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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-inside-out-role-mental-health-counseling-summer-camp

Healthy Inside and Out: the Role of Mental Health Counseling at Summer Camp

I spent my childhood summers at a sleepaway camp in Pennsylvania, and I loved it. When I turned 18 in 2021, I couldn’t wait to work as a counselor myself. I was following in my mother’s footsteps;...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/epinephrine-auto-injectors-accessibility-laws-camps

Epinephrine Auto-Injectors Accessibility Laws and Camps

Updated August 2018 Childhood allergies are on the rise.  According to research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, twenty-five percent of children have...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/lice-tips-camps

Lice - Tips for Camps

Every year, one of the most common calls to the American Camp Association Camp Crisis Hotline comes from camps who have questions about lice. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lawfully-recruiting-hiring-best-candidates

Lawfully Recruiting and Hiring the Best Candidates

These 10 tips can help you throughout the staff hiring process.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-food-service-program-us-department-agriculture

Summer Food Service Program - U.S. Department of Agriculture

During the school year, many children receive free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch through the School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs.  But, when school is not in session,...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/governmental-agencies-related-employment

Governmental Agencies Related to Employment

IRS Employment Tax Forms Forms from the Internal...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/creating-experience-potential-summer-staff

Creating an Experience for Potential Summer Staff

It's not enough to just post online that your camp is hiring — here are tips for creating an experience that will help you recruit staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/straight-horses-mouth-what-university-students-have-say-about-working-camp

Straight from the Horse's Mouth: What University Students Have to Say about Working at Camp

This blog offers tips from three university students about how to recruit college students as camp staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-staff-healthy-camps

Healthy Staff, Healthy Camps

My 1978 Fiat had a toggle switch for lights — and it was awesome. They were on or off, no flipping around with running lights, fog lights, or any other mess.  We love these single-choice, yes...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reframing-mental-health-camp

Reframing Mental Health at Camp

Mental health at camp has always been a challenge. But for many camps, it wasn’t until worldwide stressors started piling up in 2020 that this challenge became overwhelming.