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https://www.acacamps.org/about/partnerships/kindred-groups/not-profit-council
Not-for-Profit CouncilThe Not-for-Profit Council is an affiliate organization of the American Camp Association and operates with guidelines created by ACA to serve the special interests of the not-for-profit camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/weather-activities-nasa
Weather Activities from NASASurvivor: Earth Ages 12 to 14 — A series of ten lessons designed to teach students about local and global water issues....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcome-digital-cabin-how-new-technologies-can-deliver-better-summer-experience
Welcome to the Digital Cabin: How New Technologies Can Deliver a Better Summer ExperienceTechnology and camping? Hearing those two words together often sparks ire among camp management. “We don’t allow our kids to use techie toys!” you declare. Of course, unless you run a computer camp,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/transgender-staff-anti-discrimination
Transgender Staff and Anti-DiscriminationThe subject of transgender staff at camps is one that is getting a lot of play lately. For those camps that have not yet dealt with a current staff member transitioning or a new...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/transgender-youth-role-camps-might-play
Transgender Youth — The Role Camps Might PlayYou may be asking yourself, "What does a discussion about transgender individuals have to do with me? Why am I reading this in Camping Magazine?" We've had the conversation about the LGBTQ community...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff
Out and About: Creating a Safe Environment for LGBTQ Campers and StaffIt was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/electronic-medical-records-camp-setting-hipaa-considerations
Electronic Medical Records in the Camp Setting: HIPAA ConsiderationsOne of the pervasive considerations with electronic medical records (EMR) is protecting the privacy of the individual. People seem to get very nervous about security issues with electronic records,...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-reading-challenge-how-camps-can-help-campers-reach-new-world-record
Summer Reading Challenge - How Camps Can Help Campers Reach a New World RecordRecent research from The Kids & Family Reading Report indicates that 91% of kids say that their...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-your-camp-reinforce-resist-or-relieve-gender-stereotypes
Does Your Camp Reinforce, Resist, or Relieve Gender Stereotypes?Can you believe that sexist practices and beliefs remain entrenched in camps, even in this day and age? Although we have made great strides over the last decade to eradicate overtly sexist behaviors...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-learning-resources
Summer Learning ResourcesCamps and other youth development programs provide the opportunity to reduce summer learning loss in an expanded learning environment where children are engaged experientially and have an opportunity...