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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/camp-business-featuring-aca-business-operations-courses-package
Camp Is a Business! Featuring ACA Business Operations Courses PackageACA’s Camp Is a Business package of courses features our best content related to running a camp. From coping with surviving in a pandemic to business basics this package has a lot to...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/delta-division-diversity-guidance-navigating-uncertainty-age-covid
Delta, Division, and a Diversity of Guidance: Navigating Uncertainty in the Age of COVIDBack in the summer of 2020, some camps embarked on an important yet uncertain adventure: They decided to operate during the heart of the pandemic. At the time, there was much speculation in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-moves-me-reimagined
Camp Moves Me ReimaginedIn its first six years, the American Camp Association’s (ACA) Camp Moves Me program raised more than $335,000 to send more than 1,300 kids to ACA-accredited camps. As we look at the camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/what-happens-when-people-stop-being-polite-start-getting-real-about
What Happens When People Stop Being Polite and Start Getting Real About Fundraising!Description: Join this cast of real -life camp fundraisers for a revealing talk about success with fundraising. Collectively our panelists have raised millions of dollars for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/managing-your-aquatic-program
Managing Your Aquatic ProgramManaging aquatics can be one of the most challenging jobs at camp. Creating and maintaining a fun environment is only part of the challenge. The real challenge is how to provide that fun safely....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2012
ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - Annual Review 2012Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Busy Year with the Hotline What would you do if . . . Your disgruntled nurse leaves camp with all of the campers’ medications — and she is...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/camps-crisis-acas-annual-review-camp-crisis-hotline
Camps in Crisis: ACA's Annual Review of the Camp Crisis HotlineImagine — . . . You discover that one of your campers has been pretending to be someone else — under the direction of her parents. . . . Guests of a rental group on your...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/responding-media-about-emerging-issue-public-violence
Responding to the Media about the Emerging Issue of Public ViolenceMedia 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/campline/preventing-pre-planning-response-emergencies
Preventing and Pre-Planning Response to EmergenciesEstablish positive relationships with police or other law enforcement officials who provide service to the camp. Establish a system of monitoring camper behavior. Provide additional support when...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/emergency-preparedness
Emergency PreparednessContributed by Rhonda Mickelson and Susan E. Yoder. Severe weather used to have a season. Now, severe weather can happen at virtually any time of the year. Camps need to be prepared....