA National Conference in San Diego, I began to reflect on how camps can impact a student's education. For the past forty years, my school district has sent fifth graders to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-counseling-twenty-first-century-connecting-disconnected
Camp Counseling in the Twenty-First Century: Connecting the DisconnectedThroughout the year, Camping Magazine publishes articles for full-time camp professionals. Once a year, it is written specifically for you — the camp staff who are on the front lines doing...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camping-magazines-20-20-toolbox
Camping Magazine’s 20/20 ToolboxThe 20/20 Toolbox series provides resources to help camps realize ACA’s 20/20 Vision. We are calling this series a “toolbox” for a reason — our intent is to focus on providing hands-on, real-life, “...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/keeping-staff-training-relevant
Keeping Staff Training RelevantThe world of camp is responsible for creating timeless change through temporary communities. It is a chaotic utopia enabling healthy risks and creating lifelong friendships through positive peer...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/while-goodbye-never-enough-me-its-perfect-him
While Goodbye Is Never Enough for Me, It’s Perfect for HimI spent a lot of time in a foggy, hormone-soaked haze when I was pregnant with my first son. I was in law school at the time, and it was much more entertaining to ponder the future contents of his...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-architectural-design-camps
Building Principles: Architectural Design for CampsYour regularly scheduled program (Rick Stryker) has been interrupted by his architect friend — me. Rick askedme to write an article for Camping Magazine from an architect's perspective....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/its-good-day-personal-essay
It's a Good Day: A Personal EssayThe gray rain wall dropped out of the sky. Lightning. Then thunder. We, the already-tired crew on the feature film Yellow Day, were stuck. We quickly covered the large cameras in heavy plastic and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-camp-people-are-different-regular-people
A Place to Share: Camp People Are Different from Regular PeopleMaybe it's ingrained from the way they were brought up, raised by camp counselors and campers alike. Or maybe it's the extra exposure to sunlight dappling their shoulders. Maybe it's the camp...