https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/your-roadmap-successful-camp-alumni-program

The passion of many former campers, staff, and other individuals associated with camp is undeniable. The ability to harness that passion toward efforts that can support camp — through active...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/facilitating-meaningful-conversations-socially-distant-age

We love to talk about resiliency and grit in the camp industry, and as this difficult year comes to a close, our entire industry is living those values in real time as we attempt to dust ourselves...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/posterity-using-time-capsules-capture-camp

It was the spring of 2016 when I received a call from the current director of Many Point Camp in Minnesota. Having been the director of Many Point for 25 years, I was used to a call inviting me to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bad-blood-how-succeed-succession-who-wins-who-loses

Succession at summer camp can mean many things: succession of ownership, of leadership, or of culture. Of course, these may happen separately, in close proximity, or all at once. In any case, each...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whats-next-future-facilitation

Predicting the future isn’t in my job description, but then neither was converting everything I knew about real-world facilitation then transferring it to virtual space. If I’m right, years from now...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dont-be-donkey

That’s always good advice, but this past summer we had to be reminded of it repeatedly. For us it meant spending a little time thinking about Buridan’s donkey. Jean Buridan was a 14th-century...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-essential-age-screens

Camp has never been a more critical part of Generation-Z’s year-round learning landscape and core social and emotional development. Just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pew Research Center surveyed...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/covid-19-decision-making-amid-uncertainty

It’s a pandemic. No one knows enough. They say it may last 12–18 months. Maybe longer. Information changes day-to-day. Sometimes more frequently. There’s a pediatric complication that wasn’t...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campers-you-cant-serve

Bob Ditter has faithfully served the camp community for decades — and while he continues to do that, this will be his last In the Trenches column for Camping Magazine. We are so grateful to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/unsung-heroes

What a summer 2020 turned out to be! The good, the bad, the ugly — and the grateful. During this pandemic, we are inspired by so many heroes rising up to meet numerous and mounting challenges. We...