https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/culture-clash-consequences-camps

"Emily" is a six-year-old camper in the "Jellyfish" group at an East Coast day camp. She is a new camper this year, coming into a group where about 70 percent of the campers are returning. She comes...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/child-sexual-abuse-prevention-critical-role-parents

Hypothesis: "The fight against child molesters begins by parents teaching their children." The Problem Sexual abuse of children and youth remains an insidious concern in American society....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-2-grow-teaching-leadership-environmental-stewardship-new-york-city-youth

"You learn about things that you do not learn about in school. It's actual reality and not sugar-coated. We learned how to work together. In school, they tell you to work together. I learned that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-food-accountability

No camp is immune to sneaky food raids. Over the years many camp directors have reported food incidents involving bears, strangers break-ing into kitchens, and, most often, camp staff. Tales of food...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/20-20-toolbox-navigating-complexity-greater-relevance

The Dig and Discovery: Can We Tell the Story? So, what is new? What is old? What is the same? Maybe everything; maybe nothing. Many times in the past, I have shared the concepts you will find in...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/conversation-joe-ehrmann

Joe Ehrmann is an accomplished man, but not just because he was an All-American football player at Syracuse University and the tenth overall draft pick in the 1973 NFL Draft — or because of his...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/platform-growth

Day camps. Resident camps. Camps for girls only. Camps for boys only. Burn-victim camps. Camps for kids with cancer. Camps for kids who want to lose weight. Faith-based camps. Activity- or sports-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-symposium-preview-present-day-adolescent-sexuality-its-implications-camp-community

Sex is a topic that elicits such strong emotions in people that it often becomes difficult to have a clear, calm, rational conversation about it. When that conversation concerns the sexual behavior...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/years-adventures-challenges-history-day-camp

Search the Web for "day camp" and the results are over 100 million hits. Although the descriptions vary greatly, the words "day camp" trigger a feeling of excitement and adventure. Many sites...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/desegregating-circle-m-day-camp-determination-succeed

It was July 2, 1964, and President Lyndon Johnson had just signed the Civil Rights Act. For us, the time had come to finally implement a plan to desegregate our white suburban day camp. We had been...