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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/food-service-budgeting-basics
Food Service Budgeting BasicsSuppose you have a new board treasurer who wants to better understand your food service financials. Via your manager/director, he needs your food cost per camper, elaboration on the rise in your food...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-weeks-summer-camp-what-i-learned-educator-being-camp-parent
3 Weeks at Summer Camp: What I Learned as an Educator by Being a Camp ParentI feel like I just spent three weeks at Jewish summer camp. I experienced the highs of color war, the exhilaration of kayaking in the lake, the fear of the high ropes course, and the spirit of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/can-we-talk-difficult-management-conversations
Can We Talk? Difficult Management Conversations“Can I talk to you for a minute?” It’s a simple question that in the blink of an eye can send the receiver on an emotional roller coaster. Take a moment and slowly read the following list. Pretend...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campocalypse-seven-predictions-about-summer-youth-programs
Campocalypse: Seven Predictions about Summer Youth ProgramsForget camp as you know it, because the world is changing faster than camp professionals are holding their ground. Forget camp’s unique combination of community living away from home in a beautiful...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whatever-weather
Whatever the WeatherOne of my fondest camp memories is of sitting in a large platform tent with my other new friends during a torrential downpour. Like most suburban kids I knew, I had long been schooled to come in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-people-2030-conceptual-framework-tomorrow
Healthy Camp People 2030: A Conceptual Framework for TomorrowThis column is different from what I usually provide. It poses a vision for the future of our camp community’s health profile. As you read, ask if the ideas reflect your desire for improving our...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-independent-confident-resilient-kid-camp-can-help
Want an Independent, Confident, Resilient Kid? Camp Can Help!While it’s easy to think of ways to teach our kids to do laundry or solve math problems, finding a way to instill important character traits isn’t as simple. The way we model traits we want our...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2018-camping-magazine-editorial-index
2018 Camping Magazine Editorial IndexView an archive of editorial indexes. Featured Articles The Quiet Ones...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help
Too Much Screen Time? Four Ways Summer Camp Can HelpChildren between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/video-games-camp-are-you-kidding-me
Video Games at Camp? Are You Kidding Me?No, in fact, I'm completely serious. For the record, my 40-year career has been spent entirely within the camp, sports, and community center worlds, and has included positions as coach, athletic...