https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/flutterbys-community-ties

I imagine butterflies dancing in my stomach, a jumble of colors, probing antennae, and wings thrumming against my tensed muscles to the beat of my pounding heart. The mental picture of something...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/advocacy-policymaking-through-understanding

An Interview with Maulian Dana Bryant

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cits-our-future-leaders-risk-management-gray-area

For many of us, Counselor in Training (CIT) programs — sometimes called Leaders in Training or Junior Counselors — are an essential component of camp operations and culture. Not only do they serve...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-or-fiasco-ensuring-leaders-staff-campers-learn-failure

We need to fail before we achieve success. In our personal and professional lives, we generally try to succeed, which is perfectly sensible. To reach our potential, however, we must stop fearing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/make-strategic-decisions-not-guesses

Enjoy one of camp’s sweetest sounds as you walk up on a dining hall or an evening campfire and hear a chorus of voices singing a favorite camp song — 100 campers, 250 campers, 500 campers — can you...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-jedi-strategy-vital-integration-organizational-success

For far too long, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) efforts have been pushed to the sidelines, often treated as separate initiatives rather than an essential strategy embedded into the...

https://www.acacamps.org/conference/friends-of-camp-sponsors

Camps on Campus   First-timers Orientation...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/annual-report

Find national and local updates; efforts to provide camp experiences to more children, youth, and adults; a message from the CEO/president; and more.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-donating-salvation-army-red-kettle-helps-send-kids-camp

A portion of funds gathered through Salvation Army red kettle donations during the winter go toward sending kids to camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-december-19-2023-annual-impact-report

In this issue: the 2023 Annual Impact Report, blog about the Salvation Army sending kids to camps, a new Project Real Job blog, and more....