https://www.acacamps.org/resources/marketing-value-camp-experience

Camp directors and camp staff know intuitively what camp provides for youth. We have sought for words and the solid research to back up what we know in our hearts happens in the magic of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/moving-mountains-herding-cats-closing-summer-camp

The last camper was picked up (46 minutes late, but you won the last office pool). Now your staff stands idly bewildered at what to do next. You and your staff have been flying through the...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/state-laws-regulations/state-regulations-vermont

Date Revised: 12/20/2018

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sit-get-wont-grow-dendrites-professional-learning-strategies-engage-adult-brain

by Marcia L. Tate, Ph.D. Visualize the worst presentation or training session that you ever attended. The chances are that you were talked at by a presenter who was either boring or argumentative...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/finding-certified-waterfront-staff

It’s that time when camp directors ask themselves "where am I going to find enough certified waterfront staff, specifically boating staff?" Standard PA-20, a mandatory standard, states that camps (...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/social-capital-organized-camping-its-about-community

We can't really define it, but we know it when we see it. We lament the loss of it to our friends and neighbors as we continually look for new ways to build it. What is IT? It is a sense of community...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/theres-no-business-trade-show-business

Trade shows, camp fairs, and community expos bring vendors together in a virtual mega mall where like-minded people can efficiently research and compare products, services, solutions, and ideas. It's...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/there-still-good-world

I had the most delightful, inspiring experience recently. I was invited to be a guest judge at the “Mountaineer Cook-Off” at Mount Laguna. “Mountaineers” is our teen program at...

https://www.acacamps.org/testimonials-value-camp-cultural-exchange-programs

Camp has always been a unique developmental environment that weaves global citizenship with other outcomes such as critical thinking skills, leadership, and character development. And now more...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/challenge-course-zip-line-safety

Recently, serious accidents and fatalities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and other states have prompted government in these and several other states to review and/or discuss how...