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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/everything-everywhere-all-once-how-summer-camps-help-emerging-adults

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: How Summer Camps Help Emerging Adults

Growing up requires many important developmental stages and steps one must master. Camp can help.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/empowering-camps-building-belonging-stronger-brighter-future-all

Empowering Camps, Building Belonging: A Stronger and Brighter Future for All

Learn more about the process behind how ACA came to adopt new mission and vision statements.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-50-volunteerism-aca

CampWire Episode 50: Volunteerism and ACA

Are you interested in becoming an ACA volunteer? Do you already serve ACA by sharing your time and talents?

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-live-fire-how-camps-can-adapt-new-normal

Learning to Live with Fire: How Camps Can Adapt to the New Normal

In August of 2018, the Donnell Fire started in Tuolumne County, California — eventually destroying some 60 square miles of forests before burning out on October 1 of that year. It was a stressful...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-prepare-your-camp-wildfire-season

How to Prepare Your Camp for the Wildfire Season

The last few wildfire seasons have been more destructive than years' past. These tips can help you keep your summer camp safe during wildfire season.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-summer-camp

Why Summer Camp?

Consider giving your kids an old-school, summer camp experience that they will learn from and cherish for the rest of their lives — it could end up being the wisest parental investment you ever...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/3-weeks-summer-camp-what-i-learned-educator-being-camp-parent

3 Weeks at Summer Camp: What I Learned as an Educator by Being a Camp Parent

I feel like I just spent three weeks at Jewish summer camp. I experienced the highs of color war, the exhilaration of kayaking in the lake, the fear of the high ropes course, and the spirit of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/videos-impact-camp

Videos: The Impact of Camp

Does summer camp really make a difference? We know camp changes lives but what impact does it have on the lives of former campers? The American Camp Association’s large-...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp

What's the Best Age for Camp?

You probably want a number here.  If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help

Too Much Screen Time? Four Ways Summer Camp Can Help

Children between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...