https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-skill-building

Building Camps That Care About Kids — Third in a Series of Four Articles Maybe Walt Whitman was on to something. When we think of the very best ways to help young people grow into...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-safety

Building Camps That Care About Kids — Second in a Series of Four Articles We've all heard the story of Chicken Little. The falling acorn had Chicken Little convinced that the sky was...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-youth-involvement

Building Camps That Care About Kids—Fourth in a Series of Four Articles “The fact that campers are happy and active does not necessarily mean that the camp is achieving important...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-supportive-relationships

Building Camps That Care About Kids — First in a Series of Four Articles Once upon a time twenty camp directors had the opportunity to find out what campers and staff really thought about...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/privacy-vs-protection-can-you-search-camper-staff-belongings

This article is not up to date.  For the latest information, visit:  Understanding a Camp's Right to Search Ink about the Jonesboro school...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/because-camp-possibilities-are-endless

For almost 150 years the camp community has had a secret. Not a well-kept secret, mind you, because you can see it in your neighborhoods, in your office buildings, on your favorite TV shows — you can...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/let-your-research-flag-fly-how-magnify-your-camp-story-research

In one of her 2010 commentaries in Camping Magazine, former American Camp Association CEO Peg Smith reflected on her conversations with award-winning researcher Marge Scanlin nearly a decade...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/my-story-value

My Story of Value  In my role I am often asked, “What is the value of being a member of the American Camp Association?” And while I can rattle off the countless opportunities that exist...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/turn-radio

The end of a summer day. We sit out on the front porch. The heat eases as the sky darkens and stars slowly emerge. The crackle of a radio broadcast punctuates the relative silence of the night, the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/kinder-gentler-softer-water

“Hey Culligan Man!”® For years growing up, the brassy, obnoxious holler would sound over radio and TV at least once a day. Growing up in suburban Pittsburgh, PA, we were bombarded daily with ads from...