https://www.acacamps.org/book/101-games-activities-teach-leadership-teamwork

101 Games & Activities That Teach Leadership and Teamwork is an excellent resource for camp staff, group leaders, educators, and other youth development professionals, as well as...

https://www.acacamps.org/parents-families/planning-camp/preparing-camp/how-afford-camp

There's a camp for just about every budget. Ask the director for summer camp scholarship options.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/responding-media-about-emerging-issue-public-violence

Media Tips for Camps Support from ACA. Refer media inquiries about this very sensitive topic to the American Camp Association Administrative Office.  ACA has trained...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/going-green-camp

What if every camp in America united behind a new model for sustainability to lead a national movement for pro-environmental change? “Going Green” is a vague and intimidating term. We all know we...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/wildfires-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/parents-families/planning-camp/coping-homesickness-camp

The prescription for homesickness at summer camp is a simple solution of preparation and patience.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/bed-bugs-what-every-camp-needs-know

Every year, the American Camp Association Camp Crisis Hotline receives calls from camps that have questions about bed bugs. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-summer-camp

Consider giving your kids an old-school, summer camp experience that they will learn from and cherish for the rest of their lives — it could end up being the wisest parental investment you ever...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/what-did-winter-do-your-camp-property

The winter of 2018–2019 was one that many hope is not repeated soon! Winds, torrential rains, snow, and even drought were prevalent. As you prepare for the upcoming summer, it is important to pay as...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-much-wood-could-woodchuck-chuck-would-you-know-how-decipher-tag-lumber

A decade ago, the United States market voluntarily abandoned the long-standing wood preservative and treatment method where an arsenic and copper compound was forced into the fibers of the lumber....