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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-virtual-experiences-can-positively-impact-summer-learning
How Virtual Experiences Can Positively Impact Summer LearningI have been an EdTech executive for the past 15 years, mostly focused on getting kids prepared for and through college and their first jobs. I led the largest product at the largest educational...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/black-lives-matter
Black Lives MatterA message from ACA's Board Chair and President/CEO.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-28-mental-emotional-social-health-during-covid-19-pandemic-dr-g
CampWire Episode 28: Mental, Emotional & Social Health during a COVID-19 Pandemic with Dr. GOn this episode of CampWire - Board certified attending family physician and resilience expert, Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka “Dr. G” joins John Beitner to speak to the importance of maintaining mental,...
https://www.acacamps.org/donate/gifts-stock-or-bonds
Gifts of Stock and/or BondsGifting stocks and/or bonds to ACA may actually cost you less than the same amount in a monetary gift. If the securities have appreciated and have been held by you for at least 12 months, they may be...
https://www.acacamps.org/donate/donations-ira
Donations from an IRAMoney from an individual retirement account can be donated to charity. In addition, if you've reached the age where you need to make required minimum distributions (RMDs) from your traditional IRAs,...
https://www.acacamps.org/donate/donor-advised-funds
Donor Advised FundsSimplify your giving. A donor advised fund, which is like a charitable savings account, gives you the flexibility to recommend how much and how often money is granted to ACA and other qualified...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/launch-your-virtual-camp-2-weeks-or-less-without-spending-time-money-tech
Launch Your Virtual Camp In 2 Weeks or Less without Spending Time & Money on TechThis year camps face a difficult challenge: how do you bring kids together while keeping them safe?
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/american-camp-association-vice-president-mike-pence-talk-summer-camp
American Camp Association and Vice President Mike Pence Talk Summer CampCamp directors and operators from across the country joined the call to discuss the approach to safely and responsibly reopening summer camps amid COVID-19. Martinsville,...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/who-has-access-who-does-not-how-camps-are-thinking-about-access-equity-virtual-programming
Who Has Access and Who Does Not? How Camps Are Thinking about Access and Equity in Virtual ProgrammingOne might call the shift to virtual camp programming a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not likely we would have widely considered camp and virtual programming prior to the pandemic, but...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/role-mandated-reporters-virtual-youth-programming
The Role of Mandated Reporters in Virtual Youth ProgrammingProtecting children is everyone’s responsibility. Anyone who has a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is being abused must report that suspicion. This even includes when we are interacting with...