https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-insurance-risk-management

Risk management plans are never finished. They must be revised periodically because risk, risk control, and risk transfer methods change constantly. Insurance is one of many tools available to risk...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/thank-you-another-great-year

As the year winds down and the holidays approach, I hope you and your loved ones are well and finding time to breathe, play, and celebrate with time together. During this season of giving...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/new-thinking-needed-helping-kids-avoid-or-cope-homesickness

ANN ARBOR, MI 2010 — A new report urges parents and children's doctors to change their thinking about homesickness among children, to see it as a nearly universal but highly preventable and treatable...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pressure-camp

The positive pressure one experiences at camp is something rare and hypnotizing. Friends at home call what you are doing a summer holiday, but you know the work is tough and comes with daily...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/doctors-recommend-significant-changes-camp-health-procedures

American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations Addressed in the American Camp Association (ACA) Health and Wellness Standards Revisions Summary The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pedagogically-speaking-part-1-how-schools-talk-about-what-camps-do

Clinging to the position that camp is different and unique will isolate us unless we can speak intelligently about how camp is an essential complement to what young people do for the other ten or 11...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/case-studies-2015-crisis-hotline-annual-review

Each year, the Camp Crisis Hotline Team identifies a select number of case studies for a more in-depth look, and to serve as examples for other camps to use in staff training and the development of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/connecting-good-genuine-through-building-character

We know that camp has always been a place for helping young people develop in positive ways — building both character strengths and life skills they will carry with them long after camp ends. Keeping...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campfire-career-building-brighter-futures-retaining-staff

One summer camp explains their experience using a staff scholarship program as a camp staff retention tool.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-navigating-complexity-greater-relevance

The Dig and Discovery: Can We Tell the Story? So, what is new? What is old? What is the same? Maybe everything; maybe nothing. Many times in the past, I have shared the concepts you will find in...