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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/creating-inclusive-camp-unpacking-tools-strategies-summer

Creating Inclusive Camp: Unpacking the Tools and Strategies for Summer

The Inclusive Camps Tool is designed to help you and your camp identify the work you already do to make your camp an inclusive space. It does this by supporting you in identifying where you are on a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/change-tool-makes-big-cultural-impact

Change: A Tool That Makes a Big Cultural Impact

This blog post in support of Project Real Job discusses evaluating your camp culture and how to implement change.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/grant-opportunity-camps-children-youth-resilience-challenge

Grant Opportunity for Camps: Children and Youth Resilience Challenge

This challenge is part of the President Biden’s Unity Agenda and Mental Health Strategy. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/feel-burn-spotting-responding-staff-burnout

Feel the Burn: Spotting and Responding to Staff Burnout

Working at camp requires a lot of energy. Here are tips on how to prevent staff burnout.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-hiring-gap-year-students-should-be-your-next-camp-recruiting-move

Why Hiring Gap Year Students Should Be Your Next Camp Recruiting Move

People who have recently completed a gap year may have gained valuable skills that can lead them to be successful in a camp job.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-wisconsin-camp-community-connection

ACA, Wisconsin Camp Community Connection

Join fellow Wisconsin camp professionals as we approach summer 2023. Staffing, programming, kitchen concerns, camper and staff mental health are just some of the topics on camp directors minds. These...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/engaging-investing-staff-campers-arrive

Engaging and Investing in Staff Before Campers Arrive

In support of Project Real Job, one camp shares what staff engagement techniques have worked for them.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/should-you-offer-camp-staff-retention-bonus

Should You Offer Camp Staff a Retention Bonus?

A retention bonus is money offered to staff with the goal of giving them incentive to stick around.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/working-summer-camp-keeping-fire-alive

Working at Summer Camp: Keeping the Fire Alive

Journalism student Dan Gray shares his experience working at camp and interviews camp professionals about the staffing shortage.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-58-all-about-camp-school-partnerships

CampWire Episode 58: All About Camp-School Partnerships

Camps can be powerful community partners in the education of our children. A camp-school partnership can be exciting, innovative, and satisfying, but they also take insight, creativity, and...