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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/camp-planning-hiring-marketing-timeline

Camp Planning, Hiring, and Marketing Timeline

Most successful camp owners start planning for summer nine months in advance. Use Sawyer's downloadable guide and planner to never miss a beat and make summer 2025 the best one yet!

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/compensating-camp-staff-2024-key-wage-issues-consider-setting-your-pay-policies

Compensating Camp Staff in 2024: Key Wage Issues to Consider in Setting Your Pay Policies

This article provides an update on the new "white collar" rule and discusses key issues regarding the compensation of camp staff, with a particular focus on the nuances of the 13(a)(3) "seasonal"...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning

Online Learning

ACA's online professional development offerings and services provide self-directed and learning experiences designed for youth development professionals working in camps, afterschool programs,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/retention-camper-staff-records

Retention of Camper and Staff Records

Questions we will address here include: Should camper and staff records be retained? If so, what should be kept and why? How should a camp retain such records and for how long? When may those records...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-wisconsin-epic-summer-debrief

ACA, Wisconsin EPIC Summer Debrief

WI EPIC Summer Debrief Call Join other Emerging Professionals in Camping (EPIC) for an end of summer debrief. Share your successes and learning curves of your summer season and build...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/analyzing-camp-buying-behavior-how-registration-software-supports-growth

Analyzing Camp Buying Behavior and How Registration Software Supports Growth

Camp is a considered purchase and there are ways to make it an easy decision for parents. Sawyer has analyzed millions of camp and activity purchases to provide tips and advice for camp owners and...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/not-profit-development-roundtable-giving-tuesday

Not-for-Profit Development Roundtable - Giving Tuesday

The 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/article/camping-magazine/theres-camp

There's a Camp for That!

Imagine a world where everyone knows about the value of the camp experience. Where camp is universally considered an essential part of human development. Where every parent, grandparent, and guardian...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-culture-sensitive-are-your-camp-health-services

How Culture-sensitive Are Your Camp Health Services?

Campers and staff come from a variety of backgrounds. An urban-savvy camper becomes the bunkmate to a youth raised on a rural farm; two girls — one from a small mountain village and the other from a...

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...