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https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/global-collaboration-creates-playbook-support-character-leadership-development-youth-disabilities

Global Collaboration Creates Playbook to Support Character and Leadership Development in Youth with Disabilities and Illnesses at Medical Specialty Camps

Learn how ACA’s global CIT initiative helps youth with disabilities and illnesses build character and leadership through medical specialty camp programs.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/bridgeusa-camp-elevating-cultural-exchange-through-summer-2025

BridgeUSA at Camp: Elevating Cultural Exchange Through Summer 2025

Learn how to elevate the cultural exchange experience this summer as well as tips for a smooth travel experience for J-1 visa participants.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/promoting-character-through-counselors-training-programs

Promoting Character Through Counselors In Training Programs

Looking to build leadership and promote character development in your counselors in training (CITs), especially those living with disabilities or chronic illnesses? This free, on-demand video...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/best-summer-job

The Best Summer Job

Camp counselors play a powerful role in shaping children's confidence, resilience, and growth — impacts that last far beyond the summer season.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/three-nifty-activities-keep-campers-busy

Three Nifty Activities to Keep Campers Busy

In the event you find you and your campers have some free time to fill between scheduled events, it’s a great idea to have a quick and simple activity ready to go.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-wisconsin-epic-conversation-april-staff-training

ACA, Wisconsin EPIC Conversation April- Staff Training

Get ready for an exciting call with other Emerging Professionals in Camping (EPIC) where we will dive into tips, tricks, ideas, best practices, and more on Staff Training! Join us as we explore fun...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/free-nasa-globe-camp-programming-guides

Free NASA GLOBE Camp Programming Guides

NASA’s GLOBE Observer invites your campers to make observations at camp to help monitor the conditions of clouds, water, and plants, to help study change over time.

https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/promoting-character-counselors-training-programs-medical-specialty-camps

2022–2025 Promoting Character Through Counselors-In-Training Programs at Medical Specialty Camps

This project is made possible through the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/developing-future-leaders-through-counselor-training-programs-investing-camps-future

Developing Future Leaders Through Counselor-In-Training Programs: Investing in a Camp's Future

At a recent camp conference, I caught up with Jessie Emmons, executive director of YMCA Camp High Harbour at Lake Burton in Georgia. I told her about my obsession with counselor-in-training (CIT)...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/inclusion-belonging/common-good

Common Good

Emphasizing the common good in a camp setting involves fostering an environment where the well-being of the entire community is prioritized, and every individual contributes positively to the...