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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/medical-disability-camps-kindred-conversations

Medical and Disability Camps Kindred Conversations

Join us bimonthly for conversation and sharing.  Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 3:00 pm eastern -...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reimagining-faith-based-family-camp-model-family-togetherness

Reimagining Faith-Based Family Camp: A Model for Family Togetherness

The Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia were settled by strong and resilient families. In Nelson County many families were in these mountains long before a local government was established in 1807....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/innovation-work-2024-eleanor-p-eells-award-winners

Innovation at Work:​​​​​​​ 2024 Eleanor P. Eells Award Winners

Each year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence honors camps that embody the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide exceptional programming that effectively...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-food-service-program-us-department-agriculture

Summer Food Service Program - U.S. Department of Agriculture

During the school year, many children receive free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch through the School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs.  But, when school is not in session,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lighting-night-sky-camps-auroras

Lighting Up the Night Sky at Camps: Auroras

Did you see the Northern lights at your camp this spring?

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/shellfish-allergy-least-encountered-most-dangerous

Shellfish Allergy: The Least Encountered, the Most Dangerous

Almost seven million Americans have an allergy to shellfish based on consumption amount, age, and locale. Shellfish are aquatic animals with a shell or shell-like exoskeleton. The two major...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/factors-exigent-fish-allergy-vigilance-proliferation-potency

Factors for Exigent Fish Allergy Vigilance: Proliferation and Potency

Sixth-grader Cameron Jean-Pierre was celebrating New Year’s Day of 2019 at his grandmother’s home in New York City. Cod was cooking on the stove, its smell wafting in the air when the 11-year-old...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-summer-camp-have-perpetuate-junk-food-culture

Does Summer Camp Have to Perpetuate Junk Food Culture?

"Junk food” is a term we often use to describe highly processed or ultra-processed food that likely has “many added ingredients such as sugar, salt, fat, and artificial colors or preservatives. '...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/gluten-related-disorders-complex-spectrum

Gluten-Related Disorders: A Complex Spectrum

An exponential boom in gluten-based illnesses has generated health crises for individuals and created challenges for camp food service grasping at how to serve these individuals. Wheat, the most...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/thriving-futures-ahead-thanks-2023-eleanor-eells-award-winners

Thriving Futures Ahead: Thanks to the 2023 Eleanor Eells Award Winners

Each year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence honors camps that embody the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide exceptional programming that effectively...