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Generosity
Counts!
Over $530,000 was donated to ACA to directly support campers this past
year. Nationwide more than $39 million was raised to support campers at ACA-Accredited® camps.
Change a Life: Send a Child to Camp
 Children are our future, and the skills
learned and relationships fostered at camp
are often life-changing stepping stones
on the road to adulthood. They come to
camp from all walks of life, eager to learn,
yearning to make new friends, ready to
take on new challenges and discover gifts
they didn't know they had.
Benjamin Franklin once said, "Tell
me and I forget. Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn." The camp
experience involves children in the lessons
of life.
Camp celebrates diversity and promotes
tolerance. It holds a mirror up so children
can see, no matter what their color, gender
or socioeconomic circumstances, that who
they are is beautiful inside and out.
Camp gets kids back to nature. Unplugged
from the computer, the videogames, the
cell phone, they gain an appreciation for
the natural environment and discover the
wisdom and fun it has to offer.
Camp teaches children how to cope with
life's obstacles, become a leader,
think outside of the box, and succeed at
being themselves. The camp experience changes
children. Research by the American Camp
Association (ACA) showed that ninety-two
percent of campers felt better about themselves
after the camp experience.
There is a camp for every child, and every
child deserves the benefits of camp. Throw
the doors to a brighter future wide open
and help shape the leaders of tomorrow.
Send a child to camp today.
Visit www.ACAcamps.org to
Change a Life and help send a child in
need to camp. Eighty-two cents of each
dollar donated goes directly toward a child's
camp tuition.
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Support ACA! An Article by Jessica Coleman
Did you know that the national
association and your local office of ACA
run on charitable gifts? Only about
one-third (36 percent) of ACA's national
budget comes from membership dues and camp
fees. That
means that to continue providing the great
services they offer — providing camperships,
promoting camp to parents and the public,
lobbying for fair regulation of camps,
offering professional development in recreation
and youth development, etc. — they
must rely on individual donations, foundation
grants, and corporate sponsorships. Read
More.
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