https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-jedi-strategy-vital-integration-organizational-success

For far too long, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) efforts have been pushed to the sidelines, often treated as separate initiatives rather than an essential strategy embedded into the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-or-fiasco-ensuring-leaders-staff-campers-learn-failure

We need to fail before we achieve success. In our personal and professional lives, we generally try to succeed, which is perfectly sensible. To reach our potential, however, we must stop fearing...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/flutterbys-community-ties

I imagine butterflies dancing in my stomach, a jumble of colors, probing antennae, and wings thrumming against my tensed muscles to the beat of my pounding heart. The mental picture of something...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/air-quality-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/news/newsletter/aca-now-december-19-2023-annual-impact-report

In this issue: the 2023 Annual Impact Report, blog about the Salvation Army sending kids to camps, a new Project Real Job blog, and more....

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-donating-salvation-army-red-kettle-helps-send-kids-camp

A portion of funds gathered through Salvation Army red kettle donations during the winter go toward sending kids to camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/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/sponsored/zoom-rooms-zen-dens-redesigning-camp-space-mental-health

As we shared recently, a lot of camps are redesigning...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-december-12-2023-national-conference-beating-staff-burnout

In this issue: National Conference registration deadline, Camping Magazine article on beating staff burnout, new CampWire podcast with Jeremy Enns, and more....

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/changing-needs-campers-staff-new-model-new-normal

During the summer of 2023, myself and my coworkers at The Redwoods Group visited around 150 camps and summer programs. And there was one common theme that we kept hearing time-and-time-again:...