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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/2024-camp-hill-days-recap
2024 Camp Hill Days RecapCamp Hill Days allowed camp professionals to advocate for camp to the government.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/everything-everywhere-all-once-how-summer-camps-help-emerging-adults
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: How Summer Camps Help Emerging AdultsGrowing up requires many important developmental stages and steps one must master. Camp can help.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/government-relations-update-march-2022
Government Relations Update — March 2022Throughout the pandemic, the American Camp Association (ACA) has been advocating for the full field of camp at the national level to ensure that camps can operate fully — without additional barriers...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/key-takeaways-campcounts-2021-report
Key Takeaways from the CampCounts 2021 ReportACA's annual business survey, CampCounts, is back with new findings and trends from 2021!
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/economic-injury-disaster-loan-limit-raised-2-million
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Limit Raised to $2 MillionThe Small Business Administration (SBA) has retooled the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program to better serve and support businesses still reeling from the pandemic. Starting...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-summer-camp
Why Summer Camp?Consider giving your kids an old-school, summer camp experience that they will learn from and cherish for the rest of their lives — it could end up being the wisest parental investment you ever...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-weeks-summer-camp-what-i-learned-educator-being-camp-parent
3 Weeks at Summer Camp: What I Learned as an Educator by Being a Camp ParentI feel like I just spent three weeks at Jewish summer camp. I experienced the highs of color war, the exhilaration of kayaking in the lake, the fear of the high ropes course, and the spirit of...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/results-2019-spring-snapshot-survey
Results of the 2019 Spring Snapshot SurveyIn the latest Research 360 blog, Director of Research Dr. Laurie Browne shares the results of 2019 Spring Snapshot Survey. The purpose of the survey was to gain insight into summer camp spring...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp
What's the Best Age for 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/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help
Too Much Screen Time? Four Ways Summer Camp Can HelpChildren 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...