https://www.acacamps.org/resources/faq-american-camp-associations-approach-covid-19

I’m confused. Should I plan to run my camp this summer? Go virtual? Take a pause for a year? Where should I start? The CDC has published a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-supervise-what-light-do-you-see-yourself

Light shed on any situation makes it look different. It follows that the tone we set, both internally and externally, casts shadows and highlights different points of view. As a new supervisor, the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/influencing-green-behavior-your-camp

Two summers ago, I led a staff training workshop with 180 camp staff from Blue Star Camps in Hendersonville, North Carolina. They had recently spent around $30,000 to replace their lights with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/co-counselor-mash-how-work-more-collaboratively-happily-your-co

Mariana and Jessica are exasperated with one another. Mariana thinks the girls they share responsibility for as co-counselors are way too noisy and messy. She is always the one who gets these...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/self-care-camp-environment-survival-guide

As former camp directors, we've both had experiences where we pushed ourselves to the point where we weren't safe. Imagine this scenario: It is the last day of camp. As a program director, you...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/energy-enthusiasm-find-your-sweet-spot

As you can probably imagine and were most likely told in your interview, working at camp requires a lot of energy and enthusiasm. This is 110 percent true. Camp is, without a doubt, a place where...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/care-other-peoples-children-part-3-supervision-tips-frontline-staff

Most accidents involving campers occur in program, living, and common areas — typically when campers are (or were supposed to be) under the supervision of frontline camp staff such as cabin...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/impact-community

I have been so deeply inspired by the way many summer camps across America came together virtually as a community online to sing, play, and connect during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. It was as...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/anxiety-it-isnt-just-camper-thing

While you may be called upon to help one or more campers in the throes of anxiety this summer, chances are they aren't the only ones feeling anxious. Whether it's graduating from one phase of your...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sesame-fastest-growing-allergy-threat

Fifteen-year-old Natasha Ednan-Laperouse and her father were flying from London to France on a British Airways jet in July of 2016. Natasha was eating a baguette purchased before boarding from the...