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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-caffeinated-wild-animals-helped-nine-campers-fall-asleep-other-field-observations-one-camp

How Caffeinated Wild Animals Helped Nine Campers Fall Asleep — And Other Field Observations from One Camp Researcher

I sat on a red camping chair in the middle of a cozy cabin in the woods with the beams of nine small flashlights shining in my face from the surrounding bunks. Third- through fifth-grade 4-H campers...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dynamic-interviewing-making-connections-across-season

Dynamic Interviewing: Making Connections Across the Season

If you’re not referring to your interview questions across the season and turning them into outcomes for your staff, let me tell you why you should.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-referral-machine

Building a Referral Machine

Algorithms change and consultants retire, change jobs, or are absorbed by other concerns. Most of it is outside of your control and will at times leave you feeling like a ping-pong ball. The constant...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/template-resource-documents-camp-operations

Template Resource Documents for Camp Operations

ACA is committed to providing resources to assist in your camp's operation. These resources include sample schedules, planning forms, charts of accounts, supply lists, and more. These samples...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-camps-include-character

How Camps Include Character

ACA built a survey to learn more from the field about how character already shows up at camp. In this blog, we share results from the survey and what we are learning so far

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/campcounts-2022-report

CampCounts 2022 Report

CampCounts 2022 is the latest iteration of ACA’s annual business and industry research survey, which aims to support camp professionals in their operational decision-making and to support ACA’s...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/breakthrough-study-outlines-benefits-camp-experience

Breakthrough Study from American Camp Association Outlines the Benefits of Camp Experience

Camp provides a unique and important setting that supports mental health, while creating time away from technology, building key skills like resilience and confidence in youth and young adults. To...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuous-improvement-program-quality-lessons-learned-part-two

Continuous Improvement and Program Quality: Lessons Learned, Part Two

As established in the first “Lessons Learned” article (...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ensuring-camp-safety-13-steps-get-most-out-your-background-screening-process

Ensuring Camp Safety: 13 Steps to Get the Most Out of Your Background Screening Process

Camp is a place for adventure, exploration, growth, and lasting memories. Whether it’s a child’s first time at camp or they’re returning for another summer of fun, one thing remains paramount:...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/survey-says-tech-camp-mixed-bag

Survey Says: Tech at Camp Is a Mixed Bag

If you attended camp as a child prior to 2007, the likelihood is that your parent or guardian asked the camp director how much it cost and how long you would be away. Your parent(s) may have...