https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/make-yourself-home-partnering-rental-property
Make Yourself at Home: Partnering with a Rental PropertyAs children and staff members are eager to return to camp to see familiar faces and places each summer, we often hear people comment about going back to their "summer home." Our camp homes are places...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/why-everyone-edge-these-days-make-your-camp-stress-anxiety-free
Why Is Everyone on Edge These Days? Make Your Camp Stress and Anxiety FreeAnxiety in children in climbing steadily in the US. Learn how to make your summer camp stress-free.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/change-focus-improving-lifeguard-vigilance
A Change in Focus: Improving Lifeguard VigilanceMost drownings are preventable. However, the cold-hard reality is that 19 percent of drowning deaths in the US involving children occur in swimming pools with certified lifeguards present —...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5-year-impact-study-phase-2-findings-responsibility-independence
5-Year Impact Study Phase 2 Findings: Responsibility and IndependenceACA's 5-year impact study is a national research project focused on the lasting impacts of summer camp.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-practices-inclusive-camping-roundtable-discussion-programming
Best Practices in Inclusive Camping: A Roundtable Discussion on ProgrammingLearn how to have an inclusive summer camp by providing physical inclusion, functional inclusion, and social inclusion.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/relationship-based-leadership-be-more-boss
Relationship-Based Leadership: Be More Than a BossDevelop strong leaders at summer camp by engaging in advocacy, cultivation, empowerment, and service.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-growth-mindset-summer-camp-environment
Developing a Growth Mindset in the Summer Camp EnvironmentEstablishing a growth mindset at summer camp can help you learn how to grow professionally.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inspiring-healthy-staff-culture-camp
Inspiring Healthy Staff Culture at CampI’m ardently proud of the high-quality camp staff experiences that professional camp directors strive to offer young adults each season. Full of career-enhancing and life-benefitting skills, a summer...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/art-noticing
The Art of NoticingA strong focus on mental, emotional, social health (MESH) elements within the camp community has triggered both strategies to cope with MESH concerns and an emphasis on making camp a more MESH-...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/last-batch-muffins
The Last Batch of MuffinsInfluence, perception, and interaction: Each is a key component of the camp experience.