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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/compensating-camp-staff-2024-key-wage-issues-consider-setting-your-pay-policies

Compensating Camp Staff in 2024: Key Wage Issues to Consider in Setting Your Pay Policies

This article provides an update on the new "white collar" rule and discusses key issues regarding the compensation of camp staff, with a particular focus on the nuances of the 13(a)(3) "seasonal"...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/it-can-happen-you-10-things-you-can-do-tighten-security-your-camp

It Can Happen to You: 10 Things You Can Do to Tighten Security at Your Camp

With 3 sites, 14 individual day camps, 500+ acres and more than 5000 campers and staff on our grounds each day, the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds has spent the last 5 years focusing on its unique...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-diy-really-good-idea

Building Principles: DIY . . . Is that Really a Good Idea?

By their very nature, camp people are an extremely independent and self-sufficient lot. The most successful among them approach every adversity as a challenge and an opportunity to grow. But at the...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/us-secret-service-agents-guide-creating-safe-camps

A U.S. Secret Service Agent's Guide to Creating Safe Camps

This webinar is meant to provide participants with concepts to proactively develop and/or improve safety and security at their camps and outdoor venues.  The presentation will include discussion...

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/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/school-comes-camp-new-era-funding-camp-school-partnerships-three-part

School Comes to Camp: A New Era in Funding Camp/School Partnerships

Think camp!  Think academics surrounded with the enrichment experiences camps traditionally provide. Add in the social emotional learning skills camps reinforce.  The result is a community...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/camp-culture-or-cultural-appropriation-identifying-indigenous-erasure

Camp Culture or Cultural Appropriation? Identifying Indigenous Erasure and Stereotypes to Reduce Harm

Overview: In this enlightening recorded webinar, Dr. Cheryl Ellenwood explores the damaging effects of cultural appropriation within camps and organizations. Gain insights into...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/retention-camper-staff-records

Retention of Camper and Staff Records

Questions we will address here include: Should camper and staff records be retained? If so, what should be kept and why? How should a camp retain such records and for how long? When may those records...

https://www.acacamps.org/press-room

ACA Press Room

If we may help you with a story, arrange an interview with an ACA spokesperson, or provide access to an article reprint, photo, or public service announcement, please contact Public Relations at pr@...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/respectful-approaches-indigenous-culture-competency-camp

Respectful Approaches — Indigenous Culture Competency and Camp

July 2015. Camp was in full swing with little time to devote to the Internet, but the news feed picked up an item that caught my attention. It was an article published by the national news outlet...