https://www.acacamps.org/about/get-involved/awards/special-recognition-award

The Award honors groups, organizations or individuals for their efforts to promote camping. For more information, please contact ACA at 765-342-...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/get-involved/awards/national-service-award

The Service Award recognizes continued and increasing service beyond the field/affiliate office level. To qualify for nomination, a candidate should be a current ACA member, having demonstrated...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/get-involved/awards/national-honor-award

The American Camp Association presents Honor Awards to recognize meritorious service. Candidates must be current members of the association or former members who have retired from active...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/get-involved/awards/hedley-s-dimock-award

Submit a Nomination Nominate online Purpose The Hedley S. Dimock Award is given to one who...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/innovation-work-2024-eleanor-p-eells-award-winners

Each year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence honors camps that embody the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide exceptional programming that effectively...

https://www.acacamps.org/northwest/oregon-trail-awards

We need you to help us recognize some of the amazing people and programs in Oregon Trail. We are currently seeking nominations for the Phyllis M. Ford Creative Programming Award, as well as the...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/american-camp-association-receives-45-million-grant-lilly-endowment-strengthen-character-development-programs

Martinsville, IN (February 1, 2024) – The American Camp Association® (ACA) is honored to announce that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded ACA a $45,535,623 grant to support the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/2024-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners

The J. Wendell and Ruth T. Howe Awards recognize those individuals who contribute their talents to Camping Magazine. The Golden Quill Award is presented to the authors of quality...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fostering-character-strengths-through-camp-life

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/art-character

Learn how ACA created the logo for the Character at Camp initiative.