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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/i-cant-breathe-poor-air-quality-communities-color

I Can't Breathe — Poor Air Quality and Communities of Color

Anyone who operated, worked at, or attended a camp this past summer knows more than a thing or two (and likely more than they ever wanted to know) about risk. I, Briana Mitchell, am one of those...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-sexual-abuse-summer-camp-safeguarding-campers-well-being

Risk Management of Sexual Abuse at Summer Camp: Safeguarding Campers’ Well-Being

Campers’ safety and well-being should be summer camps’ top priority. In order to create a secure environment, it is essential to focus on managing risk specifically related to the detection and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/top-10-things-keep-mind-keep-campers-safe-abuse

Top 10 Things to Keep in Mind to Keep Campers Safe from Abuse

This column is from the 2023 May/June Camping Magazine.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/impetigo-what-does-it-look-what-should-you-do

Impetigo: What Does It Look Like, and What Should You Do?

John presented to the camp health center begrudgingly, after his counselor requested he get a blister on his heel looked at by one of the nurses. The nurse at health check happened to be a new...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/everything-has-changed-abuse-prevention-camp-age-metoo

Everything Has Changed: Abuse Prevention at Camp in the Age of #MeToo

In December of 2018, CBS News broadcast a report detailing more than 500 allegations of child sexual abuse at summer camps over a period of more than 50 years (CBS News, 2018). The numbers are...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/changing-framework-abuse-prevention-training

Changing the Framework of Abuse-Prevention Training

This past summer was one of navigating “firsts.” For many camps, it was navigating a reopening in the middle of a pandemic. For others it was dealing with the challenges created by quarantines and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-peer-peer-abuse-supervision-line-defense

Preventing Peer-to-Peer Abuse: Supervision as a Line of Defense

It was 1995. TLC, Alanis Morissette, and Boyz II Men were riding high in the music charts. Apollo 13 and the original Toy Story were in the movie theaters. Michael Jordan made his...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/consideraciones-sobre-las-pruebas-para-sars-cov-2-en-campamentos-de-verano

Consideraciones sobre las Pruebas para SARS-CoV-2 en Campamentos de Verano

Uno de los principales retos de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido y sigue siendo nuestra capacidad de realizar pruebas para detectar la presencia de SARS-CoV-2 de forma eficaz, eficiente y económica...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/testing-considerations-sars-cov-2-summer-camp-settings

Testing Considerations for SARS-CoV-2 in Summer Camp Settings

A major challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to be our ability to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 effectively, efficiently, and economically in both symptomatic and asymptomatic...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/becoming-part-new-normal

Becoming Part of the New Normal

2020. Shall we say 2020 was a year to remember or one to forget? Camps across the country are even still trying to decide as leadership teams dig deeply to identify how they can shield their...