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https://www.acacamps.org/membership/business

ACA Membership for Businesses

ACA's Business Affiliate program is the best path for any business looking to connect to the camp market.  ACA has 3,000+ member camps but serves 15,000 camps in a $26 billion industry.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2023-staff-training-issue-camping-magazine

2023 Staff Training Issue of Camping Magazine

Each year, the May/June issue of Camping Magazine is devoted to staff training — perfect for Staff Orientation!

https://www.acacamps.org/advertise/enhance-your-online-buyers-guide-listing

Enhance Your Online Buyer's Guide Listing

The ACA Buyer's Guide is an excellent resource that gives buyers the confidence they need for sound purchasing decisions with over two hundred businesses, that know and...

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

The Pressure of Camp

The positive pressure one experiences at camp is something rare and hypnotizing. Friends at home call what you are doing a summer holiday, but you know the work is tough and comes with daily...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/case-melted-fingerprints

The Case of the Melted Fingerprints

My first time working at summer camp, in fact during my first week, I melted off every one of my fingerprints. I was only 16 at the time, and I remember feeling shocked that this could actually...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/acas-raise-bar-initiative-capturing-magic-camp-tangible-data

ACA’s Raise the Bar Initiative: Capturing the Magic of Camp in Tangible Data

Matthew Smith is the camp communications and strategy director at Longacre in Pennsylvania, and cohort leader (along with Scott Brody, owner/director of Camps Kenwood and Evergreen in New Hampshire,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hover-over-send-button-nurturing-teenagers-through-their-first-job-application-process

Hover Over the Send Button: Nurturing Teenagers through Their First Job Application Process

Picture the scene: A camp director makes a job offer to a counselor and receives a response of outrage that he has not been offered the job he wanted and, additionally, was not placed with his...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/last-dance

The Last Dance

It's late in the evening. My feet are tired. Music is reverberating in my ears. We've been dancing and mixing all night. Tonight is an incredible celebration, truly a hallmark event. This may be...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-counselors-good-judgment

In the Trenches: A Counselor’s Good Judgment

Camp directors: Please share this column with your staff. During the camp season it's more important than ever for them to read this. Taking care of other people's children, as you do at...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-movin-right-along

Building Principles: Movin’ Right Along . . .

Whether the current program has your camp bursting at the seams and you're considering expanding, or you're ready to look for another property to host your organization, there comes a time when you...