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https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/aca-awarded-225-million-create-improve-expand-leadership-pathways-camp-young-people-diverse

ACA Awarded $2.25 Million to Create, Improve, and Expand Leadership Pathways at Camp for Young People of Diverse Backgrounds Across the US

Over 20 camps across the United States will join Phase 2 of the Leadership Pathways Project.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/meet-staff-where-they-are-not-where-you-wish-they-would-be

Meet Staff Where They Are Not Where You Wish They Would Be

Unanswered emails. Requests (demands) for time-off. Over-involved parents. What’s the matter with young people today? Most likely nothing! We have more in common with this cohort of staff than one...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/crisis-it-really-can-happen-you-2022

Crisis — It Really Can Happen to You 2022

The ACA Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hour-a-day service provided to any camp or individual who needs help in a crisis.  Each year, ACA analyzes the hotline issues and provides case...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/breakthrough-study-outlines-benefits-camp-experience

Breakthrough Study from American Camp Association Outlines the Benefits of Camp Experience

Camp provides a unique and important setting that supports mental health, while creating time away from technology, building key skills like resilience and confidence in youth and young adults. To...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/project-real-jobs-innovation-boot-camp-shark-tank-event-ideas-around-staff

Project Real Job’s Innovation Boot Camp - Shark Tank Event - Ideas Around Staff Motivation

Shark Tank for Camp Pros, and YOU are the Sharks (i.e., judges)! A cohort of over 40 camp leaders, staff, and students were given the prompt, “What is one new way you can motivate staff leading up to...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/camp-resume-help-staff-get-it-write

Camp on a Resume: Help Staff Get It Write

It goes without saying that camp makes a huge difference in the lives of staff. We also know that staff develop 21st Century skills such as communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/lilly-endowment-grant-supports-program-quality-initiative-summer-camps

Lilly Endowment Grant Supports Program Quality Initiative in Summer Camps

The grant will help strengthen and expand how summer camp experiences support learning and growth among children and youth.   Indianapolis (Jan 24, 2020) – Lilly Endowment...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/go-all-internships-dont-miss-out-great-opportunity-your-camp-staff

Go All IN with Internships & Don't Miss OUT on a Great Opportunity for Your Camp Staff!

Summer staff can be a challenge to find and establishing camp positions as university practicums or internships can help fill the gap as a competitive option for students needing real world...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/gen-y-camp-how-understand-manage-increase-resiliency-millennial-camp-staff

Gen-Y At Camp: How to Understand, Manage, and Increase Resiliency in Millennial Camp Staff

Gen·er·a·tion Y (noun): Generation Y; plural noun: Generation Ys; AKA: Millennials 1. the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, comprising primarily the children of the baby boomers and...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/top-training-techniques-fast-effective-ways-increase-staff-learning

Top Training Techniques: Fast & Effective Ways to Increase Staff Learning & Performance

The number one best-selling author in camp training has packed this session with terrific activities and training methods that are easy to use and can be plugged into your existing training right...