https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/introducing-new-standard-11-camper-staff-interaction

After much work, the American Camp Association (ACA) National Standards Commission is pleased to introduce a standard specific to 1:1 camper/staff interaction. We often receive questions from parents...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leading-tomorrow-i-believe-accreditation

I believe in accreditation. Fifteen years ago, I helped manage the accreditation visit at my camp. It was my first time going through the process, but for my camp, the process was one in which...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-working-camper-parents

Dear Bob, I had a run in with a camper parent last summer that made me very uncomfortable. We have a visiting day for parents once each session, which, as you might imagine, is a...

https://www.acacamps.org/grandparents-place

Profile of Today's Active Grandparents Grand Camps have successfully emerged to meet the needs of significant numbers of active senior citizens across the country. The growth in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/destinaci%C3%B3n-campamento

Un recurso completo para las familias que ofrece consejo profesional de expertos en campamentos sobre la selección de campamento, el momento preciso, el desarrollo infantil y juvenil, y asuntos...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/keeping-your-program-current-programming-todays-camper

Many of your camp’s alumni may attempt to convince you that camp isn’t what it used to be and that so much has changed. They are right, of course. However, their point is that the camp program is no...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2010-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners

Golden Quill Award Michelle Robbins Broth Meredith Katherine Jones Creating Camp Narratives to Enhance Emotional Growth of HIV+ Youth...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2008-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners

Golden Quill Award Zayanne Thompson A Convenient Truth: How Our Past Can Save the Future and Planting the Seeds to Grow an...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/planting-seeds-grow-environmental-stewardship-plan

Without a plan, we do not know where we are going. Four years ago I was sitting in a meeting with all of our camp department heads, talking about developing themes and character for the facility....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/convenient-truth-how-our-past-can-save-future

What an opportunity! Camps began in the late 1800s as a way to connect kids with nature. The first camps introduced boys to hiking, fishing, and adventure in the wilderness. Over the years "camp" has...