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

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-ways-you-can-use-research-habit-formation-develop-staff

You've probably read those statistics about the number of people who buy gym memberships in January and then never work out. Maybe that's totally you. The stakes for physical fitness are high — we...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/counting-kindness-roundtable-discussion

The camp community knows as well as anyone that kind kids can change the world. With Camp Kindness Day coming up in July, we recently reached out to Laura Kikuchi, program...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/care-other-peoples-children-part-2-training-frontline-staff-make-good-decisions

While many risks can be managed through decisions regarding such things as facilities, equipment, requirements for participation, and policies, it is primarily through the day-to-day decision-making...

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

What if every camp in America united behind a new model for sustainability to lead a national movement for pro-environmental change? “Going Green” is a vague and intimidating term. We all know we...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-creates-job-magic

By the time camp staff decide what their chosen field of work is going to be, they have unknowingly benefitted from some amazing transformative experiences. Even if they decide not to stay in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camper-inclusion-day-camps-making-it-work-campers-staff

". . We started him at a camp that didn’t like that he didn’t fit into their ‘normal’ box. They didn’t have the flexibility, tools, or understanding that you and your staff have. They didn’t...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/bully-proof-your-camp-gan-israel

So many incidences of mean behavior, (and sometimes even bullying) occur at camp. Time is less structured than at school and counselors are young and don't necessarily have the tools to notice or...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/gifting-our-campers-ourselves-character-gan-israel

Are you ready to go from counselor to educator?  Do you want your campers to know you "get them".  Do you know that "there must be a better way"? This course gives you the skills to turn...