https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/contracts-who-needs-them-who-reads-them

Each year, the ACA Insurance Committee holds a Roundtable with many of the camp industry insurers and brokers in conjunction with the American Camp Association National Conference. The 2018...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/integrating-duty-care-your-organizational-camp-culture

A child is injured by a falling rock during a climbing lesson. A volunteer is paralyzed when a horse they are leading kicks out. During unstructured time, a camper falls off the top bunk while...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/what-if-it-does-happen-camp-security-%E2%80%93-plans-make-actions-take

In July 2011, Anders Brevik detonated a "car bomb," killing eight people in the Parliament Building in Oslo, Norway. He then proceeded to shoot and kill 69 participants at the Workers Youth League...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2017

Since 1985, the American Camp Association® (ACA) has provided crisis support to camps through the confidential ACA Camp Crisis Hotline. This service is available 24-hours-a-day, every day of the year...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/case-studies-2017-crisis-hotline-annual-review

Each year, the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline team identifies several case studies for a more in-depth look. These cases serve as examples for other camps to use in staff training and the development of...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-5-outdoor-education-school-groups-tim-street

In the fifth episode of CampWire, Sam talks with Tim Street from Bradford Woods in Indiana about school groups and outdoor education at camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-preparation-life

To say that expectations and pressures for high school students have increased is an understatement. The competition to get into the best universities dominates the minds of teenagers and parents...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/security-check

A list of of ACA and federal security resources.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/food-allergy-resources

According to Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), up to 15 million people in the United States are affected by food allergies, including one in thirteen children. Reactions to food allergies...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/time-our-lives-how-summer-camp-tames-transition-trouble

It is a common refrain that the college years best represent "the time of our lives," replete with newfound independence and denoting fulfillment of academic, social, emotional, and workforce...