https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-counseling-twenty-first-century-connecting-disconnected
Camp Counseling in the Twenty-First Century: Connecting the DisconnectedThroughout the year, Camping Magazine publishes articles for full-time camp professionals. Once a year, it is written specifically for you — the camp staff who are on the front lines doing...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/summer-camps-popular-culture
Summer Camps in Popular Culture"Hey, you must be the short, depressed kid we ordered. Glad you made it." — Meatballs, 1979 (Reitman) I highly doubt that camping pioneers such as Ernest Balch or Frederick Gunn would...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/always-thank-bus-driverand-other-words-wisdom-all-campers-ill-never-meet
Always Thank the Bus Driver...And Other Words of Wisdom for All the Campers I'll Never MeetOn the occasion of my fiftieth birthday, I contemplated the unthinkable: retirement. Not that I am anywhere near ready to conclude my career, but I now know what before I refused to acknowledge: Some...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bullying-behavior-boys-what-do-about-it
Bullying Behavior in Boys . . . And What to Do About ItTy, an eleven-year-old returning camper, is sitting on the porch of your cabin. You have brought him out away from the other boys, just as you were trained to do, because he has been relentlessly...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/gumption-grown-here-how-adventure-camps-help-adults-youth-toughen
Gumption Grown Here: How Adventure Camps Help Adults and Youth to ToughenThere was a day when it was thought that being an American and having "gumption" went hand in hand. As Dennis R. Rader writes in Learning Redefined: Changing the Images that Guide the Process...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reflections-hiring-camp-staff
Reflections on Hiring Camp StaffHiring young women and men who are prepared to put campers' needs before their own is by far the most important thing I do each year. With year-round programs offering short-term residential...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-lessons-summer-camp
A Place to Share: Lessons from Summer CampBobby arrived later than all the other campers, a habit I would soon come to expect. He waited awkwardly in the rec hall doorway. He clutched a black plastic bag of clothing and toiletries, and in...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-parents-camp-health-services-creating-sane-partnership
Risk Management: Parents and Camp Health Services - Creating a Sane PartnershipCamp professionals have long talked about forming a partnership with parents. First articulated by Bob Ditter, the concept has moved deeply into various policies, practices, materials, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camper-enrollment-continued-upward-trend-2014
Camper Enrollment Continued Upward Trend in 2014Economically speaking, 2014 felt a little better across the nation. The Dow was up a bit, the jobs reports were somewhat positive, and people seemed to be spending money. Early in 2015 it still feels...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/handling-sensitive-issues-campers-bring-you
Handling the Sensitive Issues Campers Bring to YouWhen You've Earned Your Campers' Trust, You May Get More Than You Bargained For You are out on an overnight hiking trip, sitting around the campfire with your campers and co-counselors, enjoying...