https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dos-donts-universities-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

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/article/campline/consideraciones-sobre-las-pruebas-para-sars-cov-2-en-campamentos-de-verano

Uno de los principales retos de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido y sigue siendo nuestra capacidad de realizar pruebas para detectar la presencia de SARS-CoV-2 de forma eficaz, eficiente y económica...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/testing-considerations-sars-cov-2-summer-camp-settings

A major challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to be our ability to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 effectively, efficiently, and economically in both symptomatic and asymptomatic...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/kids-diabetes-non-diabetes-camp-setting

I'll never forget walking into the infirmary for my week as a camp nurse and hearing one of the outgoing nurses say, "I got the kid with diabetes again. Don't worry, you don't have one this week." In...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/mental-health-issues-camp

A healthy part of children’s emotional development includes occasional bouts of feeling down or stressed, but how do you know when it’s serious? Depression and anxiety are two of the most common...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-culture-sensitive-are-your-camp-health-services

Campers and staff come from a variety of backgrounds. An urban-savvy camper becomes the bunkmate to a youth raised on a rural farm; two girls — one from a small mountain village and the other from a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/food-allergy-resources

According to Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), up to 15 million people in the United States are affected by food allergies, including one in thirteen children. Reactions to food allergies...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/transportation-issues-laws-camps

Transportation Resources Vehicle Log...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/medication-camp-mitigating-risks

Medication at camp is not a new topic; however, information about medication oversight in the camp setting is sparse. Most camps delegate this responsibility to their camp physician and/or nurse with...