https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/praise-self-esteem

Best selling author Ashley Merryman — who has also been tutoring in inner-city Los Angeles for eleven years — recently spoke with ACA about youth development findings in her award-winning book, ...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-rewards-reinventing-wheel

The year 2020 seems so distant, and yet our goal as a collection of camp professionals is to serve 20 million campers by that year. So how do we get there? I have long been a proponent that programs...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/looking-back-education-formal-sense

Doing good work with and for youth has been a hallmark of the camp experience since its inception. Very quickly, there was recognition that the place and space of camp was also "good" for the staff...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/working-toward-healthier-camp-five-strategies-camp-administrators-reconsider-now

The Healthy Camp Study has been completed. As a result, the camp community now has an initial understanding of camp injury/illness events founded on evidence. This understanding is already making an...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cyberbullying-protection-plan

"Kick a Ginger Day." Fair to say, the majority of adults reading this article have no idea what this means. A bunch of junior-high-aged kids in Calabasas, California, did, however. On November 20,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/shared-values

More than thirty years ago, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta sang about "Summer Lovin'" when Grease graced the Silver Screen. Although they drove off into the sunset at the end of the film, one...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/value-being-camp-counselor-study-experiences-personal-growth-missouri-4%E2%80%91h-camp-counselors

Introduction Nationally, 4‑H camp programs often utilize the leadership and energy of teenage camp counselors (ages fourteen to eighteen) to plan and conduct local and area 4‑H...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/essence-positive-camp-culture

The culture of a camp is essential to evaluate on a regular basis. Is it noticeably and measurably acceptable or does it need help and/or remediation? Ask yourself the following ten...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hints-positive-enrollment-trends-turbulent-economic-times

To camp professionals, camp enrollment trends serve as an important indicator of the overall health of the industry, and are particularly important in uncertain economic times. Every year, day and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-money-nothing-thanks-dire-straights

I don't know anyone, within or outside of camp, who isn't looking for ways to improve their cash flow either by cutting costs or growing their income. Operationally, there are lots of places to look...