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Camping Magazine
The Intersection of Camp with the Traditional School Experience: Improving Student Achievement and Engagement
January 1, 2012
In tears, a camper shares: “Camp is such a big part of me . . . I grew up here; I found out who I am here; I have spent my childhood here; I figured out my values here; and now I...
An Interview with Richard Louv: Using the Nature Principle and Camps to Reduce Nature-Deficit Disorder — for Children and Adults
January 1, 2012
What progress have you seen in the movement to connect children and nature since you wrote Last Child in the Woods in 2005? Last Child didn’t create the children and nature...
A Place to Share: What You Will Get Out of the National Conference . . .
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
My first ACA national conference was in 2007, in Austin, Texas. What an incredible experience! Around 1,000 camp professionals congregated in the same place to talk about what we...
A Place to Share: “Camp” Skills Are “Real” Skills
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
In my final few weeks of college, I spent a lot of time working on resumes. Or, more specifically, I spent a lot of time working on one resume — over and over again. A resume...
When Staff MESH Impacts Camp
March 1, 2015
Everyone has a mental, emotional, social health (MESH) profile. For most of us, our MESH profile is within a “normal” range. Some days are better than others. Some things push our...
Building Principles: “That’s Not MY Job . . .”
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
“To you much has been given, and from you much is required.” Beyond their Biblical roots, these are certainly words for everyone to live by. Whether part of the year-round or...
A Burgeoning World of Camp Research
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
Roughly thirty years ago, I packed in an urban-based career and founded a summer camp in central Ontario just north of the city of Toronto. Still, I continue to seek a fuller...
Risk Management: A Letter to Camp Staff
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
Dear camp staff, Welcome to the world of camp! Each of us — no matter what our specific job might be — is in a position that will influence the health and wellbeing of campers...
Community: Kinship within Our Camps
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
Last summer, I was hanging out with a group of our oldest campers, many of whom have attended since they were four or five years old. As I’m constantly thinking of program...
On Board with Camp
September 1, 2012
Camp boards — what should they do? How do we train members of a camp board? And how do we recruit good board members? To find the answers, we must first start with governance. Many...
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