https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-directors-guide-bed-bug-prevention

Let’s face it, camp directors juggle a lot. Parents are looking to you to provide an engaging, educational, and safe environment. Some safety precautions may seem obvious: helmets on the zip line,...

https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation-process-workshop-2022-aca-national-conference

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Note: Registration for the Accreditation Process Workshop must be completed separately from the conference.  Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/counting-kindness-roundtable-discussion

The camp community knows as well as anyone that kind kids can change the world. With Camp Kindness Day coming up in July, we recently reached out to Laura Kikuchi, program...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/moving-place-share

I quietly said goodbye to a part of my life last summer — the part that had Bridget in it for the past 13 years. She first entered my world when she was an eager little kid in my fourth-grade...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-girl-forever

In June of 1963, at the age of eight, I boarded an overnight train in Chicago bound for Camp Agawak in Minocqua, Wisconsin. I was clutching my Teddy bear, Zelda. Jittery during those first weeks,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/back-basics-five-universal-truths-cit-training

What Five Service Trips to the Dominican Republic Have Taught Me About CIT Training Back Home

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/rabies-exposure-or-not

Nothing is ever simple. Minnesota’s Department of Health, like many others, considers it an exposure to rabies when “a person wakes up in a room in which a bat is flying.” That’s known as a “case...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ins-outs-hosting-service-dog-camp

This article is meant to complement the March 2019 CampLine article on the legal obligations surrounding service animals at camp, “...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/rabies-awareness-camp-perspective

Many camp professionals consider the bat a benign, friendly critter. Readers may have grown up with an occasional bat flying through the house and the dear things are often seen around camp. Despite...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-detailed-reporting-changes-way-you-run-camp

It's no secret that many camp administrative teams struggle to find a comprehensive management solution that meets - and exceeds - all of their operational needs. As an industry leader for over 8...