https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/bats-camp
Bats at CampMost camps view bats in their environment as beneficial — eating large numbers of mosquitos and often providing important lessons for campers on relationships in the natural world. However, within...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/training-staff-child-protection-issues
Training Staff in Child Protection IssuesPerhaps no issue receives more attention in today’s society than child protection. Since ACA began providing a crisis hotline, calls regarding sexual abuse allegations have dominated requests for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ethics-twenty-first-century
Ethics for the Twenty-First CenturyA counselor asked for a private meeting with the camp director. She placed a plastic bag on the table and told the director that it fell out of a camper’s backpack. The bag contained photographs of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/if-only-they-had-known-seven-timely-reminders-staff-training
If Only They Had Known . . . Seven Timely Reminders for Staff TrainingStandards numbers updated to match 2012 standards Last-minute registrations and staff agreements are coming in. Food and T-shirts have been ordered. Staff manual revisions are nearly...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aeds-what-are-they-do-they-belong-camp
AEDs — What Are They, and Do They Belong at Camp?What are AEDs? AED is the acronym used for an Automated External Defibrillator. This device is about the size of a standard laptop computer, and is used to help save lives of victims of cardiac...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/avoiding-illegal-discrimination-hiring
Avoiding Illegal Discrimination in HiringEditor's note: The following information is excerpted from Taking the High Road, A Guide to Effective and Legal Employment Practices for Nonprofits, published by the Nonprofit Risk...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/new-threat-mosquito-borne-illness
New Threat: Mosquito-Borne IllnessDate: Summer 1999 Location: East Coast Situation: Campers, bitten by mosquitoes, develop malaria How should camps respond? Here’s some background. There are 150-200 species of mosquitoes in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/risk-management-negligent-hiring-under-new-federal-law
Risk Management and Negligent Hiring Under New Federal LawSince October 9, 1998, when the Volunteers for Children Act, was signed into law by President Clinton as Public Law 105-251 and amended the National Child Protection Act of 1993, if a volunteer or...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/new-federal-bunk-bed-rules
New Federal Bunk Bed RulesThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a mandatory federal safety standard for bunk beds. These rules are mandatory for manufacturers of bunk beds as of July 1, 2000. We are...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/do-camps-need-affirmative-action-policy
Do Camps Need an Affirmative Action Policy?Affirmative action is a much discussed and debated subject. We hear political candidates talk about it. We read about it in newspapers and magazines. Occasionally, we learn that courts make rulings...