https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/learning-live-fire-how-camps-can-adapt-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/article/camping-magazine/more-village-why-summer-camps-are-key-raising-kids-right

A well-known (believed to be an African) proverb advises us, “It takes a village to raise a child” (Goldberg, 2016). By way of explanation, the Exchange Family Center (EFC) offers, “Back in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/games-activities-strengthen-positive-mental-health

“Remember this — every member of your staff and every camper in your program has been through a traumatic experience!” One of my absolute favorite ACA National Conference moments came a few years...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/hammers-nails-surviving-thriving

I’ve been taking long walks recently. As we have been providing mental health resources for camp directors, we often suggest eating better and getting more sleep and exercise. So I’ve been walking....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/funding-camp-underserved-children-youth

Dear Colleagues: Happy New Year! Hopefully, families across our country are still enjoying memories of a happier and healthier 2021 Thanksgiving and holiday...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-includes-me-intersectional-approach-equity-camp

The “Surviving and Thriving” theme for this year’s ACA National Conference is one that both acknowledges the challenges that we as a society have triumphantly endured over the last few years and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/supply-chain-disruptions-causes-management-strategies

It is no secret that a serious economic repercussion of the COVID-19 pandemic is the disruption of the global supply chain. Interruptions began with lockdowns resulting in the suspension of labor,...

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/link/indigenous-peoples-history-united-states

An Indiginous People's History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States is an essential resource providing historical...

https://www.acacamps.org/2022-camps-campus-conference

We hope you can join us for the virtual conference on March 8–9.