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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/current-considerations-camps-communicable-conditions-2024

Current Considerations for Camps and Communicable Conditions 2024

Camps navigated COVID over the past several years and we continue to encounter communicable illnesses when bringing communities of youth together.  This session provides an update about...

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/resources/staff-recruitment-retention-downloadable-handouts

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/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/campsafe-child-sexual-abuse-prevention-training

CampSafe® Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training

Training your staff to the level of safety and professionalism that you and your camp families expect becomes a greater challenge each year.  Your primary focus is safety and that includes the...

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/air-quality-camp-environment

Air Quality in the Camp Environment

Severe weather events and changing climate are contributing to many challenges for summer camps. The summer of 2023 presented new obstacles for traditional outdoor camp activities due to an onslaught...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/do-employers-understand-summer-camp

Do Employers Understand Summer Camp?

We need to educate the workforce on why they should hire people who worked at camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-working-summer-camp-changed-trajectory-my-life

How Working at Summer Camp Changed the Trajectory of My Life

Jordyn Roark, MSW, originally applied to a summer camp job to secure summer housing — but what she also found was a life-changing experience.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/water-exploring-its-significance-sustenance-sources

Water: Exploring Its Significance, Sustenance, and Sources

Water is sustenance for every living being on earth. Albert Szent-Gyorgi, MD summed it up best, saying, “Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water” (Szent-...

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:...