https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-belong-reuniting-siblings-foster-care-while-creating-lifetime-shared-memories-through-summer
Camp To Belong: Reuniting Siblings in Foster Care While Creating a Lifetime of Shared Memories through the Summer Camp ExperienceIf I had the choice of spending a whole year in Hawaii or one hour with my brother and sisters, I would choose my siblings. — Luke (camper) You feel excitement in the air as four siblings...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/protect-your-camp-your-campers-your-staff-unspeakable
Protect Your Camp, Your Campers, and Your Staff from the UnspeakableIt’s 6:27 a.m. on a sunny Tuesday morning. There you are, comfortably seated at your desk, ready for another great day, when you are called for assistance by a counselor to the health center. Upon...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camps-quest-continues-through-technology-professional-development
Healthy Camps: The Quest Continues through Technology and Professional DevelopmentStrong interest in promoting the concept of a healthy camp continues. Supported by data from ACA’s five-year Healthy Camps Study from 2006 through 2010, improved understanding about camp injuries and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/road-camper-enrollment-recovery
On the Road to Camper Enrollment Recovery?For the past several years, ACA has invited day and resident camps to complete an online camper enrollment survey. The survey asks camp directors to respond to questions regarding enrollment trends,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-wastewater-treatment-primer
Building Principles: Wastewater Treatment — A PrimerOver the years, we’ve peeked at some of the components to wastewater treatment, but we’ve never really taken the process apart to help explain what is really happening and what the objectives are....
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/back-future-summer-camp-new-economy
Back to the Future: Summer Camp and the New EconomyA few years back I conducted a study with kids who had gone to summer camp for at least six or seven years. I asked them to talk about their...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/camps-speak-international-language
Camps Speak an International LanguageThere’s a passionate debate going on — whether men and women should share child-rearing responsibilities — even if it means the father sometimes stays at home. Native American, Nigerian, Kyrgyz,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/boy-boat-life-lessons-learned-camp
The Boy in the Boat: Life Lessons Learned at CampBen was the boy in the boat. A gregarious go-getter whose journey through camp — and to adulthood — was inextricably linked to sailboats on the water. The lessons he learned at camp originated from,...
https://www.acacamps.org/la-diversi%C3%B3n-y-la-seguridad-los-campamentos-de-aca-establecen-las-normas
La diversión y la seguridad - Los campamentos de ACA establecen las normas¿Por qué un campamento acreditado por ACA? La acreditación de ACA indica que el campamento de su hijo se preocupa lo suficiente como para someterse a una revisión minuciosa (de...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/convergence-collaborative-melodies-create-youth-development-success
Convergence: Collaborative Melodies Create Youth Development SuccessThe Beginnings of Youth Development The American Camp Association (ACA) is over 100 years old. In that context of age, youth development is a relatively young field of study. In 1998, the ACA...