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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dos-donts-universities-colleges-hosting-youth-summer-camps

Dos and Don’ts for Universities and 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/key-takeaways-campcounts-2021-report

Key Takeaways from the CampCounts 2021 Report

ACA's annual business survey, CampCounts, is back with new findings and trends from 2021! 

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/considering-access-summer-camp-part-iii-understanding-preference-summer-camp-programs

Considering Access to Summer Camp, Part III: Understanding Preference for Summer Camp Programs

Considering Access to Summer Camp is a four-part series aimed at helping camp practitioners increase access to summer camp for all youth. The first article...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/data-analytic-strategies-improve-your-camps-business-practices-pepper-model

Data Analytic Strategies to Improve Your Camp’s Business Practices: The PEPPER Model

MIT news writer Sara Brown’s recent article, “It’s Time to ‘Radically Escalate’ Your Commitment to Data,” calls on organizations to increase their commitment to developing a data analytics culture....

https://www.acacamps.org/news/news/indiana-youth-programs-campus-initiative-supported-lilly-endowment

Indiana Youth Programs on Campus Initiative Supported by the Lilly Endowment

Thirty-five Indiana colleges and universities received Indiana Youth Programs on Campus Initiative grants.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/how-has-summer-camp-shaped-me

How Has Summer Camp Shaped Me?

For this post, Chaco invited guest blogger, Nick Maciel, to share how camp has shaped him as an adult. Oh, the dog days of summer. There is nothing quite like the feeling of sunshine and warmer...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/key-takeaways-pulse-survey-summer-2022-trends-issues

Key Takeaways from Pulse Survey — Summer 2022 Trends and Issues

The survey asked questions about enrollment and campers, camp staff, and budget and operations.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/camps-campus-virtual-conversations

Camps on Campus Virtual Conversations

Camps on Campus Community Conversation Series Conversation, community-building, and learning. This is a chance to support and be supported by others in the community of...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/crisis-it-really-can-happen-you-2022

Crisis — It Really Can Happen to You 2022

The ACA Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hour-a-day service provided to any camp or individual who needs help in a crisis.  Each year, ACA analyzes the hotline issues and provides case...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-camp-therapeutic-tool-reducing-anxiety-youth

Summer Camp as a Therapeutic Tool for Reducing Anxiety in Youth

This study provides the first preliminary evidence that overnight summer camps—including those with and without specific treatments for anxiety, and youth with and without diagnosed behavioral and...