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...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/implementing-special-events-programs-camp

While a summer at camp is, in and of itself, a special event, sometimes it’s important to shake up the daily routine to revitalize both campers and staff, especially a few weeks into the summer....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/concussion-awareness-risk-management-more-headache

The long-term health implications from concussion among players in the National Football League (NFL) were a concern for nearly 20 years. The NFL studied, debated, and finally acknowledged the issue...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-window-world

They were the first accents I ever heard that were different than mine. Australian, Dutch, English, Scottish, and heaps of others flew through the wooded, cabin-filled area at my Riverhead, New York...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/conflict-camp-world-peace

Saving Civilization by Filling in the Gaps in Traditional Education Conversations online and off have focused recently on stopping violence and conflict. From Ferguson to France, from Baltimore to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/plan-now-new-food-activity-programming

Before the last campfire at summer camp 2015 fades from your memory, focus some energy on developing new camp activities that involve the food service operation. Food activities can range from...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/capture-magic-middle-school-campers

When the recent "Great Recession" hit in 2008, it changed the attitudes and enrollment behaviors of many camps' clientele. But around that same time came another defining moment that has changed how...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sos-youth-risk-seven-survival-skills-summer-camp

Our Nation is at risk. At least that was the opening salvo of an April 1983 report from the National Commission on Excellence in Education. The document, which covered everything from prosperity...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preparing-kids-real-real-world

There's a summer camp where kids do whatever they want, with whomever they want, all day long, as long as they aren't physically endangering anyone or putting anyone down. There are no bed times....