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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/empowering-camps-building-belonging-stronger-brighter-future-all
Empowering Camps, Building Belonging: A Stronger and Brighter Future for AllLearn more about the process behind how ACA came to adopt new mission and vision statements.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/survey-says-tech-camp-mixed-bag
Survey Says: Tech at Camp Is a Mixed BagIf you attended camp as a child prior to 2007, the likelihood is that your parent or guardian asked the camp director how much it cost and how long you would be away. Your parent(s) may have...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/power-engaging-diversity-hiring-international-exchange-visitors
The Power of Engaging Diversity by Hiring International Exchange VisitorsThe world has 206 sovereign states — are you maximizing the opportunities for diversity at your camp?
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-50-volunteerism-aca
CampWire Episode 50: Volunteerism and ACAAre you interested in becoming an ACA volunteer? Do you already serve ACA by sharing your time and talents?
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/bridgeusa-cultural-exchange-program-update
BridgeUSA Cultural Exchange Program UpdateBefore COVID-19, summer camps were hosting an average of 25,000 cultural exchange visitors through the BridgeUSA Camp Counselor program each year, filling critical leadership and specialty instructor...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-moves-me-reimagined
Camp Moves Me ReimaginedIn its first six years, the American Camp Association’s (ACA) Camp Moves Me program raised more than $335,000 to send more than 1,300 kids to ACA-accredited camps. As we look at the camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/its-best-part-camp-camper-views-smartphone-policies
"It's the Best Part of Camp": Camper Views on Smartphone PoliciesAs camp directors, we instinctually know that the experience is much better without smartphones and technology, but what do the campers themselves think?
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/maybe-not-inevitable-case-technology-free-summer-camp
Maybe Not Inevitable: A Case for Technology-Free Summer CampIn this Camping Magazine article, Matthew Pines discusses the benefits of technology-free summer camp.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-host-facebook-fundraiser-aca
How to Host a Facebook Fundraiser for ACALearn how to host a Facebook fundraiser for the American Camp Association in four easy steps.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/high-anxiety-are-smartphones-upping-angst-ante
High Anxiety: Are Smartphones Upping the Angst Ante?An Interview with Nancy Cheever, PhD Nancy Cheever, PhD, is a professor and chairperson in the Communications Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the 2018...