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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you-improving-incident-documentation

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Improving Incident Documentation

A group of teenage campers was participating in a team building activity that required them to solve a problem. One of their solutions to was to raise one of the smallest kids as high as they could...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/international-staff-best-practices-j-1-participants

International Staff - Best Practices for J-1 Participants

Get information about BridgeUSA J-1 Visa Camp Counselor and Summer Work Travel Programs, as well best practices and resources for international camp staff and camp cultural exchange.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/nasa-globe-goes-camps-summer-long-temperature-data-collection

NASA GLOBE Goes to Camp's Summer Long Temperature Data Collection

Join summer campers from over 30 GLOBE camps across the United States as they collect air temperature, soil temperature, surface temperature, and water temperature data ...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/rhythm-power-drum-positive-benefits-group-drumming-camps

Rhythm and the Power of the Drum: The Positive Benefits of Group Drumming for Camps

There are 3.2 million hashtags of #drumming on Instagram alone; it's no doubt one of the most popular percussion instruments around and is said to be the world’s oldest instrument. Research...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/rule-three-virtual-world-keeping-safe-all-angles

The Rule of Three in the Virtual World: Keeping Safe from All Angles

Jamal Stroud, PhD, offers tips on how to keep kids safe online.

https://www.acacamps.org/donate/government-relations-work

ACA Government Relations Working to Support Camps

Like many industries, the US camp industry was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The American Camp Association (ACA) advocated at an unprecedented level during the pandemic to enact...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/helping-camps-go-green-motivators-barriers-camp-sustainability

Helping Camps “Go Green”: The Motivators and Barriers to Camp Sustainability

Like many camp administrators around the country, Jeff Gamble wanted his camp his camp — Jefunira Camp in California — to “go green” and operate more sustainably. But he faced a challenge. The camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/safety-camp-2022-what-we-saw-field

Safety at Camp in 2022: What We Saw in the Field

This post outlines top camp safety concerns played out during summer 2022.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/leave-no-trace-education-inclusion-approaches-strengthen-your-camp-program

Leave No Trace: Education and Inclusion Approaches to Strengthen Your Camp Program

Leave No Trace, the best-known stewardship education program on US public lands, helps to make people a conservation solution through easy, actionable practices that reduce negative impacts.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/emergency-services-your-camp-cultivating-relationship

Emergency Services and Your Camp: Cultivating the Relationship

"If you're a Sheriff's Deputy working out in rural areas, what opportunities do you have to take a bathroom break? Where can you warm up your lunch? Or grab a cup of coffee?" Back when she was a...