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/tish-january-2015

It's the start of another year and a year's worth of opportunities to make a positive impact on our nation's children and young adults through the experience of camp. The American Camp Association (...

https://www.acacamps.org/download/retaining-developing-high-potential-talent-national-assembly

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reflections-hiring-camp-staff

Hiring young women and men who are prepared to put campers' needs before their own is by far the most important thing I do each year. With year-round programs offering short-term residential...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-bonds-friendship-forged-camp

Four friends from childhood reunite often and maintain their relationships through adulthood: It's the makings of countless best-selling novels. But this story is real — no fictional characters, no...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-management-oversight-your-camps-aed-program

As more camps purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED), the ability to establish and effectively manage a program that supports the use and maintenance of this life-saving device is...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/never-alone-technological-reality-generation-y

“All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” Blaise Pascal That quote always seems to enter my sphere of consciousness prior to camp. When I arrive at camp I...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-architectural-design-camps

Your regularly scheduled program (Rick Stryker) has been interrupted by his architect friend — me. Rick askedme to write an article for Camping Magazine from an architect's perspective....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/delivering-happiness-five-things-camps-can-learn-zappos

Tony Hsieh's book, Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, struck a cord with millions of people. The best-selling book by the CEO of Zappos.com, Inc. about the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fighting-free-play

It seems a tug-of-war is going on in Canada. On one side are those who, in the name of safety and reducing liability, want to mandate the risk right out of childhood activities and free play time. On...