https://www.acacamps.org/blog/aca-visits-white-house-talk-about-outdoor-opportunities-youth

On Thursday, November 17, the American Camp Association (ACA) was honored to participate in a White House meeting on opportunities for youth to experience the outdoors in collaboration with the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-8-importance-working-camp

In the eighth episode of ACA's podcast, CampWire, Deb Jordan and Kim Aycock discuss why it is important to work at a camp, and some of the things camps are doing successfully to recruit...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-camps-after-school-programs-should-work-together-hire-staff

I am a camp guy. I spent 10 summers growing up at various overnight camps as a camper, counselor, dishwasher, and unit head. As ACA research has shown, these experiences provided me with some of my...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/take-time-hug-your-staff-summer

As the summer of 2018 is getting underway, it is evident that this has been another challenging hiring season for many of you. It is likely there are camps out there still looking to hire for a few...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-5-outdoor-education-school-groups-tim-street

In the fifth episode of CampWire, Sam talks with Tim Street from Bradford Woods in Indiana about school groups and outdoor education at camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/challenges-wired-parent-raising-wired-kid

Hello Camp Parents! My name is Missy and I am the database administrator for ACA. In this role, I work with a number of our teams to manage information related to the association’s members. But I am...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-3-marketing-media-camp-mike-lang

Listen to the third episode of CampWire as the Director of Marketing from Camp Tecumseh discussing marketing and media at camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-reasons-choose-job-camp-instead-summer-internship

Spring semester is now in full swing; so, if you are a college student, you may already be thinking about what internship position you want to secure for the summer. But instead of an internship,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-recruiting-answer-right-front-you

What if your recruitment efforts started at your camp — with campers you already know? Falling Creek outlines their plan to flip our recruitment strategy from outside to the inside.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/creating-inclusive-culture-increase-staff-retention

A camp culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging can lead to better staff retention.