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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-caffeinated-wild-animals-helped-nine-campers-fall-asleep-other-field-observations-one-camp

How Caffeinated Wild Animals Helped Nine Campers Fall Asleep — And Other Field Observations from One Camp Researcher

I sat on a red camping chair in the middle of a cozy cabin in the woods with the beams of nine small flashlights shining in my face from the surrounding bunks. Third- through fifth-grade 4-H campers...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/air-quality-camp-environment

Air Quality in the Camp Environment

Severe weather events and changing climate are contributing to many challenges for summer camps. The summer of 2023 presented new obstacles for traditional outdoor camp activities due to an onslaught...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/program-outcomes-quality-common-theme-impact-funding

Program Outcomes and Quality: A Common Theme for Impact and Funding

Camp Twin Lakes (CTL) serves campers who have medical illnesses, disabilities, and other adverse childhood experiences at three year-round camp locations in Georgia. CTL operates as a...

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/survey-says-tech-camp-mixed-bag

Survey Says: Tech at Camp Is a Mixed Bag

If 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/article/camping-magazine/water-exploring-its-significance-sustenance-sources

Water: Exploring Its Significance, Sustenance, and Sources

Water is sustenance for every living being on earth. Albert Szent-Gyorgi, MD summed it up best, saying, “Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water” (Szent-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-improvement-program-quality-lessons-learned-part-two

Continuous Improvement and Program Quality: Lessons Learned, Part Two

As established in the first “Lessons Learned” article (...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/national-economic-impact-study-supporting-growth-impact-awareness

National Economic Impact Study: Supporting Growth, Impact, and Awareness

In August 2023, ACA and the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institute (EGI) launched the first of its kind National Economic Impact Study. And we need your help. 

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-improvement-program-quality-lessons-learned

Continuous Improvement and Program Quality: Lessons Learned

Program quality (PQ) is essential to youth programs, and research shows that high-quality programs are directly linked to more positive outcomes. PQ refers to the environment that is created at...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/program-quality-continuous-improvement-tims-camps

Program Quality and Continuous Improvement at Tims Camps

Program quality (PQ) is essential to youth programs, and research shows that high-quality programs are directly linked to more positive outcomes for youth. PQ refers to the environment that is...