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https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camp-crisis-hotline
Camp Crisis HotlineThe Hotline serves as a resource for camps in crisis and provides callers the opportunity to talk through their crisis with a trained third-party.
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/not-profit-development-roundtable-giving-tuesday
Not-for-Profit Development Roundtable - Giving TuesdayThe ninth annual GivingTuesday is coming up on December 3! If your camp or organization has never participated before or thought about it but didn't know where to begin, join us. This is ACA's first-...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/risk-management-training-administrators-nols
Risk Management Training for Administrators - NOLSOverview: In this training for outdoor professionals and program administrators, you will build an action plan to improve your organization's risk management practices....
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/crisis-it-really-can-happen-you-2023
Crisis — It Really Can Happen to You 2023The ACA Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hour-a-day service provided to any camp or individual who needs help in a crisis. Each year, ACA analyzes the hotline issues and provides case...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/ensuring-safety-rental-programs-key-steps-effective-abuse-prevention
Ensuring Safety in Rental Programs: Key Steps for Effective Abuse PreventionThe fall season brings on different types of programming for camps across the country. You may begin hosting rental groups or families at your facilities. When operating these programs, it is...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/online-course/nols-risk-management-training-september-17-19-2024
NOLS Risk Management Training September 17-19, 2024Overview: In this training for outdoor professionals and program administrators, you will build an action plan to improve your organization's risk management practices. Instructors will help you...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lost-boys-finding-their-way-summer-camp
Lost Boys: Finding Their Way at Summer CampAre boys in crisis? Popular literature (Raising Cain, Lost Boys, Boys and Sex) and theater (Dear Evan Hansen) seem to suggest so. Terms such as “boy code” and “toxic masculinity” further paint a path...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/meeting-campers-where-they-are
Meeting Campers Where They AreI’ve often been taught to look at a person through the lens of a prism. On one side, you can see only a clear, flat, one-dimensional object, but when the light filters through you are left with all...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whats-wrong-song-we-love-it-have-been-singing-it-forever
What’s Wrong with This Song? We Love It and Have Been Singing It Forever!Here you are, catching up, maybe relaxing now that camp is over. You’re reflecting on the joy of having experienced another successful season; the sadness of saying goodbye to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/culture-competency-risk-management-where-will-three-meet
Culture, Competency, and Risk Management: Where Will the Three Meet?Cultural considerations in camp programming may not be in the forefront of individual or organizational thinking. With all the preparation and planning that we do, is it really necessary to add yet...