Join us for October 28-30 for the 2024 Staffing Summit! In this conversation, we hear from closing keynote speaker Leah Mesches about her background, connecting the camping industry to the corporate world, and what we can expect from her session at this year's Summit. Click here to register for the Staffing Summit! Blog post: Can I Really Spend Another Summer Working at Camp? Special thanks to our 2024 Staffing Summit sponsors: UltraCamp CampHire Chaco Redwoods Group Odyssey International Camp

Join us for this year's Staffing Summit! In this episode, we chat with event co-chairs Kim Aycock and Dave Schiff to learn all about this year's Summit, including new features, speaker details, special events, and more! Event dates: October 28-30, 2024 Registration fee includes access to recorded sessions for 30 days following the conference.  Find more here! Special thanks to our 2024 Staffing Summit sponsors: UltraCamp CampHire Chaco Redwoods Group Odyssey International Camp

On this episode of CampWire, HK Gilbert joins us from Camp Fire National Headquarters to discuss gender affirming practices at camp. Tune in for a conversation on creating a sense of belonging for all campers and what that looks like on a practical level. Special thanks to our sponsor: UltraCamp Show notes: Creating Camp Magic: Gender-Affirming Practices to Welcome All Youth, blog post Camp Fire   The views and opinions expressed on CampWire by contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the American Camp Association or ACA employees.

Summer camp teaches us about friendship, the importance of play, and the power of being present. This summer's new movie, Summer Camp, reminds us of all this and more. Join us for a fun conversation with the film's director, Castille Landon, as we go behind the scenes to learn about the making of the movie, the joys of being at summer camp, and lessons learned along the way. Check out Summer Camp in theaters now! Special thanks to our sponsor: UltraCamp Show notes: Summer Camp trailer Summer Camp official website

On this special episode of CampWire, Scott Brody, Owner and Director of Camps Kenwood & Evergreen, sits down with remarkable thought leaders and economists Elliot Haspel and Dr. Kathryn Anne Edwards. Tune in for a rich conversation on the summer camp economy, school-aged summer care for K-12 students, and what the world of childcare looks like in the summer space. Show notes: Dr. Kathryn Anne Edwards Elliot Haspel Camps Kenwood & Evergreen

The 2024 solar eclipse is upon us! Tune in for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Laura Peticolas, principle investigator and project lead for the Eclipse Megamovie 2024, to learn about the eclipse, how she and her team are rethinking science education, and the impact of connection.  Special thanks to our sponsor: UltraCamp Show notes: Eclipse Megamovie 2024 EdEon - Sonoma State University SunSketcher Eclipse Megamovie 2017   Where Do Solar Jets Go? Eclipse Megamovie 2024   Eclipse Megamovie 2024 (EM2024) is funded by NASA to discover the secret lives of solar jets and plumes. Many jets and plumes seem to disappear or change from the time they are formed on the Sun and when they move out into the solar wind. To learn more about these solar phenomena, we will use photographs taken by volunteers to identify solar jets as they leave the Sun's surface and solar plumes as they grow and develop. We aim for our research efforts to provide some clues or answers to this question.   What is a solar jet? A solar jet, or solar spicule, is a transient, jet-like feature in the Sun's atmosphere. They are narrow streams of plasma that erupt from the solar surface, reaching high speeds and extending thousands of kilometers into the corona. Solar jets are relatively small and short-lived, lasting only a few minutes. They are thought to be caused by magnetic reconnection, a process where intersecting magnetic field lines rearrange and release energy. These jets are important for understanding solar phenomena, as they contribute to heating the solar corona and accelerating the solar wind. They are also significant in the study of space weather, which can impact satellite and communication systems on Earth. Solar jets are typically observed using space-based solar observatories.   Why don’t we know as much about solar jets and plasma plumes as we do everything else about the sun? Solar Jets and Plasma Plumes have been “hidden” behind necessary instrumentation discs on satellites used by NASA. The discs are used to protect “white-light” cameras onboard a satellite from the bright solar photosphere. These cameras are used to study the outer solar corona in the visible wavelengths. The inner corona is thus blocked, making it hard to study the evolution and motions of these plasma jets and plumes. Jets and plumes can be observed leaving the solar photosphere but then NASA has only had limited ability to track their motion off the Sun into the solar wind. Satellite cameras, like those on SOHO satellite, can pick up any jets that make it out to their field of view. But the jets that don’t make it that far cannot be studied. Ground-based solar telescopes can study these features by looking at their green emissions, which can get past the atmosphere. Other visible colors emitted from the scattered photospheric light off these features are blocked by the atmosphere, but are important for understanding the plasma jet and plumes’ densities and perhaps their evolution.   Using the citizen science python competition platform Kaggle Community Competitions with volunteer photographers interested in coding and/or data analysts who want to explore and characterize solar transient plasma flows and jets, we will lead an image processing competition using Eclipse Megamovie python codes created in the past 5 years together with emergent AI systems, processed EM2024 images in FITS files, and NASA SDO/ AIA and SOHO/LASCO data.   Thanks to improved calibration, equipment, training, and software processes, we will improve on the 2017 movie (solar min) and compare it to the 2024 movie (solar max). It is anticipated that returning volunteers will produce especially good data given the experience and learning they will build on from participating in Eclipse Megamovie 2017.   In the remaining year and a half of the grant, we propose to publish journal articles on solar discoveries such as velocities of transient plasma flows and jets. The proposed effort tackles

Music has the power to teach, encourage, and inspire us - and if you joined us for the 2024 ACA National Conference in New Orleans, you know this to be true. On this episode of CampWire, we're joined by Mr. Desmian Barnes, Director of Bands for Sophie B. Wright High School, the marching band that graciously and enthusiastically performed at the conference's opening session and warmly welcomed ACA to New Orleans. Join us for a conversation on perseverance, the power of music, being a leader to young minds, and the importance of taking time for yourself - regardless of how busy your schedule is. Show notes: Sophie B. Wright High School Soul Heirs Band

Creating a culture of change can feel risky, and we might not know where to begin. Jonah Berger, Director and National Youth Programs Manager of Camp Footprint, shares how to take courageous steps toward understanding, normalizing vulnerability, and power of shared experiences. This is an inspiring conversation you don't want to miss! Show notes: Camp Footprint About Jonah Berger He Walks Like a Cowboy The Strangest of Places

Join us as we chat with the team behind Camp Dream. Speak. Live. Delaware, a week-long summer camp offered to children and adolescents who stutter in multiple locations around the world. In this episode we discuss the power of camp experiences, shifting the paradigm when it comes to therapeutic approaches, and partnering with colleges and universities to create life-changing programs for children and families. Special thanks to our sponsor: The Redwoods Group Staffing, Safety, Society podcast Show notes: Camp Dream. Speak. Live. Delaware Camp Dream. Speak. Live. and The Blank Center for Stuttering ACA's Camps on Campus

Pranks! Mystery! Storytelling! Oh my! Tune in for a fun conversation with Jeremy Enns, host and creator of the podcast series "Summer Camp: The Case of the Phantom Pooper".   Show notes: Listen to Summer Camp: The Case of the Phantom Pooper Summer Camp: The Case of the Phantom Pooper on Instagram The Open Road Podcast TheOpenRoadProject on YouTube