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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dos-donts-universities-colleges-hosting-youth-summer-camps

Dos and Don’ts for Universities and Colleges Hosting Youth Summer Camps

This article discusses how to proactively prevent injuries while hosting camp programs and how to respond to injuries if someone does get hurt despite all precautions.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lessons-learned-acas-crisis-hotline-2021

Lessons Learned from ACA's Crisis Hotline in 2021

Part of the magic of camp is the unexpected. In most cases, the unexpected means spontaneous, unscripted moments of connection, growth, and renewal — but the unexpected can also mean uncertainty, or...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/delta-division-diversity-guidance-navigating-uncertainty-age-covid

Delta, Division, and a Diversity of Guidance: Navigating Uncertainty in the Age of COVID

Back in the summer of 2020, some camps embarked on an important yet uncertain adventure: They decided to operate during the heart of the pandemic. At the time, there was much speculation in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/tips-lyme-disease-prevention-camp

Tips for Lyme Disease Prevention at Camp

As staffers, parents and kids prepare for another memorable summer at camp, there is one important detail that must not escape our attention - doing everything possible to ensure that children are...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/safety-camp-2022-what-we-saw-field

Safety at Camp in 2022: What We Saw in the Field

This post outlines top camp safety concerns played out during summer 2022.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-camps-include-character

How Camps Include Character

ACA built a survey to learn more from the field about how character already shows up at camp. In this blog, we share results from the survey and what we are learning so far

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/character-camp-families

Character at Camp and Families

Character at camp survey results regarding how camps talk about character to their camp families.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/understanding-camper-behavior-ensure-successful-summer

Understanding Camper Behavior to Ensure a Successful Summer

This blog post aims at helping summer camp staff understand why campers might act the way they do, how they can work with campers through their behaviors, and tools to use in behavior improvement.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/art-character

The Art of Character

Learn how ACA created the logo for the Character at Camp initiative.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/barriers-or-concerns-about-introducing-or-expanding-character-camp

Barriers or Concerns about Introducing or Expanding Character at Camp

The Character at Camp Initiative seeks to address many of these concerns.