https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/are-your-campers-picky-eaters

With arms firmly crossed and sour-faced determination, ten-year-old Jaden said, “If I have to eat that, I’ll just go hungry!” Campers paused between bites and all eyes shifted to the two counselors...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/if-first-you-dont-succeed

When I was six or seven, my parents decided I needed to do something structured a couple days a week during the day in the summertime. They ended up sending me to a gym camp, a local day camp that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/respectful-approaches-indigenous-culture-competency-camp

July 2015. Camp was in full swing with little time to devote to the Internet, but the news feed picked up an item that caught my attention. It was an article published by the national news outlet...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/submit-your-story-camping-magazine

Do You Have Camp Insights Or a Personal Experience to Share? Submit your writing to Camping Magazine. If you have a personal camp experience you think would inspire others, our A...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-360-research-vs-evaluation

Greetings from the ACA Research Team!  As you might have heard, ACA has identified research as...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/psychotropic-medications-resource-camps

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tish-july-2016

I am writing this from Chicago, where I chaired my last in-person American Camp Association Board of Directors meeting. The six years I spent on the board (four as chair) have been an amazing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dealing-delicate-situation-camp

Dear Bob, We are a coed resident camp. Our campers start at age seven or eight and often stay until age 15. One of our 15-year-old female campers, who is about to start her last year as a camper,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ramblings-grumpy-old-camp-cook

With the passing of my 65th birthday, I began reflecting a lot on my life, as I imagine many have done at the passage of this age. Looking back, the many summers I spent as a cook/food service...

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

I think on a Facebook post someone asked: “How do YOU define ‘camp people’? We use that term all the time, and one of my parents asked me. I know what I mean, but how do the rest of you...