https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/health-screening-has-evolved-does-your-practice-reflect

Health screening, a practice typical to most camps' opening day process, has undergone an evolution. Granted, some changes were kick-started by our COVID-19 experience but, like...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/supply-chain-disruptions-causes-management-strategies

It is no secret that a serious economic repercussion of the COVID-19 pandemic is the disruption of the global supply chain. Interruptions began with lockdowns resulting in the suspension of labor,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-village-why-summer-camps-are-key-raising-kids-right

A well-known (believed to be an African) proverb advises us, “It takes a village to raise a child” (Goldberg, 2016). By way of explanation, the Exchange Family Center (EFC) offers, “Back in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/hiring-time-covid-19-beyond-looking-candidates-social-media

A promising candidate applies to your camp. You are hopeful that this individual has the credentials to join your summer staff. You send an email to set up an interview. While you await a response,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/why-do-young-people-work-special-needs-camps

When I first met Ed, I did not notice that he had no legs. He sat straight up in a wheelchair with long pants that hung down over the edge. I did not, at the time, find the absence of shoes or...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/horses-wilderness-meeting-needs-youth-risk

The staff at Kamp Kessa, an adventure education and treatment program utilizing horses and the wilderness for youth who are considered at-risk and who have special needs in Frankfort, Kentucky, are...

https://www.acacamps.org/parents-families/benefits-camp/case-camp

The American Camp Association® (ACA) believes the organized camp experience is a vital component in the development and education of the whole child. ACA supports year-round educational opportunities...

https://www.acacamps.org/share-your-camp-success-stories

Friends and Fellow Camp Professionals, We are asking for your help in creating a closing video for the 2022 ACA National Conference. As you probably already know, the theme for this year's...

https://www.acacamps.org/call-proposals-camps-campus

The Conference Program Committees are accepting proposals for innovative and dynamic sessions that help to support the conference mission: create a community of camp professionals to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/words-live-interview-jamal-stroud

Thirty-year-old African American Jamal Stroud exudes positivity and light. Not necessarily an intuitive state of being for someone who started life in New York City’s foster care system. Like many...