https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leadership-transition-what-i-learned-my-first-year-camp-director

Last November I had the pleasure of sharing a long car ride with Dr. Michael Thompson, during which he gave me a fun idea. We were on the way to Houston for a presentation he was giving about the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/alive-well-case-camp-letter

In this era of tweeting and texting, the slow-moving, handwritten, paper letter is an endangered species. Unlike an electronic missive, the letter that arrives in an envelope can be touched, smelled...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg-moments-magic-meaning

It only takes a moment — to change a life, make an impact, or create significance. It is remarkable how persuasive a moment in time can be to one's life. The camp experience is full of such moments...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-makers-africa-venues-healing-social-change

Universal needs, tireless visionaries, transplanted ideas, unique character. We sometimes forget the power of the camp experience. We invite you to meet change makers in Africa and allow seeds of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-it-improv-comedy-camp

"I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply still today. Listen, say yes, live in the moment, make sure you play with people who...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/recipe-success-planting-seeds-change

Change is often difficult for the thousands of camps and conference centers across the country to embrace, partly because many camps are steeped in tradition, and partly because of fear. The camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reflections-back-basics

Few people would disagree that we now live in a world of consumer capitalism. Our open lands and lakefronts in New England are slowly disappearing to development. Many young children are over...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultivating-camps-tech-free-traditions-digital-age

The camp director of one of the oldest and most respected camps on the continent remembers how, a few years ago, his camp's continuing tradition as a tech-free environment was especially hard for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/parachute-pants-pokemon-ipods-understanding-your-campers-various-ages-stages

Rewind to the time in your life when you were seven, ten, or thirteen (or any other desired childhood age). Who was your best friend at that age? What style clothing did you wear? What did you like...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dreamteam

What makes a great camp counselor? It’s not what you think. The 2004 U.S. Olympic basketball team had just as many all-stars as the original Dream Team. They had superstars like Carmelo Anthony,...