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https://www.acacamps.org/resources/template-resource-documents-camp-operations

Template Resource Documents for Camp Operations

ACA is committed to providing resources to assist in your camp's operation. These resources include sample schedules, planning forms, charts of accounts, supply lists, and more. These samples...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/wildfires-smoke-impacting-camps

Wildfires and Smoke Impacting Camps

The American Camp Association provides resources for developing wildfire preparation, response and recovery plans.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/camp-wildfire-discussion-group

Camp Wildfire Discussion Group

Please join the conversation on the wildfire threat to camps.  We will discuss mitigation grants, legislative issues and discuss preparedness topics from the recent ACA, Wildfire Symposium....

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/employee-safety-trainings-package-redwoods

Employee Safety Trainings Package – From Redwoods

We want all employees to embrace safety in a true sense of keeping ourselves and others safe at all times. Safety is everyone’s responsibility. A safety mindset requires an organization to instill a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/aca-redwoods-group-working-together-bring-safety-training-camps

ACA and Redwoods Group Working Together to Bring Safety Training to Camps

The American Camp Association (ACA) is excited to announce a collaboration with The Redwoods Group to further the availability of camp safety training courses.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-live-fire-how-camps-can-adapt-new-normal

Learning to Live with Fire: How Camps Can Adapt to the New Normal

In August of 2018, the Donnell Fire started in Tuolumne County, California — eventually destroying some 60 square miles of forests before burning out on October 1 of that year. It was a stressful...

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/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/wildfires-west

Wildfires in the West

The threat of wildfires impacts camps in the west more each year.  This webinar explores wildland fire preparation, response and recovery from four critical perspectives: Public Policy, Fire...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/expect-more-your-leadership-team-encourage-them-expect-more-you

Expect More from Your Leadership Team (and Encourage Them to Expect More from You)

This blog post in support of Project Real Job discusses why you should expect more from your summer camp leadership team and how to encourage them to expect more from you.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-you-dont-know-cant-help-you-value-asking-your-staff

What You Don’t Know Can’t Help You: The Value of Asking Your Staff

Staff feedback is vital to running a successful summer camp. Your staff are the only ones with the answers to these questions, so if you want to know the answers . . . ask them.