https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-makers-africa-venues-healing-social-change
Change Makers in Africa: Venues for Healing and Social ChangeUniversal needs, tireless visionaries, transplanted ideas, unique character. We sometimes forget the power of the camp experience. We invite you to meet change makers in Africa and allow seeds of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hover-over-send-button-nurturing-teenagers-through-their-first-job-application-process
Hover Over the Send Button: Nurturing Teenagers through Their First Job Application ProcessPicture the scene: A camp director makes a job offer to a counselor and receives a response of outrage that he has not been offered the job he wanted and, additionally, was not placed with his...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/last-dance
The Last DanceIt's late in the evening. My feet are tired. Music is reverberating in my ears. We've been dancing and mixing all night. Tonight is an incredible celebration, truly a hallmark event. This may be...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-counselors-good-judgment
In the Trenches: A Counselor’s Good JudgmentCamp directors: Please share this column with your staff. During the camp season it's more important than ever for them to read this. Taking care of other people's children, as you do at...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/research-fun-safety-camaraderie-outdoor-adventure-heros-journey-program
Research: Fun, Safety, Camaraderie, and Outdoor Adventure at the Hero’s Journey ProgramHero's Journey is a free-of-charge, wilderness-based summer camp program for youth living with serious illness. As a developmentally appropriate and challenging extension of the traditional camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-movin-right-along
Building Principles: Movin’ Right Along . . .Whether the current program has your camp bursting at the seams and you're considering expanding, or you're ready to look for another property to host your organization, there comes a time when you...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/gumption-grown-here-how-adventure-camps-help-adults-youth-toughen
Gumption Grown Here: How Adventure Camps Help Adults and Youth to ToughenThere was a day when it was thought that being an American and having "gumption" went hand in hand. As Dennis R. Rader writes in Learning Redefined: Changing the Images that Guide the Process...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-lessons-summer-camp
A Place to Share: Lessons from Summer CampBobby arrived later than all the other campers, a habit I would soon come to expect. He waited awkwardly in the rec hall doorway. He clutched a black plastic bag of clothing and toiletries, and in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-parents-camp-health-services-creating-sane-partnership
Risk Management: Parents and Camp Health Services - Creating a Sane PartnershipCamp professionals have long talked about forming a partnership with parents. First articulated by Bob Ditter, the concept has moved deeply into various policies, practices, materials, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/autonomy-mastery-connection-true-gifts-quality-camp-experience
Autonomy, Mastery, and Connection: True Gifts of a Quality Camp ExperienceMaddie, a seven-year-old camper, sits on her bed looking frustrated. Her counselor hovers over her trying to get her to finish tying her shoes so she can join the rest of her cabin as they head for...