https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2016

Since 1985, the American Camp Association® (ACA) has provided crisis support to camps through the confidential ACA Camp Crisis Hotline. This service is available 24 hours-a-day, every day of the year...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/case-studies-2016-crisis-hotline-annual-review

Each year, the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline Team identifies several case studies for a more in-depth look. These cases serve as examples for other camps to use in staff training and the development of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-standards-accreditation-%E2%80%93-things-know

ACA has completed another successful accreditation year visiting over 650 camps and reviewing close to 1000! With another "accreditation year" behind us, we...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/creating-craters-chasing-comets-three-days-science-fun

Nestled on the banks of the Guadalupe River, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, is Mo-Ranch. A summer camp, conference center, and oasis of beauty. I imagine we could all describe our sites...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/retention-camper-staff-records

Questions we will address here include: Should camper and staff records be retained? If so, what should be kept and why? How should a camp retain such records and for how long? When may those records...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/protecting-your-camp-photo-release-forms

Most youth-serving organizations market their organization with photographs showing the nature of the programming or individuals served. For camps in particular, still-life and video imagery are...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/droning-important-resources-use-drones-camp

Drones are a great tool for camps, both for use in programming and in collecting valuable footage of your property for use in a camp marketing video. Relatedly, some camps find themselves in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/final-osha-rule-issued-improve-tracking-workplace-injuries-illnesses

Camps will need to adhere to a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule that will impact when and how they file their annual reports with OSHA. Please see below to learn why OSHA...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/contracts-who-needs-them-who-reads-them

Each year, the ACA Insurance Committee holds a Roundtable with many of the camp industry insurers and brokers in conjunction with the American Camp Association National Conference. The 2018...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/integrating-duty-care-your-organizational-camp-culture

A child is injured by a falling rock during a climbing lesson. A volunteer is paralyzed when a horse they are leading kicks out. During unstructured time, a camper falls off the top bunk while...