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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-assets-community-effort-computerized-mapping-aids-long-term-planning
Building Assets with Community Effort: Computerized mapping aids long-term planningLong-range planning and facilities management are important parts of maintaining camp assets and building a better community environment for staff and campers alike. Collaborating with a professional...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campers-speak-new-england-youth-share-ideas-societal-issues
Campers Speak: New England youth share ideas on societal issuesWhat do teens think about things that affect their health and well-being? What role does camp play? To find out, members of the American Camping Association New England Section, in conjunction with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/keeping-your-program-current-programming-todays-camper
Keeping Your Program Current: Programming for today's camperMany of your camp’s alumni may attempt to convince you that camp isn’t what it used to be and that so much has changed. They are right, of course. However, their point is that the camp program is no...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-camp-enhance-self-esteem-good-new-future-camping
Does Camp Enhance Self-esteem? Good new for the future of campingThe benefits to youth from camping are well known by former campers, their parents, and camp directors. However, little research is available on the influence that an organized camping experience has...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/future-you-looking-camp-new-millennium
The Future Is You: Looking at camp in the new millenniumAs you consider the future of your camp, it’s easy to focus on the external factors that are likely to affect its operation, the demographic influences that shape your markets, the impact of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pressure-camp
The Pressure of CampThe positive pressure one experiences at camp is something rare and hypnotizing. Friends at home call what you are doing a summer holiday, but you know the work is tough and comes with daily...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/serving-our-nations-young-heroes-how-camp-impacting-lives-military-children
Serving Our Nation's Young Heroes - How Camp Is Impacting the Lives of Military ChildrenSince September 11, the world in which American military children grow up has changed dramatically due to unprecedented levels of deployment and the increased reliance on Reserve and National Guard...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/case-melted-fingerprints
The Case of the Melted FingerprintsMy first time working at summer camp, in fact during my first week, I melted off every one of my fingerprints. I was only 16 at the time, and I remember feeling shocked that this could actually...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/acas-raise-bar-initiative-capturing-magic-camp-tangible-data
ACA’s Raise the Bar Initiative: Capturing the Magic of Camp in Tangible DataMatthew Smith is the camp communications and strategy director at Longacre in Pennsylvania, and cohort leader (along with Scott Brody, owner/director of Camps Kenwood and Evergreen in New Hampshire,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hover-over-send-button-nurturing-teenagers-through-their-first-job-application-process
Hover Over the Send Button: Nurturing Teenagers through Their First Job Application ProcessPicture the scene: A camp director makes a job offer to a counselor and receives a response of outrage that he has not been offered the job he wanted and, additionally, was not placed with his...