https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/crime-prevention-risk-management

No Superheroes Need Apply Does criminal behavior increase during difficult economic times? Some superheroes might say yes and some experts and researchers would agree. What implications does this...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/i-believe

I believe that camp has the power to change lives. I believe in camp as a place where all people are welcomed as individuals and accepted for who they are. I believe in camp as a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/impact-counselor-training-new-returning-camp-counselors

Introduction To be successful, camps must provide counselors training designed to help them fulfill their responsibilities in a manner aligned with stated camp goals. Camp directors must ensure that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-makers-africa-venues-healing-social-change

Universal needs, tireless visionaries, transplanted ideas, unique character. We sometimes forget the power of the camp experience. We invite you to meet change makers in Africa and allow seeds of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/peg-september-2010

Every day I feel I am reading another article that pontificates about the importance of education and how we need to create year-round education. Don't misunderstand, education throughout the year is...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/theyve-done-their-jobs-now-what-will-you-tell-them-providing-post-season-feedback-really-feeds-your

That Hollow Feeling How do you distract yourself from that hollow feeling that looms in your gut the day after camp ends? Most camp professionals reset camp and brace themselves for the first post-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/it-time-get-lead-out

When confronted by newspapermen who had reported incorrectly, humorist Mark Twain replied, "Reports of my death have been exaggerated." In much the same way, the recent furor over a new federal...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches

Dear Bob,   We have a high elements ropes course at camp that became the scene of some harassment last summer. As you probably know, it is not so unusual for some campers to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-tomorrows-camps-todays-realities

The camp experience is a part of America's heritage and culture. Today, 10 million children and youth go to camp annually, yet, the American Camp Association (ACA) only directly impacts 5 million of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-american-camp-association-has-evolved-through-certain-crisis

Crises are not new to camps or to the camp movement. Two world wars, the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and a polio epidemic all tested the viability of camps and their camp association. Each...