https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/other-side-mountain-views-organized-camp-2012

Despite my more than forty years in organized camping, I have scant experience in the other kind. In fact, one of my few forays into the world of site camping — accompanied by a long-time camp friend...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-educator-lessons-learned-history

By the time Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard University, reportedly claimed in 1922, “the organized summer camp is the most important step in education that America has given the world...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-crossroads-americas-past-future

If you have listened to the news lately, you’ve heard that folks are upset. A recent Wall Street Journal poll suggests that upward of 70 percent of Americans feel that the country is headed in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/camp-every-child-short-or-long-session

How long do you want your child to remain at camp? Short Sessions (One-Three Weeks) Means First-time or younger campers have a chance to learn new skills Bonds develop with other campers...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/are-you-ready-e-sign-revolution

Introduction In 2006, we wrote an article for CampLine entitled “Electronic Communication — Legal and Practical Issues to Consider In the Information Age.” That...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/we-asked-experts-our-most-popular-legal-opinions

Since 2005, the American Camp Association (ACA) has relied upon the legal expertise of Charles R. (Reb) Gregg, Catherine Hansen-Stamp and others to help organizations understand many of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-elephant-living-room

By itself, this month's metaphoric title may already have caused some readers to turn the page because it suggests that the facility guy is on a tirade about something we all know about but don't...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/increasing-your-preventive-maintenance-efforts

Manage Time. Have staff do both reactive and preventive maintenance. Do not focus energies only on what's visible, or reactive maintenance. Train staff in preventive maintenance. Staff need to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/myth-risk-promoting-healthy-behavior-challenging-teens

Most camp professionals have known intuitively for years what new Teens Today research from SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and Liberty Mutual Group now makes statistically clear —...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rites-passage-camp-pays-youth-development-happiness-health-safety

For years sociologists, anthropologists, and psychologists have mourned the loss of traditions marking important childhood "rites of passage." In earlier American culture, movement toward adulthood...