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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/learning-lakamaga-why-architectural-historian-cares-about-summer-camps
Learning From Lakamaga: Why an Architectural Historian Cares About Summer CampsWhenever I tell people that my research deals with the history of summer camps, they smile. Undoubtedly some of the smiles are triggered by fond camp memories: the smell of pine, perhaps, or the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-skill-building
The Role of Skill BuildingBuilding Camps That Care About Kids — Third in a Series of Four Articles Maybe Walt Whitman was on to something. When we think of the very best ways to help young people grow into...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/epidemic-translating-drug-prevention-principles-camp
Epidemic: Translating Drug Prevention Principles to CampThe American Camp Association is committed to promoting healthy lifestyles for youth. In this issue of Camping Magazine we are pleased to present the second in a three-...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-elephant-living-room
Building Principles: The Elephant in the Living RoomBy 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/role-safety
The Role of SafetyBuilding Camps That Care About Kids — Second in a Series of Four Articles We've all heard the story of Chicken Little. The falling acorn had Chicken Little convinced that the sky was...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-village-fostering-community-response-underage-drinking
More Than a Village: Fostering a Community Response to Underage DrinkingAnyone who has attended or worked at a summer camp knows the experience transcends that offered by the mere existence of soccer balls, tennis courts, or sailboats. Camps are communities—villages...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/adolescentes-saludables
Adolescentes saludablesACA está dedicado a promover estilos de vida saludables entre los jóvenes. Junto con su iniciativa "Partnering With Parents" (Asociación con los padres), American Camp Association, a través de...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/el-gato-y-el-rat%C3%B3n
El gato y el ratónConfianza, sinceridad y los controles de drogas en los adolescentes Por Stephen Wallace, M.S. Ed. El llamamiento del presidente Bush para incrementar los fondos federales de los programas...