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NASA

https://www.acacamps.org/donate/giving-tuesday

#GivingTuesday — November 28

Our goals: 100 donors to celebrate our 100+ year history, gifts of $28 to honor #GivingTuesday on November 28, 2023, and 28 first-time...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/aca-makes-it-possible

ACA Makes It Possible

Dear Friends, Passion provides hope, direction, and vision. One quality I admire the most in the camp community is the dedication and commitment to the children we all serve. It is what we all do...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/maybe-not-inevitable-case-technology-free-summer-camp

Maybe Not Inevitable: A Case for Technology-Free Summer Camp

In this Camping Magazine article, Matthew Pines discusses the benefits of technology-free summer camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/its-best-part-camp-camper-views-smartphone-policies

"It's the Best Part of Camp": Camper Views on Smartphone Policies

As camp directors, we instinctually know that the experience is much better without smartphones and technology, but what do the campers themselves think?

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/video-games-camp-are-you-kidding-me

Video Games at Camp? Are You Kidding Me?

No, in fact, I'm completely serious. For the record, my 40-year career has been spent entirely within the camp, sports, and community center worlds, and has included positions as coach, athletic...

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

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/camping-magazine/high-anxiety-are-smartphones-upping-angst-ante

High Anxiety: Are Smartphones Upping the Angst Ante?

An Interview with Nancy Cheever, PhD Nancy Cheever, PhD, is a professor and chairperson in the Communications Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the 2018...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/make-nasa-stem-part-your-camp-summer

Make NASA & STEM Part of Your Camp This Summer!

Experts from NASA will present a sample of STEM resources for formal and informal educators. They will cover a program specifically meant for camps, as well as materials on the themes of engineering...

https://www.acacamps.org/donate/government-relations-work

ACA Government Relations Working to Support Camps

Like many industries, the US camp industry was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The American Camp Association (ACA) advocated at an unprecedented level during the pandemic to enact...