https://www.acacamps.org/advertise/new-products-services

Have a new product or service that you want to market to camps? This is a great place to let camps know about the camp industry's latest and upcoming trends. 

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/videos-impact-camp

Does summer camp really make a difference? We know camp changes lives but what impact does it have on the lives of former campers? The American Camp Association’s large-...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/give-gift-camp

Each holiday season, parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are faced with the hard decision of what gifts to give children. This year, as part of your holiday gift list, consider the ...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp

You probably want a number here.  If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/video-games-camp-are-you-kidding-me

No, in fact, I'm completely serious. For the record, my 40-year career has been spent entirely within the camp, sports, and community center worlds, and has included positions as coach, athletic...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inspired-learning-through-deep-nature-play

An Interview with Joseph Bharat Cornell Joseph Bharat Cornell is a world-renowned naturalist, educator, and storyteller. He founded the nature awareness program Sharing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/when-competition-just-right

"I don't want my child to take part in this contest you've dreamed up," a visiting parent told me on the grounds of my camp. "I don't want him to lose. He's not good at this." She pointed out to the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help

Children between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-independent-confident-resilient-kid-camp-can-help

While it’s easy to think of ways to teach our kids to do laundry or solve math problems, finding a way to instill important character traits isn’t as simple. The way we model traits we want our...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-tips-surviving-your-childs-first-overnight-camp-experience

Your child’s at summer camp? That’s so exciting! And hard. For some of you, an internal “WA HOO!” went off as the bus filled with excited campers and their duffle bags pulled away. But for...