https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-people-2030-conceptual-framework-tomorrow
Healthy Camp People 2030: A Conceptual Framework for TomorrowThis column is different from what I usually provide. It poses a vision for the future of our camp community’s health profile. As you read, ask if the ideas reflect your desire for improving our...
https://www.acacamps.org/indiana/public-policy
Public Policy in ACA, IndianaThe ACA, Indiana Field Office monitors issues impacting the camp community in Indiana.
https://www.acacamps.org/southeastern/public-policy
ACA, Southeastern Public PolicyThe ACA, Southeastern Field Office monitors issues impacting the camp community in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Puerto Rico and South Carolina.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/managing-your-aquatic-program
Managing Your Aquatic ProgramManaging aquatics can be one of the most challenging jobs at camp. Creating and maintaining a fun environment is only part of the challenge. The real challenge is how to provide that fun safely....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/measles-disturbing-trend-society-your-camp
Measles, a Disturbing Trend — for Society and Your CampThe discussion of communicable illness in the camp environment often centers on the very significant issue of foodborne illness. Every summer significant cases of E. coli, salmonella, and others are...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2011
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - Annual Review 2011Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Year with the Hotline Since 1985, the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline has helped thousands of camps in times of crisis. The Hotline serves as outside...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2013
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline — Annual Review 2013Hotline Phone Number: 800-573-9019 “Hello. We have a young female camper who has been ill and just revealed to our nurse that two days before she came to camp she had an abortion without her...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2012
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - Annual Review 2012Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Busy Year with the Hotline What would you do if . . . Your disgruntled nurse leaves camp with all of the campers’ medications — and she is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff
Out and About: Creating a Safe Environment for LGBTQ Campers and StaffIt was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/camps-crisis-acas-annual-review-camp-crisis-hotline
Camps in Crisis: ACA's Annual Review of the Camp Crisis HotlineImagine — . . . You discover that one of your campers has been pretending to be someone else — under the direction of her parents. . . . Guests of a rental group on your...