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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-plan-wildlife-adventure
How to Plan a Wildlife AdventureAll summer long, the National Wildlife Federation is holding the Great American Campout, a celebration of using camping to connect to wildlife and nature. Here, naturalist David Mizejewski offers...
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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-exceptional
Creating the ExceptionalThe plane climbed steeply, banking left, headed south and east. The early morning hues of brown and beige marked the desert Southwest's approach to the Sandia Mountains, a fault block range on the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/basics-universal-precautions-teaching-staff-avoid-infection
The Basics of Universal Precautions: Teaching staff to avoid infectionUniversal precautions refers to infection control measures that all health care workers and child care providers follow with the goal of protecting themselves and the children in their care from...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/where-we-go-wrong-building-self-esteem-really-matters
Where We Go Wrong: Building Self Esteem That Really MattersIn my work as a camp counselor and director, real "self esteem" has always been at the heart of most issues that arise. My point is that issues that arise in life, relationships, work, and even play...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inspiring-programs-put-campers-unique-needs-first-2017-eleanor-eells-award-winners
Inspiring Programs That Put Campers’ Unique Needs First — 2017 Eleanor Eells Award WinnersEach year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence recognizes camps that embody the award’s namesake by developing superior programming that effectively and creatively responds to the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/community-healing-interview-andrew-gappa-deb-paschke-camp-hometown-heroes
A Community of Healing: An Interview with Andrew Gappa and Deb Paschke of Camp Hometown HeroesCamp Hometown Heroes is a national, free, week-long residential summer camp for children and siblings ages seven to 17 of fallen U.S. service members. These are active or inactive military heroes who...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/beautiful-mistake
A Beautiful MistakeThis column is adapted from Posie Taylor's acceptance speech upon receipt of the 2017 ACA Distinguished Service Award at this year's national conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/giving-your-time
Giving of Your TimeInvesting my personal time as an American Camp Association volunteer has always been fun and rewarding for me throughout my career as a camp professional. I remember well the day — over 25 years ago...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/enlightened-leadership-window-or-mirror
Enlightened Leadership - The Window or the MirrorRealizing Unprecedented Success — Third in a Series of Articles Leadership has always been a contact sport. It's not a collision sport but more like dancing. To dance, you have to...