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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-your-label-embrace-giver
A Place to Share: Your Label to Embrace: GiverIn life we are accustomed to being categorized by type. Some categories are obvious: men and women, children and adults. Other categories are not as obvious but just as defining: Republicans and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/2011-eleanor-eells-award-winners-leaders-program-excellence
2011 Eleanor Eells Award Winners: Leaders in Program ExcellenceFrom biking programs to therapeutic camping programs, the 2011 Eleanor Eells Award winners certainly lived up to the criteria of “program excellence.” ACA interviewed the directors at each award-...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/locally-grown-how-ttt-society-changes-lives-through-community-connection
Locally Grown: How the T.T.T. Society Changes Lives Through Community and ConnectionEven in today’s globalized world, many camps and youth-serving organizations still value local connections. While embracing technology to keep in touch with camp alumni or reach a broader audience,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-crossroads-americas-past-future
Camp: At the Crossroads of America’s Past and FutureIf you have listened to the news lately, you’ve heard that folks are upset. A recent Wall Street Journal poll suggests that upward of 70 percent of Americans feel that the country is headed in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/human-need-belong-evolution-how-we-think-about-camps
The Human Need to Belong: An Evolution in How We Think about CampsHumans are social creatures by nature, driven by a need to belong. Camps are social institutions by definition. As camp professionals, it is critical that we take time to understand the intricacies...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/asian-longhorned-beetle-threat-our-forests
Asian Longhorned Beetle: A Threat to Our ForestsFor most camp professionals, imagining a camp without trees would be hard to fathom. Especially since for the past century, you and other American Camp Association® (ACA) camp professionals have...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/closer-look-parents-worries-childrens-anxiety-risk-factors-homesickness-practical-strategies-camp
A Closer Look at Parents’ Worries and Children’s Anxiety as Risk Factors for Homesickness: Practical Strategies for Camp Staff and FamiliesHave you ever received multiple phone calls from a parent who is seeking reassurance that his or her child’s camp experience will go smoothly? Have you noticed parents or children who look worried...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/you-give-your-campers-advice-do-not
Before You Give Your Campers Advice: Do This, Not ThatCan you relate to this situation? Something happens that is upsetting, difficult, and/or problematic. You talk to a friend or your parents about it, and they offer rational, useful advice. Even...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pedagogically-speaking-part-2-big-questions-contemporary-educators
Pedagogically Speaking - Part 2: Big Questions for Contemporary EducatorsMy kids wish they went to school in ancient China, during the Zhou Dynasty, which lasted roughly from 1050 BC to 250 BC. They would have been taught the Six Arts: rites, music, archery, charioteering...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/research-column-manuscript-requirements
Research Column Manuscript RequirementsAcademic research articles must contain information useful to camp professionals. All manuscripts must be the original work of the author and not currently under review elsewhere or previously...