https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-14-aca-technology-tom-schenk

Tom Schenk has been Director of Technology at ACA for almost 25 years. On this episode, Sam spoke with him about the ways in which technology has changed in his time at ACA, and about some of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/news/aca-ymca-announce-new-partnership

This past fall, the YMCA of the USA and American Camp Association entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will drive our collaborative work. We are excited about this agreement and what...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/most-important-question-parent-can-ask

The Most Important Question a Parent Can Ask: Is This Camp Accredited by the American Camp Association? When parents want to send their child to summer camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp

You probably want a number here.  If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/celebrating-kindness-camp

Happy Camp Kindness Day! Check out this blog from ACA President/CEO Tom Rosenberg about kindness at camp

https://www.acacamps.org/news/hot-topic/federal-tax-impact-employer-provided-meals-travel

Meals Provided to Employees We understand that historically one of the benefits provided to camp counselors and other employees of camps — both out of necessity for providing...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/importance-camp-lgbt-youth

The month of June holds a very special place in my heart. Warm weather, the joyous arrival of seasonal staff and campers, and of course, LGBT Pride Month. Pride is a time to celebrate the lesbian,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help

Children between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-independent-confident-resilient-kid-camp-can-help

While it’s easy to think of ways to teach our kids to do laundry or solve math problems, finding a way to instill important character traits isn’t as simple. The way we model traits we want our...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-lessons-use-when-transitioning-back-school

One Sunday night this past July, I was with my wife eating dinner when the all-boys sleepaway camp my eight-year-old son Myles was attending for the very first time in his life emailed a few photos....