20/20 News - 01/21/09

Welcome to 20/20 News, our e-newsletter about the American Camp Association’s vision for the future. In this issue, the importance of national collaborations is emphasized as we continue to strive to reach the 20/20 Vision.

ACA’s 20/20 Vision: 20 million campers and 20,000 participants engaged in ACA by the year 2020.

This e-newsletter is intended to keep you informed about your association’s plans and actions toward reaching this vision and to update you on how we’re doing.

Expanding Our Sphere of Influence
In order for ACA to achieve our 20/20 Vision, we must increase our sphere of influence through collaborations, partnerships, and alliances with entities that share our ultimate goal of improving the lives of children, youth, and families. Recently, our CEO Peg Smith was challenged by a donor and friend to expand the influence of ACA. Peg, in turn, challenged the national staff to assertively pursue partnerships, collaborations, and relationships with other entities of influence.
 
Visit www.ACAcamps.org/collaborations to review the varied collaborations now set in place to help us achieve the 20/20 Vision; this list is only the beginning of the fine work done by Peg, the national staff, and volunteers. We must persist in aligning ourselves with like-minded organizations to achieve the 20/20 Vision.

Kudos to our national staff for their efforts in establishing over 30 partnerships and collaborations (not including our 300+ Business Affiliates). This list is not nearly complete and continues to grow. Please contact Amy Katzenberger (akatzenberger@ACAcamps.org) at the ACA National Office with ideas or contacts for partners.

We invite you to watch for our next newsletter in which we will focus on how we effectively deliver services as a resource-conscious association.

Together we will achieve our 20/20 Vision!
www.ACAcamps.org/2020

Questions or comments?  E-mail the task force at 2020@ACAcamps.org.

20/20 Task Force