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https://www.acacamps.org/resources/public-lands-use-resources-camps
Public Lands Use - Resources for CampsUse of public lands and waters is essential for many camp programs. It is estimated that at least 9 percent of all camps use public lands and waters for at least a portion of their...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/health-care-reform-impact-camps-employers
Health Care Reform - Impact on Camps as EmployersThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA) were signed into law in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Included in these new “health...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/aca-nature-education
ACA Nature EducationThe American Camp Association (ACA) believes that young people benefit emotionally, socially, physically, and spiritually from spending time in close contact with the natural world. This critical...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/healthy-kids-outdoors-act
Healthy Kids Outdoors ActThe Issues Today’s youth are experiencing less free and unstructured outdoor playtime in nature than previous generations — devoting an average of just four to seven minutes a day in unstructured...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2014-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2014 Golden Quill and Golden Lens Winners2014 Golden Quill Award Tried and True . . . and Hard to Do: Advancing Camp’s Original Mission Requires Better Precision, Not Better Packaging Chris...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2013-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2013 Golden Quill and Golden Lens WinnersGolden Quill Award Ann Gillard, PhD Does Your Camp Reinforce, Resist, or Relieve Gender Stereotypes? (March/April 2012) ...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2012-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2012 Golden Quill and Golden Lens WinnersGolden Quill Award Marcy and Bob Brower Desegregating Circle M Day Camp: A Determination to Succeed (January/February 2011)...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2011-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2011 Golden Quill and Golden Lens WinnersGolden Quill Award Practical Leadership: What We Can Learn from Simon Says, Show and Tell, and Sharks Scott Arizala Golden Quill Award of...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2010-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2010 Golden Quill and Golden Lens WinnersGolden Quill Award Michelle Robbins Broth Meredith Katherine Jones Creating Camp Narratives to Enhance Emotional Growth of HIV+ Youth...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2008-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2008 Golden Quill and Golden Lens WinnersGolden Quill Award Zayanne Thompson A Convenient Truth: How Our Past Can Save the Future and Planting the Seeds to Grow an...