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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-study-update-ten-promising-practices-healthy-camp
Healthy Camp Study Update: Ten Promising Practices of a Healthy CampSince the outbreak of H1N1 during the summer of 2009, camps have been diligently updating their health and safety protocols and practices for the management of communicable diseases. By accessing and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/transgender-youth-role-camps-might-play
Transgender Youth — The Role Camps Might PlayYou may be asking yourself, "What does a discussion about transgender individuals have to do with me? Why am I reading this in Camping Magazine?" We've had the conversation about the LGBTQ community...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff
Out and About: Creating a Safe Environment for LGBTQ Campers and StaffIt was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/current-challenges-camp-food-service
Current Challenges in Camp Food ServiceHesitation gave way to excitement as I unexpectedly grabbed the reigns of food service management, in the dripping, humid heat of a Texas summer camp season. Nine years had passed since I last served...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/can-i-have-another-bowl-cereal-using-summer-food-service-program-your-camp
Can I Have Another Bowl of Cereal? Using the Summer Food Service Program at Your Camp“Can I have another bowl of cereal?” The shy boy was one that regularly asked for seconds at breakfast, and I suspected he didn’t eat dinner regularly at his house. He was a camper at my small...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-orient-health-center-staff
Risk Management: Orient Health Center StaffEveryone knows that camp staff need orientation to effectively do their job. Why, then, do health center staff often report that they don’t get any? The team hired for your health center certainly...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/certificate-course/experienced-program-staff-certificate
Experienced Program Staff CertificateThe Experienced Program Staff Certificate course is specifically designed for experienced program staff who have worked with young people in a camp, afterschool, summer enrichment...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/strategies-managing-risks-food-contamination-communicable-disease-camp
Strategies for Managing the Risks of Food Contamination and Communicable Disease at CampIt is easy to become casual about food preparation and food safety. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, each year one in six Americans, roughly 48 million...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/critical-things-staff-need-know-about-bullying-prevention
Critical Things Staff Need to Know about Bullying PreventionBullying is here to stay in summer camp and this course is designed to help you be prepared and ready to act this summer as well as between the seasons. Bullying can happen in 4 ways: physical,...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/certificate-course/entry-level-program-staff-certificate
Entry-Level Program Staff CertificateWant to work with young people in a camp, afterschool, summer enrichment programs, or other community-based youth settings but lack experience?