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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you-improving-incident-documentation

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Improving Incident Documentation

A group of teenage campers was participating in a team building activity that required them to solve a problem. One of their solutions to was to raise one of the smallest kids as high as they could...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/personal-finance-camp-pros

Personal Finance for Camp Pros

My story as a camp professional is classic. I spent a summer after college as a canoe trip leader at a camp in northern Wisconsin, expecting that it was going to be a no-big-deal, fun summer — but it...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/growing-together

Growing Together

While applying for summer jobs in 2021, I stumbled across the Princeton-Blairstown Center (PBC). I wasn’t very familiar with experiential education, but it appeared similar to the hands-on learning...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-improvements-one-vulnerable-step-time

Making Improvements One Vulnerable Step at a Time

I grew up a camp kid. I started going to camp when I was eight years old, participating in Camp Ondessonk's "Mini-Camp" program. Back in 2003, the program was Sunday–Wednesday, four days and three...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/addressing-educational-gaps-through-camp

Addressing Educational Gaps through Camp

President/CEO Tom Rosenberg's latest Camping Magazine column.

https://www.acacamps.org/ohio/scholarship

ACA, Ohio Professional Development Scholarship

The purpose of the scholarship support fund is to help increase access to professional development for youth development and camp professionals.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/tips-using-camp-technology-create-sense-community

Tips for Using Camp Technology to Create a Sense of Community

Strong, active communities are defining characteristics of successful camps. Ask any camp director or counselor; they'll have a hundred stories of how their camp fostered friendships, teamwork skills...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-2023-trends-issues-spotlight-well-being-camp

Summer 2023 Trends and Issues: Spotlight on Well-Being at Camp

These are the findings from the 2023 Trends and Issues Pulse Survey taken this spring.

https://www.acacamps.org/about/annual-report/2022-annual-report

2022 Annual Impact Report

This year's report focuses on addressing nationwide mental health concerns, staffing shortages, and broadening partnerships and collaborations to provide more children and young adults of all...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-2023-trends-issues-spotlight-anticipated-camper-staff-challenges

Summer 2023 Trends and Issues: Spotlight on Anticipated Camper and Staff Challenges

These are the findings from the 2023 Trends and Issues Pulse Survey taken this spring.