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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5-year-impact-study-phase-2-findings-being-present-moment
5-Year Impact Study Phase 2 Findings: Being Present in the MomentACA’s Impact Study is a multiyear research project designed to identify the lasting impacts of camp from the perspectives of campers, staff, and parents. In the earliest stages of the project, we...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/project-based%E2%80%85learning-%E2%80%85summer%E2%80%85camps-opportunity-enrich-your-camp
Project-Based Learning in Summer Camps: An Opportunity to Enrich Your CampIt’s Friday afternoon at the Belle Isle Summer Nature Camp, a day camp in Detroit, Michigan. As parents and younger siblings mill around the auditorium, a happy murmur of conversation is heard as...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-peer-peer-abuse-supervision-line-defense
Preventing Peer-to-Peer Abuse: Supervision as a Line of DefenseIt was 1995. TLC, Alanis Morissette, and Boyz II Men were riding high in the music charts. Apollo 13 and the original Toy Story were in the movie theaters. Michael Jordan made his...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/care-other-peoples-children-part-1-things-every-camp-should-start-doing-now
In the Care of Other People’s Children, Part 1: Things Every Camp Should Start Doing NowOver the last 30 years, I have not only been a camp director and owner but have also worked in the role of providing professional risk management education within the camp, youth development, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/women-camp-summit-2019-what-when-where-why
Women in Camp Summit 2019 — What, When, Where, and WhyPresented by ACA, Illinois and Women in Camping, the Women in Camp Summit is a three-day professional development event of networking, discussion, and learning designed specifically for female-...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/motivating-change-when-being-stuck-sticking-point
Motivating Change: When Being Stuck Is the Sticking PointCamp taught me about the power of the environment — not just the natural world where we romp and roam, but the broad community support and child-centricity of programming and purpose. As a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/major-gift-fundraising-think-within-box
Major Gift Fundraising: Think Within the BoxMost of the time we encourage one another to think outside the box. In the case of major donor relationships in the camp environment, I encourage you to think squarely within it! The box is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/resource-roundup-camp-professionals
Resource Roundup for Camp ProfessionalsParents traditionally look to teachers, school counselors, and religious leaders for guidance and resources about raising kids. Typically, parents wouldn’t think to seek resources and guidance from...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hundred-years-campfire-stories-ymca-storer-camps
A Hundred Years of Campfire Stories at YMCA Storer CampsThe year was 1918. World War I was winding down overseas, the Spanish flu epidemic was raging across the globe, and Woodrow Wilson was in the White House. It was also the year Storer Camps was...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/being-mentor
On Being a MentorTwo of my professional mentors recently passed away after horrific battles with cancer. Their funerals gave me pause to reflect on the deeply profound impact they each had on who I am today, both...