https://www.acacamps.org/link/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.  

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/campwire-podcast

The CampWire podcast features episodes of in-depth conversations with camp and youth development experts.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-southwest-fall-workshop

Calling all Youth Development Professionals... Are you a manager of a youth program? Do you work with an organization offering youth programming? Do you lead or work at a summer camp? Whether you’...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-march-5-2024-new-kind-camp-culture-march-april-camping-magazine

In this issue: the latest Project Real Job blog on camp culture, upcoming Camp Advocacy Call, latest Camping Magazine, and more....

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/staff-recruitment-retention-downloadable-handouts

These free resources help tell the story about the importance of adding summer camp experience to a resume!

https://www.acacamps.org/donate/give-kruger-endowment

Continue a tradition of Caring It takes a special person to devote time and resources to a worthy cause. Joe Kruger was a special person, a beloved volunteer whose vision and tireless energy...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/how-i-made-2000-friendship-bracelets-4-weeks

“I have an idea . . . but it’s a little crazy.” The weekly marketing meeting began with this disclaimer from me. I proposed that we, my team of six people, would make 2,000 friendship...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/public-policy

As an educational nonprofit association, the American Camp Association is dedicated to providing quality, reliable, and up-to-date information about the laws and regulations and other public policy...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-essentials-supporting-staff-mental-health-well-being

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define mental health as “your emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It can therefore affect every stage of life and impact how you...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/new-kind-camp-culture

When international staff work at your summer camp, it's important to consider cultural differences such as context, social hierarchies, concepts of personal space, individualism versus collectivism...