https://www.acacamps.org/resources/new-director-orientation-course-facilitator-resources

Here are some additional resources for NDO Facilitators. Some of these resources were not included in the NDO Curriculum PDF becasue they are left as original templates so facilitators can download...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/days-these-regret-remorse-restorative-justice

My mother never told me there’d be days like these. Challenging? Yes. Difficult? For sure. But nearly impossible? Not so much. The last full day of camp is always one filled with emotion. But on...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-can-one-week-do

Camp SoCal HeArts in Compton, California, will always be one of the hardest weeks of camp — for many reasons. We work with children in foster care for one week each summer, children who have been let...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/solar-power-right-camp

Solar panel, or photovoltaic (PV), technology has seen some impressive improvements in the past decade, bringing high-tech into a price range everyday users are better able to afford. The question...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tell-me-story-teaching-empowerment-through-camp-journalism

For anyone familiar with Camp Danbee for Girls located in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, there is no mistaking its underlying philosophy — here is a place where girls can be...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/importance-mealtime-camp

In honor of National Sticky Bun Day on February 21, Jeff Cheley of Cheley Colorado Camps discusses the camp’s famous cinnamon rolls and why mealtime at camp is so important. Last summer,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/love-camp-cabins

An event planner by day, I got a call to meet with the new executive director of my former sleep-away camp on planning events for its ninetieth anniversary. I couldn’t help but think of all of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/camp-includes-me-track-national-conference

Camp Includes Me: Inclusion, Fusion and Cross-Cultural Agility Our world is becoming increasingly divisive and communicating with each other across cultures and even lifestyles,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/happy-birthday-boy-scouts-america

On a cold and rainy Sunday this past month, my son, Daniel, and I joined our Webelos Den at the Trees Atlanta...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-greater-gift-gift-camp

Let me introduce myself. My name is Harriet Lowe and I’ve worked for the American Camp Association (ACA) for almost 16 years—first as the director of communications and now in a part-time role as...