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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/take-your-horse-camp
Take Your Horse to CampAnother way to increase usage at camp facilities is to allow people to bring their own horses to camp. Both youth and adults will have this interest and appreciate having a location to camp with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/determining-competency-essentials-interviewing
Determining Competency: Essentials in Interviewing"What you have to do is get them talking in such a way that they are unguarded. It could be anything they happen to be into, like their favorite baseball team or a dream they have about doing...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-el-tesoro-de-la-vida-camp-experience-bereaved-children
Camp El Tesoro de la Vida: A Camp Experience for Bereaved ChildrenThe death of a loved one is a reality that each of us must face at some point. The experience of a loss invokes a myriad of feelings for adults and children alike. Some will maintain the belief that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camper-wellness-different-perspective
Camper Wellness: A Different PerspectiveMeet Ben. He was a regular kid who did OK in school, had his fair share of friends— some more friendly than others— came from a single-parent home, didn’t have money to burn but certainly had all the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/under-influence-respect-responsibility-conduct-camp-counselors
Under the Influence: Respect, Responsibility, and the Conduct of Camp CounselorsAmong the many challenges camp directors face at staff training time is effectively addressing the personal conduct of those charged with caring for the campers—a task made increasingly difficult by...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-standards-first-step-creating-safer-aquatic-environment
ACA Standards . . . the FIRST STEP in Creating a Safer Aquatic EnvironmentThe American Camp Association's (ACA's) National Standards Commission (NSC) is grateful to experts in related fields who provide insights and additional information to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/disaster-response-recovery-your-camp-ready
Disaster Response and Recovery: Is Your Camp Ready?Fortunately the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season didn't meet the forecasters' predictions. The mild weather pattern was a welcome relief to those at risk following two devastating hurricane seasons in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-youth-involvement
The Role of Youth InvolvementBuilding Camps That Care About Kids—Fourth in a Series of Four Articles “The fact that campers are happy and active does not necessarily mean that the camp is achieving important...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-teens-hooking-losing-out
Healthy Teens: Hooking Up, Losing Out?Reports of a fourteen-year-old middle school girl performing oral sex on a sixteen-year-old high school boy differed only slightly from scores of similar tales making headlines across the country....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camps-spirituality
Camps and SpiritualityFinally the campers are quiet and the flashlights are stowed under the benches. The dark stillness is broken by the chirp of crickets, honking frogs in the nearby pond, and the single call of an owl...