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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/positive-futures
Positive FuturesI have been blessed by a wonderful career as a camp director and educator in our field. It has been gratifying to see the lives of generations of campers and staff members transformed over the years...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/chain-mail-bullying
Chain Mail BullyingDear Bob, I am checking in with you about a particular current situation to see if you know of any developed resources or guidelines for positive online interactions for early-teens. We have a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/role-insurance-risk-management
The Role of Insurance in Risk ManagementRisk management plans are never finished. They must be revised periodically because risk, risk control, and risk transfer methods change constantly. Insurance is one of many tools available to risk...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/solving-certification-mystery
Solving the Certification MysteryWith ominous dread, our kitchen crew expected “the visit” any day now. Health inspector drop-ins typically occur in the midst of summer camp chaos, the busiest time of year for camp professionals....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/great-things-have-small-beginnings
Great Things Have Small BeginningsIn 1861, Frederick W. Gunn and his wife, Abigail, took their students on a two-week summer camping trip. The very popular program was repeated for the next several years — a small thing that is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/good-reminder
The Good ReminderSpring is a time of renewal and hope, and nowhere is this hopefulness more evident than in our chosen profession. As camp professionals, we catalog time by the changing of the seasons. Summer speaks...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/restorative-powers-nature
The Restorative Powers of NatureAn Interview with Florence Williams Growing up a city girl in a family that valued extended outdoor time, Florence Williams is today a science writer and environmental journalist, bestselling...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/meet-hakeem-oluseyi
Meet Hakeem OluseyiIf necessity is the mother of invention, then resilience is the mother of reinvention. Hakeem Oluseyi, PhD, world-renowned cosmologist, science educator, and humanitarian, is well acquainted with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/exploring-power-moments
Exploring the Power of MomentsAn Interview with Dan Heath Whether we’re 11, 26, or 92, we all have special memories that we return to again and again, that remind us of happy events with family and friends, challenges we’ve...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hunters-farmers-why-adhders-can-thrive-summer-camp
Hunters and Farmers: Why ADHDers Can Thrive at Summer CampIn examining the etiology behind the widely diagnosed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), one school of thought, championed by Thom Hartmann, author of the Complete Guide to ADHD...