https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-directors-guide-bed-bug-prevention

Let’s face it, camp directors juggle a lot. Parents are looking to you to provide an engaging, educational, and safe environment. Some safety precautions may seem obvious: helmets on the zip line,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/avoid-panic-hire-take-deep-breath-employing-next-warm-body

Summer is on the horizon . . . the pressure to fill remaining positions heightens. It is easy to convince yourself the next warm body is good enough — a decision you may regret later.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/eval-2020-tricks-trends-next-decade-camp-evaluation

In the past ten years we’ve welcomed tremendous growth in how and why camp professionals use evaluation to support program planning, staff training, marketing, and funding efforts.  The year...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/moving-forward-together-march-2020

Another exciting summer season of adventurous fun and learning at camp is just ahead. I hope you will take every opportunity available to ardently articulate the considerable educational and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/safe-sanitary-water

It's been years since we talked about potable water systems in Building Principles, and with opening camp just around the corner, this seems like an ideal time to revisit some of the key points that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/incident-response-plan-assess-update-yours

With summer's 2020 season looming, staff hiring and camper recruitment is in full swing, but we're also ordering supplies, determining content for staff orientation, and making sure various policies...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/moving-place-share

I quietly said goodbye to a part of my life last summer — the part that had Bridget in it for the past 13 years. She first entered my world when she was an eager little kid in my fourth-grade...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inflection-points-why-character-counts

Inflection points refer to everything from mathematical equations to management advice. But, equally, if not more, compelling is an application of the concept to the growth trajectory of youth....

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

In June of 1963, at the age of eight, I boarded an overnight train in Chicago bound for Camp Agawak in Minocqua, Wisconsin. I was clutching my Teddy bear, Zelda. Jittery during those first weeks,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/back-basics-five-universal-truths-cit-training

What Five Service Trips to the Dominican Republic Have Taught Me About CIT Training Back Home