https://www.acacamps.org/blog/volunteering-aca-local-council-leaders-life

Being an ACA volunteer allows you to improve your professional development and summer camp knowledge.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/communication-property

Risk management decisions are made days, weeks, and months in advance. This adage is especially true when making communication plans for when your campers leave camp property. Reliable communication...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-jack-hazard-rises-ashes

The Donnell Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Northern California, began on August 1, 2018, and was much smaller than other fires that burned throughout...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/taking-big-step-buying-selling-camp

Over the past 20 years, we’ve been asked often to help buyers and sellers of camps in transition. With very few exceptions in the industry, most will only buy and sell one time in their career, so...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/gaming-withdrawal-camp

Gaming Withdrawal at Camp Dear Bob, Over the past two summers we have noticed something somewhat alarming among campers ages eight to 11 at our camp who identify as male. What we have seen is...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/5-year-impact-study-phase-2-findings-relationship-skills

By now many of you have heard of ACA’s 5-Year Impact Study, a national research project focused on the lasting impacts of camp among campers and staff. We described the study and its research...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/outdoor-education-camp-enriching-lives-through-positive-interactions-nature

In an increasingly connected world, today’s children experience an ever-decreasing connection to the natural world. As a result of hours of screen time, lengthening school days, and increasing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dear-summer-camp-counselor

Let me first say, I am so intensely jealous of you. I think every person who has had the pleasure of working at camp, be it for one year or five, is envious of anyone who gets to be there when they...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/me-first-keys-self-care

We've all been there! You're excited about your new job and all goes well for the first few days (maybe weeks). Everything is new and exciting. Adrenaline helps smooth any fears or irritations. But...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/tripping-travel-camps-thinking-outside-gate

I. Introduction Our subject is an increasingly popular phenomenon: the travel camp. "Travel" and "Camp" would seem to be incompatible terms, but the industry has figured it out — camps that travel...