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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/survey-says-tech-camp-mixed-bag
Survey Says: Tech at Camp Is a Mixed BagIf you attended camp as a child prior to 2007, the likelihood is that your parent or guardian asked the camp director how much it cost and how long you would be away. Your parent(s) may have...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/stay-sun-safe-summer
Stay Sun Safe This SummerSunshine is synonymous with camp. It can be healthy, and it can lift your spirits — but the sun can also be dangerous. Sunlight produces ultraviolet (UV) rays, which can lead to changes in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you-improving-incident-documentation
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Improving Incident DocumentationA group of teenage campers was participating in a team building activity that required them to solve a problem. One of their solutions to was to raise one of the smallest kids as high as they could...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/top-7-tips-summer-camp-director
Top 7 Tips from a Summer Camp DirectorWe've collected the top seven tips from summer camp professionals around the country to make sure your child (and you) has the best summer ever.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/rule-three-virtual-world-keeping-safe-all-angles
The Rule of Three in the Virtual World: Keeping Safe from All AnglesJamal Stroud, PhD, offers tips on how to keep kids safe online.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/safety-camp-2022-what-we-saw-field
Safety at Camp in 2022: What We Saw in the FieldThis post outlines top camp safety concerns played out during summer 2022.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/emergency-services-your-camp-cultivating-relationship
Emergency Services and Your Camp: Cultivating the Relationship"If you're a Sheriff's Deputy working out in rural areas, what opportunities do you have to take a bathroom break? Where can you warm up your lunch? Or grab a cup of coffee?" Back when she was a...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/resources-camps-about-public-violence
Resources for Camps about Public ViolenceACA has compiled a list of resources for camps to help deal with crisis response and dealing with public violence.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/everybodys-nobodys-out
Everybody’s In, Nobody’s Out!As a camp counselor this summer, you are about to meet campers from all walks of life. Just a casual look at the changing demographics in the United States suggests that your chances of having an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/martin-his-friends-counseling-skills-effect-change-camp
Martin and His Friends: Counseling Skills that Effect Change at CampMartin was sitting in the office of the boys' head counselor again. He'd been playing "Ga Ga" when another camper got him out. In what had quickly become an all-too-typical response for nine-year-old...