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https://www.acacamps.org/heartofthesouth/public-policy

The ACA, Heart of the South Field Office monitors issues impacting the camp community in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.  

https://www.acacamps.org/greatrivers/public-policy

The ACA, Great Rivers Field Office monitors issues impacting the camp community in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. 

https://www.acacamps.org/virginias/public-policy

The ACA, Virginias Field Office monitors issues impacting the camp community in Virginia and West Virginia.

https://www.acacamps.org/chesapeake/public-policy

The ACA, Chesapeake Field Office monitors issues impacting the camp community in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/summer-camps-fire-emergency-communications-six-lessons-learned-during-fire-camp

Fires are a potential hazard for camps located in wooded areas and urban areas alike. How camps respond and communicate to camp families and the community when a fire does occur can go a long way to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/rethinking-risk-how-build-resiliency-reward

So much of a camp director’s time is oriented toward risk reduction. From hiring lifeguards to teaching CPR, the number-one priority is “keeping kids safe,” followed by fun and learning in form or...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/positive-risk-taking-camp-why-does-it-matter

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience in each of us. Years of studies around resilience reveal that the quality of our relationships when we are young, especially with parents and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/beanies

When I was 20, I needed a job for the summer months and decided to accept an opportunity at a sleepaway camp. Since I was studying to be a teacher, I thought being a camp counselor for a group of six...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/considering-access-summer-camp-part-ii-what-impacts-access-summer-camp

In the first article of this four-part series, we discussed summer camp as a developmentally enriching experience, the opportunity gap, and how we conceptualize the factors...