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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/letter-first-year-summer-camp-staff-member

A Letter From a First-Year Summer Camp Staff Member

This blog post in support of Project Real Job offers advice on how to help first-year staff members ease into camp life.

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/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. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/engaging-investing-staff-campers-arrive

Engaging and Investing in Staff Before Campers Arrive

In support of Project Real Job, one camp shares what staff engagement techniques have worked for them.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/campsafe-child-sexual-abuse-prevention-training

CampSafe® Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training

Training your staff to the level of safety and professionalism that you and your camp families expect becomes a greater challenge each year.  Your primary focus is safety and that includes the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ultimate-guide-staffing-your-kitchen

The Ultimate Guide to Staffing Your Kitchen

It’s not you. With a 3:1 ratio of available culinary positions to applicants, the labor shortage for kitchen staff continues to be a harsh reality. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/addressing-elephant-camp-little-pay-creates-big-challenges

Addressing the Elephant in Camp: Little Pay Creates Big Challenges

Amazing growth experiences for young adults entering the workforce should not come at the cost of competitive wages.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/working-summer-camp-keeping-fire-alive

Working at Summer Camp: Keeping the Fire Alive

Journalism student Dan Gray shares his experience working at camp and interviews camp professionals about the staffing shortage.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/should-you-offer-camp-staff-retention-bonus

Should You Offer Camp Staff a Retention Bonus?

A retention bonus is money offered to staff with the goal of giving them incentive to stick around.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-wisconsin-camp-community-connection

ACA, Wisconsin Camp Community Connection

Join fellow Wisconsin camp professionals as we approach summer 2023. Staffing, programming, kitchen concerns, camper and staff mental health are just some of the topics on camp directors minds. These...