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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-healthy-camp-strategies-worked
Building a "Healthy Camp": Strategies That Worked!A Healthy Camp Community Three years ago, the camp community placed a capstone on a significant accomplishment by completing the largest, most comprehensive study of camp-related injuries and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-your-label-embrace-giver
A Place to Share: Your Label to Embrace: GiverIn life we are accustomed to being categorized by type. Some categories are obvious: men and women, children and adults. Other categories are not as obvious but just as defining: Republicans and...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/fair-labor-standards-act-applicability-camps
Fair Labor Standards Act - Applicability to CampsThe Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal,...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/research-reports-summaries-data-maps
Research Reports, Summaries, Data, and MapsAll the data from all the research.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/crisis-communications-handbook-templates-sample-forms-letters
The Crisis Communications Handbook Templates and Sample Forms and LettersTake control of a crisis at your camp with a proven communications system. Take Control: Be prepared for nearly any camp crisis with a strong, comprehensive communications system that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camps-quest-continues-through-technology-professional-development
Healthy Camps: The Quest Continues through Technology and Professional DevelopmentStrong interest in promoting the concept of a healthy camp continues. Supported by data from ACA’s five-year Healthy Camps Study from 2006 through 2010, improved understanding about camp injuries and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/let-your-research-flag-fly-how-magnify-your-camp-story-research
Let Your Research Flag Fly! How to Magnify Your Camp Story with ResearchIn one of her 2010 commentaries in Camping Magazine, former American Camp Association CEO Peg Smith reflected on her conversations with award-winning researcher Marge Scanlin nearly a decade...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/selecting-camp-healthcare-technologies
Selecting Camp Healthcare TechnologiesConsiderations in the selection of camp healthcare technologies.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/take-your-horse-camp
Take Your Horse to CampAnother way to increase usage at camp facilities is to allow people to bring their own horses to camp. Both youth and adults will have this interest and appreciate having a location to camp with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/riding-programs-camp-enrichment-different-kind
Riding Programs at Camp: Enrichment of a Different KindHorseback riding has deep roots in the history of American summer camps, but stereotypical images of the expense and elitism of riding may get in the way of a full appreciation of the benefit and...