https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-study-2020-summer-campcounts-survey

The results from a research study of COVID-19 cases and their relation to the use of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in camps during summer 2020 will be published the week of January 31, 2021...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/new-year-new-skills-pro-tips-finding-securing-grant-funding-your-camp

Learn new skills and a fresh outlook about grant funding opportunities. Grant funding can play an important role in helping nonprofit camps withstand the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Whether you are...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-camp-our-kids-antidote-pandemic-living

For two decades, I’ve been heralding the importance of summer camp to families who have never attended. Years before COVID-19, there existed a world-wide outbreak amongst our youth in technology...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/staff-recruitment-hiring-retention-blog-posts-articles

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-recruitment-covid-19-era

COVID-19 remains a real threat to operations and knowing what is to come this summer. Nonetheless, finding quality summer staff is a must — even if those staffing plans are contingent on what happens...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/day-camp-innovation-its-best

Many camp professionals have a lot of anxiety about running camp in summer 2021. The camp community is surviving by thinking outside the box. Join a panel of day camp professionals who were allowed...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/celebrating-camp-new-research-similarities-differences-across-camp-types

This Research 360 blog post discusses a new study called Similarities and Differences in Summer Camps: A Mixed Methods Study of Lasting Outcomes and Program Elements.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/aca-accreditation-mark-safety-quality

If one positive thing has come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s this: we have collectively realized the benefits of many of the experiences we took for granted prior to the pandemic. Parents and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/liderar-durante-una-crisis-construir-el-avi%C3%B3n-mientras-se-vuela

El 1 de enero de 2020, me encontraba en un crucero en el Golfo, brindando por lo que creía que sería un año increíble. Pero este año pasado no fue lo que yo esperaba. Por primera vez en más de 25...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/summer-2021-camp-exactly-what-young-people-need

Throughout this past fall, reports have been flowing in confirming what many parents, teachers, and camp directors already intuitively knew — the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on our...