https://www.acacamps.org/resources/social-security-international-staff

American Camp Association urges camps to abide by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling and obtain Social Security numbers for all international staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/download/retaining-developing-high-potential-talent-national-assembly

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/training-tool-sheets-camp-directors-camp-counselors

Drawing from what we are learning through the ACA Research Initiative, we've gathered some tools that could help you and your staff. With so little time in precamp orientation to do everything you...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/building-healthy-relationships-parents-what-every-camp-needs-know

Today’s parents are supportive and dedicated to their children, but they are also the most anxious and controlling parents in American history. Successful camps have strategies in place for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/twenty-tips-20-something-supervisor

Being in that very first supervisory role is hard for everyone — regardless of age. For younger supervisors there are added challenges in building credibility and gaining the respect of others — it’s...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/counselor-success-kit

“It is not our abilities that determine who we are, it is our choices.” — Harry Potter Since 1861 when the first organized camp began, awesome people like you have given their time and talents to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dealing-delicate-situation-camp

Dear Bob, We are a coed resident camp. Our campers start at age seven or eight and often stay until age 15. One of our 15-year-old female campers, who is about to start her last year as a camper,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tell-tale-heart-your-floors

Over the past year, we’ve become aware of some innovations that may make carpeting a more suitable and attractive alternative than it has been before. Given the heavy soiling brought in with camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/transitional-objects-creating-continuity-camp-experience

Are you taking this?” a friend asked, thrusting an old stuffed dog my way. “Of course!” I replied. Turning my life upside down by selling my house, getting married, and going on the road in an RV...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/defining-bullying-national-bullying-awareness-month

While October is National Bullying Awareness Month, what can we do as a camp community to bring awareness year round?