https://www.acacamps.org/blog/power-kindness

Guest post by Audrey Monke “Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.” —Marian Wright Edelman In our cut-throat, competitive culture...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/seven-emerging-issues-todays-camps-face

Results of the 2017 Emerging Issues Survey are in and suggest that camps face a variety of challenges, such as staff and camper health, staff training, parent communication, diversity, revenue...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camps-role-social-media-wellness

Several years ago, I visited an overnight camp in the Berkshires during its annual family day. I watched quietly as parents poured out of their cars to meet their children, who in turn were semi-...

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

Date Revised: 02/01/2019

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-severe-weather-flood-risks

Extreme weather events seem to be happening more frequently. The root cause is still the subject of heated debate. Is the severity just a cyclical change, or is global warming precipitating an...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/eight-keys-attracting-retaining-hispanic-campers

In the next five years, two out of every five new US campers five to 17 years old will be Hispanic. Because of their immigrant heritage and historical camper diversity challenges, many of them and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/myth-middle-management

There’s an interesting trend happening in the camp profession: If your program director, assistant director, or other full-time middle management employee has not recently left your organization,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/job-making-mensches-campers-integrity-honor

Clayton M. Christensen (2017), professor at the Harvard Business School and one of the foremost authorities on disruptive innovation, wrote: "Customers rarely make buying decisions around what...

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...