https://www.acacamps.org/blog/4-questions-ask-when-it-comes-training-camp-staff

Getting ready to open your summer camp in 2021 can be overwhelming. With ever-growing checklists and numerous safety guidelines to consider, it can be difficult to manage alone. Thankfully, you...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-36-transforming-culture-your-camp-organization

In this episode, President of Mo Ranch, Tim Huchton sits down with Mark Dibble (CEO) and Greg Keresztury (COO) of theYMCA of the Pines in southern New Jersey.Together they discuss data strategies,...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/explain-it-im-five-how-do-covid-19-tests-work

[Ad] I got a negative result, but . . . what . . . exactly does that mean?

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/university-camps-navigating-virtual-programming-minors-lessons-learned

Let’s begin by stating the obvious: 2020 was hard! While it was not the path any of us chose, it was the path presented to us, and we had to adapt. Some programs made the difficult decision...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/10-steps-starting-camp-podcast

If you’re one of the 155 million US residents who has listened to a podcast (55 percent of our population), then you might enjoy starting one for your camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/testing-considerations-sars-cov-2-summer-camp-settings

A major challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to be our ability to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 effectively, efficiently, and economically in both symptomatic and asymptomatic...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-recruiting-answer-right-front-you

What if your recruitment efforts started at your camp — with campers you already know? Falling Creek outlines their plan to flip our recruitment strategy from outside to the inside.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/bridgeusa-cultural-exchange-program-update

Before COVID-19, summer camps were hosting an average of 25,000 cultural exchange visitors through the BridgeUSA Camp Counselor program each year, filling critical leadership and specialty instructor...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/covid-19/online-learning-events

ACA continues to add online learning opportunities and events related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/curbing-covid-learning-loss-while-summer-camp

There is so much we can do as parents, teachers, administrators, and even trusted camp counselors and camp directors to support the mental health of children, curb learning loss, and reengage...