https://www.acacamps.org/blog/be-prepared-practice-your-pandemic-related-procedures-campers-arrive

If you are preparing to host campers on-site this summer, make sure you start your season off right by implementing your COVID-19-related procedures as soon as the staff arrive.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-virtual-experiences-can-positively-impact-summer-learning

I have been an EdTech executive for the past 15 years, mostly focused on getting kids prepared for and through college and their first jobs. I led the largest product at the largest educational...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/launch-your-virtual-camp-2-weeks-or-less-without-spending-time-money-tech

This year camps face a difficult challenge: how do you bring kids together while keeping them safe? 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/who-has-access-who-does-not-how-camps-are-thinking-about-access-equity-virtual-programming

One might call the shift to virtual camp programming a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not likely we would have widely considered camp and virtual programming prior to the pandemic, but...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-keep-staff-engaged-person-or-virtual-programming-summer

We often put a substantial amount of resources into programming for our staff. This coming summer, our staff, if at camp, are unlikely to have as much freedom to go out of camp for their time off and...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/mourning-summer-2020-how-communicate-camp-closings-your-community

At the end of last summer, most camp directors were already thinking about summer 2020. That’s because most camp directors I know are problem-solvers, and whatever might not have gone so smoothly in...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/4-h-insights-virtual-programming-kids

ACA recently spoke with Roger Rennekamp, PhD, extension health director of Cooperative Extension/ECOP, about some of 4-H’s considerations in pivoting to online/virtual programming. 4‑H is America’...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-counselors-gain-professional-skills

Summer camp is a beneficial experience for both the campers and the summer camp staff, who learn valuable professional skills that translate to their future careers.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-safely-clean-your-furniture

Today more than ever it is important that surfaces are well cleaned & sanitized. Seating, storage, bedroom and dining furniture represent the majority of surface areas in any facility. With its...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/considerations-youth-protection-virtual-world

While some youth safety practices from in-person programming transfer over to the online world, there are a number of additional safety precautions to consider.