https://www.acacamps.org/blog/back-future-summer-camp-new-economy

A few years back I conducted a study with kids who had gone to summer camp for at least six or seven years. I asked them to talk about their...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dear-parents-guardians-alike

Send your kids to camp. For your benefit. For theirs. For the camp and for the campers there. Send your kids to camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/overnight-camp-right-option

Overnight camp can be an incredible growing experience for your child. Maybe you went yourself – or you wish you had. But for whatever reason, you just know your child will thrive in cabin-sleepover-...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/8-thoughts-importance-making-each-other-better

Guest post by Posie Taylor With all of the ACA spring conferences and trainings coming up, I’ve been thinking about the importance in participating in and leading educational...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-things-you-can-do-your-summer-camp-job-search

Working at camp is great way to hone your skills, meet new people, and have fun. But if you’re new to camp or are looking for a new camp to experience, where do you start your job search? Here are...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/preparing-camp-tips-campers-parents

Guest post by Brooke Cheley-Klebe I love those rare moments of parenthood when I am not preparing for the next thing. Most of the time as a parent, I feel as if my day is full of...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-ways-prepare-summer-now

Don’t wait ‘til you get to camp to start being the best counselor ever. 1. Check out this infographic.   2. Sign...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/hot-topic/join-aca-childrens-cardiomyopathy-foundation-aed-camp-scavenger-hunt

Join the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) and the American Camp Association (ACA) on a summer-long scavenger hunt to locate automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in camps across the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/turns-out-tv-has-not-destroyed-my-child

As a product of camp, I have always assumed to know a lot about kids, youth development, and, well — parenting. But then, it happened. I became a parent myself.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/love-camp-cabins

An event planner by day, I got a call to meet with the new executive director of my former sleep-away camp on planning events for its ninetieth anniversary. I couldn’t help but think of all of the...