https://www.acacamps.org/blog/refining-survey-instruments-amplifying-youth-voice

Through our ongoing efforts to inform and continually improve, we’re building a multi-faceted approach to collecting camper impact data and feedback. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-20-midsummer-safety-training-staff

In the 20th episode of CampWire, ACA talks with Ian Garner of Markel Insurance and Katie Johnson of ...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2011

Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Year with the Hotline Since 1985, the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline has helped thousands of camps in times of crisis. The Hotline serves as outside...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2013

Hotline Phone Number: 800-573-9019 “Hello. We have a young female camper who has been ill and just revealed to our nurse that two days before she came to camp she had an abortion without her...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2012

Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Another Busy Year with the Hotline What would you do if . . . Your disgruntled nurse leaves camp with all of the campers’ medications — and she is...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff

It was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/camps-crisis-acas-annual-review-camp-crisis-hotline

Imagine — . . . You discover that one of your campers has been pretending to be someone else — under the direction of her parents. . . . Guests of a rental group on your...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/consultant-dynamic-ensuring-successful-engagement

When leaders of camps and other youth-serving organizations contemplate the use of a consultant, it is in their best interest to truly understand the potential advantages and pitfalls — and how best...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/integrating-duty-care-your-organizational-camp-culture

A child is injured by a falling rock during a climbing lesson. A volunteer is paralyzed when a horse they are leading kicks out. During unstructured time, a camper falls off the top bunk while...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/aca-increases-inclusivity-applicability-its-accreditation-program

The American Camp Association Increases Inclusivity and Applicability to Its Accreditation Program Indianapolis, IN: After two years of information gathering...