https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/opening-day-blues

The bus arrives. The campers race off to their cabins. Except Sam. The camp director had warned during orientation that his parents thought he might have a “few separation issues.” Standing just off...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-360-cast-characters-part-2

Hello and happy fall from the ACA Research Team!  With the change in seasons comes an exciting time for Research 360 as we launch ACA’s 5-year research project, the outer circle of ACA’s...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lessons-summer-2016

Camp professionals pride themselves on the social and emotional learning that a quality camp experience can help children master. From my travels to camps this summer in Alabama, Georgia, North...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-miracles-happen-you-can-have-it-all

Over the years, we've spent a lot of print space talking about how to do any number of things, and mostly that's been focused on the nuts and bolts of the construction. We have not, however, spent...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-antidote-stress

At a recent gathering, a group of camp professionals were talking about stress. They mentioned how it seemed fairly pervasive among campers and staff, sometimes at debilitating levels. Then they said...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/path-summer-camp-leads-away-sexual-violence

"How would I know," asked one high school student, "if I'm with someone, like on a date, and we're hooking up, consensually, and then the person I'm with doesn't want to go any further?" The...

https://www.acacamps.org/link/foundation-jewish-camp-camp-security-webinars

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/adult-camp-groups-your-camp-look-you-leap

I. Introduction The offering of an all-adult camp in a traditional youth camp setting is a relatively new, and potentially lucrative trend for off-season use of a camp. Adult campers are not a new...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/camps-n-codes

For camp administrators, it is all too often that they find their vision of an renovation or expansion project is not in tune with the building codes and regulations enforced by the local Authorities...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/allergies-camp-whats-camp-director-do

According to a study released in 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food allergies among children increased approximately 50 percent between 1997 and 20111. And, many of these...