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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/lessons-learned-another-year-aca-camp-crisis-hotline-2018

Lessons Learned from Another Year of the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline - 2018

The ACA Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hour-a-day service provided to any ACA camp or member who needs help in a crisis. Each year, ACA analyzes the hotline issues and provides case studies and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/prepare-lifeguards-takeoff-your-camp-aquatics-program

Prepare Lifeguards for Takeoff at Your Camp Aquatics Program

Last spring, I had lunch with an old high school friend of mine who had recently switched careers. After almost 30 years as a paramedic/firefighter, he had an opportunity to pursue his lifelong dream...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/covid-19-resource-center-camps

COVID-19 – Resource Center for Camps

The safety and health of campers and staff is always the highest priority at camp, and camps have a long history of planning for and managing communicable diseases. With the spread of the coronavirus...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-ways-you-can-use-research-habit-formation-develop-staff

Five Ways You Can Use Research on Habit Formation to Develop Staff

You've probably read those statistics about the number of people who buy gym memberships in January and then never work out. Maybe that's totally you. The stakes for physical fitness are high — we...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/care-other-peoples-children-part-2-training-frontline-staff-make-good-decisions

In the Care of Other People's Children, Part 2: Training Frontline Staff to Make Good Decisions

While many risks can be managed through decisions regarding such things as facilities, equipment, requirements for participation, and policies, it is primarily through the day-to-day decision-making...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-creates-job-magic

Camp Creates Job Magic

By the time camp staff decide what their chosen field of work is going to be, they have unknowingly benefitted from some amazing transformative experiences. Even if they decide not to stay in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-do-you-spur-culture-change-camp

How Do You Spur Culture Change at Camp?

If you’re noticing something that could use a change, there’s a good chance that others are too.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/covid-19-webinar/aca-cdc-town-hall-camps-out-school-time-professionals-may-11-2022

ACA and CDC Town Hall for Camps and Out of School Time Professionals (May 11, 2022)

Watch the Town Hall...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/view-here-navigating-covid-19-camp-summer

The View from Here: Navigating COVID-19 at Camp This Summer

This blog from Laura Blaisdell, MD/MPH, FAAP, covers important concepts for camp directors to understand when it comes to operating this summer.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/cdc-releases-updated-covid-guidance-day-overnight-camps

CDC Releases Updated COVID Guidance for Day and Overnight Camps

ACA encourages all camp operators to review this updated guidance and make any necessary adjustments to their COVID protocols for this summer to protect the health of campers and staff and ensure the...