https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/scared-or-prepared

For campers to have a successful experience we must prepare them for the unknown, build their confidence, and give them the tools needed to succeed in our camp's environment. As camps will always...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-magic-tap

Most children are fascinated by magicians. I remember being certain that a magic wand, would indeed, produce whatever I wanted. As you get older though, you come to realize that behind the "magic" is...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-managing-winter-risks

The risk management process provides a stable platform from which risk can be managed regardless of the season. In a way, the process is a compass, tried and true, on which we can depend as we...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-pig-fell-mud

There’s an old joke that starts, “A pig fell in the mud . . .” and while mud at camp can provide a fine program opportunity, there’s nothing funny about mud tracking into all of the indoor program...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/lessons-learned-another-year-aca-camp-crisis-hotline

In June this year, ACA took a significant step to improve the crisis hotline service we provide to camp professionals. While the service has been offered for twenty years, for the first time, we were...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/show-me-money-views-acas-compensation-benefits-report-2010

Camp professionals often look to the American Camp Association (ACA) for salary and compensation information. In order to help association members stay current with salary and compensation trends,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/globalization-camp-movement

In American history books, 1987 will be remembered as the "dark year" of the Reagan administration, with shadows cast by the Iran- Contra affair, the Unabomber, and detonation of an atomic weapon in...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reaching-out-nontraditional-campers-women-girls-african-descent-spread-their-wings-camp-butterfly

As an artist and owner of the creativity center Mijiza (Swahili for “she works with her hands”), Niambi Jaha-Echols did not always have the dream of founding a nonprofit organization devoted to the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/going-outdoor-school-talking-talk

Returning from the 2011 ACA National Conference in San Diego, I began to reflect on how camps can impact a student's education. For the past forty years, my school district has sent fifth graders to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-counseling-twenty-first-century-connecting-disconnected

Throughout the year, Camping Magazine publishes articles for full-time camp professionals. Once a year, it is written specifically for you — the camp staff who are on the front lines doing...