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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camp-study-update-ten-promising-practices-healthy-camp
Healthy Camp Study Update: Ten Promising Practices of a Healthy CampSince the outbreak of H1N1 during the summer of 2009, camps have been diligently updating their health and safety protocols and practices for the management of communicable diseases. By accessing and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-orient-health-center-staff
Risk Management: Orient Health Center StaffEveryone knows that camp staff need orientation to effectively do their job. Why, then, do health center staff often report that they don’t get any? The team hired for your health center certainly...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/help-stop-asian-longhorned-beetle-killing-more-trees
Help Stop the Asian Longhorned Beetle From Killing More TreesFor any camp professional, imagining a camp without trees would be hard to fathom. Especially since for the past century, you and other ACA camp professionals have worked to preserve the camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/bed-bugs-what-every-camp-needs-know
Bed Bugs - What Every Camp Needs to KnowEvery year, the American Camp Association Camp Crisis Hotline receives calls from camps that have questions about bed bugs.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/lice-tips-camps
Lice - Tips for CampsEvery year, one of the most common calls to the American Camp Association Camp Crisis Hotline comes from camps who have questions about lice.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/health-forms-records-campers-staff
Health Forms & Records for Campers & StaffACA has many resources available to help in the operation of your camp, including sample forms, policies, and procedures.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/communicable-diseases-infestations-tips-camps
Communicable Diseases and Infestations - Tips for CampsEvery year, some of the most common calls received on the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline pertain to communicable diseases and insect infestations. The potential for the spread of communicable diseases...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/talking-children-about-tragedies-death-national-disasters
Talking with Children about Tragedies, Death, and National DisastersTop Tips for Camps Establish a mental health support network. Build relationships with community mental health resources prior to your camp season. Have...
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/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.