https://www.acacamps.org/blog/resolutions-camp-clock

Deep in the woods on the other side of the lake, on a remote path known almost exclusively by our campers, rests the Manning plaque on a solid stone foundation. The honorarium was dedicated in 1924...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dark-side-parental-devotion-how-camp-can-let-sun-shine

A friend of mine is a college placement counselor in an academically competitive high school. She is always amazed by how quickly her phone calls to parents get returned. She feels like she has a red...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp%E2%80%93parent-partnerships-parent%E2%80%93camp-loyalty

Camp–parent partnerships reach beyond customer satisfaction; they are at the core of parent–camp loyalty. In most Hispanic communities, the camp-parent partnership becomes a critical alliance that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-lakamaga-why-architectural-historian-cares-about-summer-camps

Whenever 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/talking-parents-communication-times-crisis-beyond

Sending a child to camp, whether it's a day or resident camp, can be a scary proposition for parents. After all, they are entrusting us with their most precious possessions. They want assurance that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/avoiding-staff-surprises

This year, the American Camp Association (ACA) has seen a significant increase in requests for information from camp directors about seasonal employment issues. More specifically, staff members and...

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...