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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/findings-phase-1-5-year-research-project
Findings from Phase 1 of the 5-Year Research ProjectACA Director of Research Dr. Laurie Browne shares the emerging themes from Phase 1 of the Five Year Impact Study. These preliminary findings point to the numerous ways camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/acas-youth-impact-study-phase-1-findings
ACA's Youth Impact Study - Phase 1 FindingsPromising themes from the interviews conducted in the exploratory phase.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/coming-home-seeing-old-friends-national-conference
Coming Home and Seeing Old Friends at National ConferenceThe 2018 American Camp Association National Conference is here! Today, I’m delighted to join over 1,400 other camp professionals and dear friends for a...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-past-prologue-investing-our-future
"What Is Past Is Prologue" — Investing in Our FutureThis past spring break, Pam and I took our ten-year-old son, Daniel, to Washington, DC. Daniel is really enjoying his US history studies at school, and we knew this would be an ideal time to explore...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-you-should-nominate-your-camp-research-award
Why You Should Nominate Your Camp for a Research AwardHi! My name is Mary Rogers, and I am the executive director of Sherwood Forest Camp. I am also the chair of ACA’s Committee for the Advancement of Research and Evaluation (...
https://www.acacamps.org/about/get-involved/awards/eleanor-p-eells-award-excellence-evaluation-research
Eleanor P. Eells Award for Excellence in Evaluation & ResearchThe Eleanor P. Eells Award for Excellence in Evaluation & Research is designed to honor programs in which camp professionals conduct or apply meaningful, quality research or evaluation to...
https://www.acacamps.org/camps-accessing-send-child-camp-funding
Camps: Accessing Send a Child to Camp FundingThe ACA Send a Child to Camp Fund provides camp scholarships for ACA-accredited day and resident camps to support children who will benefit from the camp experience but whose families may not...
https://www.acacamps.org/donate/send-child-camp-donor-information
Send a Child to Camp – Donor InformationThe American Camp Association (ACA) Send a Child to Camp Fund provides camp scholarships for ACA-accredited day and overnight camps to support children who whose families may not otherwise be able to...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/new-camp-industry-research-series-part-3-programming-purpose
New Camp Industry Research Series, Part 3: Programming with a PurposeThis blog is part of a series that gives a snapshot of the results of the Sites, Facilities, and Programs survey completed by 2,426 ACA-accredited camps. Check out...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/parents-evaluation-holy-grail
Parents: An Evaluation Holy GrailGreetings Camp Evaluators, and a thousand thanks for taking a minute to read about evaluation during this busy, busy precamp season. I have a topic for you that is likely very real for you right now...