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Camp
Injury and Illness Reports Coming in Late
December
Year Three of the five-year Healthy Camp Study — funded by Markel Insurance — is
over and the summary reports are being finalized. Every camp that participated
in the Healthy Camp Study during the summer of 2008 will receive an individual
report about their camper and staff injuries and illnesses. They'll also
receive a national report so that they can compare their results with national
averages. Look for more information about the Year Three Healthy Camp study results
in the March/April issue of Camping Magazine and the spring issue of The
CampLine.
For more information about injury and illness prevention resources, visit http://www.acacamps.org/research/enhance.
To access online courses related
to camper and staff injury and illness
prevention, visit: www.ACAcamps.org/einstitute/healthycamp.
With two more years of the Healthy Camp Study, there's still time to enroll.
Find out how at: www.ACAcamps.org/research/enhance.
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A Snapshot of Camper Enrollment from the
Summer of 2008
Did you know that 45 percent of resident
camps and 50 percent of the day camps said
they had higher enrollments this summer
than last year? Resident and day camp directors
also indicated the following: parents waited
longer to enroll their children in camps
(52 percent, 61 percent respectively);
more children wanted to go to camp than
they could accommodate (26 percent, 33
percent respectively); and more requests
were received for financial support (56
percent, 54 percent respectively). When
asked if the economy negatively affected
them this summer, there were mixed opinions,
especially among resident camp operators.
Forty-three percent of resident directors
said yes, there was a negative effect,
while 40 percent disagreed with that statement.
Day camp directors had more agreement among
themselves when 52 percent said there was
a negative effect while 32 percent disagreed.
Want more information? Go to www.ACAcamps.org/research/improve and
check out the summaries. Look for
a complete analysis in the March/April
issue of Camping Magazine! Thank
you to all of the 522 directors/liaisons
who completed the 2008 Fall Enrollment
Survey! By taking time to respond to the
questions, we have some great insights
into the summer of 2008.
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ACA Camp Emerging Issues Research Published
in Camp Business Magazine
Results from ACA's 2007 Emerging
Issues Survey were published in the November/December
issue of Camp Business
Magazine. View
this article. Go
to www.ACAcamps.org/research/improve/emerging_issues.php to
view the complete survey results. The
next Emerging Issues Survey is scheduled
for January 2009.
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