https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-through-decades

Snapshots of camp’s history remain steadfast in the minds and hearts of camp pioneers, moving beyond the boundaries of time. In a series of interviews with several American Camping Association (ACA)...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-director-remembers-world-war-ii

Running a camp during World War II took creativity, ingenuity, and some sacrifice. While friends and family were being asked to give their lives for our country, those of us at camp wanted to do our...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-memory-my-first-directive-alford-lake-camp

I could barely contain myself. After seven years of delicate negotiations, Alford Lake Camp was ours. It was November 1962, and Mrs. Carleton Knight had “transferred” the camp to us. This momentous...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/childrens-camps-adirondacks

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the mountainous Adirondack region of northern New York was one of the nation’s premier resorts. The grand resort hotels, smaller inns, and boarding houses...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-best-better

Not too many job descriptions include expectations like, “Be able to rise early, go to bed late, and remain enthusiastic all day long.” “Work well with many different types of people.” “Share your...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/aeds-camp-yes-or-no

A colleague recently asked whether her camp should have an AED (automated external defibrillator) on site. Just three or four years ago, I would have responded to that question with a resounding "No...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/los-campamentos-en-mexico

In the colorful four-hundred-year history of Hacienda Santa Maria de Pipioltepec, few events have generated the level of anticipation — and volume — of the Keremess. Each summer, 140 children and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/are-cit-programs-worth-risk-how-can-they-meet-your-expectations

"He did what?" "She never acted like that when she was a camper." "Are you sure that’s what happened?" Do these comments sound familiar? Camps offering leadership development programs are sometimes...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-leadership-team-making-cake

One of the biggest challenges camp professionals face is hiring, orienting, and training staff. It seems like an impossible task given the limitations of time, starting dates, school requirements,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/case-studies-reveal-camper-growth

Every year camp directors receive letters from campers’ parents describing growth experiences that began at camp and have continued to impact their son’s or daughter’s life in the home and community...