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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-culture-reclaim-your-purpose-part-1

Staff Culture: Reclaim Your Purpose, Part 1

When finishing one camp season and preparing for another, don't forget to unpack your baggage and reclaim your purpose.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-culture-reclaim-your-purpose-part-2

Staff Culture: Reclaim Your Purpose, Part 2

This blog post is the second in a two-part series about staff culture.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/step-your-hiring-game-attracting-interns-through-field-experience-manual

Step Up Your Hiring Game: Attracting Interns through a Field Experience Manual

Here are some easy steps to get you started putting together your own field experience manual.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/school-comes-camp-new-era-funding-camp-school-partnerships-three-part

School Comes to Camp: A New Era in Funding Camp/School Partnerships

Think camp!  Think academics surrounded with the enrichment experiences camps traditionally provide. Add in the social emotional learning skills camps reinforce.  The result is a community...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lessons-learned-acas-crisis-hotline-2021

Lessons Learned from ACA's Crisis Hotline in 2021

Part of the magic of camp is the unexpected. In most cases, the unexpected means spontaneous, unscripted moments of connection, growth, and renewal — but the unexpected can also mean uncertainty, or...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dos-donts-universities-colleges-hosting-youth-summer-camps

Dos and Don’ts for Universities and Colleges Hosting Youth Summer Camps

This article discusses how to proactively prevent injuries while hosting camp programs and how to respond to injuries if someone does get hurt despite all precautions.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-western-camps-virtual-conference

ACA Western Camps Virtual Conference

Join us for the ACA Western Camps Virtual Conference on December 6-7, 2022.  This two-day online conference is an affordable and convenient way to connect with other camp professionals and learn...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/delta-division-diversity-guidance-navigating-uncertainty-age-covid

Delta, Division, and a Diversity of Guidance: Navigating Uncertainty in the Age of COVID

Back in the summer of 2020, some camps embarked on an important yet uncertain adventure: They decided to operate during the heart of the pandemic. At the time, there was much speculation in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/link/indigenous-peoples-history-united-states

An Indigenous People's History of the United States

An Indiginous People's History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States is an essential resource providing historical...

https://www.acacamps.org/link/native-land-map

Native Land Map

Use this digital land map as a guide to the territories that tribes originally occupied, then find the current local tribes and learn their history.