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https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/integrating-duty-care-your-organizational-camp-culture
Integrating Duty of Care into Your Organizational Camp CultureA 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/blog/how-host-facebook-fundraiser-aca
How to Host a Facebook Fundraiser for ACALearn how to host a Facebook fundraiser for the American Camp Association in four easy steps.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-17-why-it-matters-research-update
CampWire Episode #17 - Why It Matters: A Research UpdateListen to ACA's Director of Research update us on where we are with the 5-year Impact Study, and she discusses why this matters for the camp community.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/because-camp
Because of CampDid you know that between 2001 and 2004, the American Camp Association (ACA) conducted national research with over 5,000 families from eighty ACA-accredited camps to see if we could “prove” what we...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/overcome-common-barriers-making-your-camp-staff-feel-valued
Overcome Common Barriers to Making Your Camp Staff Feel ValuedAh, the annual review at work. Or, in our camp settings, the end-of-session/summer evaluation. What a wonderful time for me, as a supervisor, to finally tell a staff member how I think they generally...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/better-way-get-useful-feedback-parents-caregivers-part-2
A Better Way to Get Useful Feedback from Parents and Caregivers, Part 2‘Tis the season of parents (and caregivers, and other adults-connected-to-children with whom you as a camp professional interact). You’ve likely dealt with parents and caregivers just about every day...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/evidence-informed-guidance-summer-camp-staff-training-introduction
Evidence-Informed Guidance for Summer Camp Staff Training: An IntroductionThis blog post is the first in a three-part series breaking down a new summer camp staff training resource.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/beyond-covid-19-preparing-camp-multimuscle-approach-summer
Beyond COVID-19: Preparing for Camp from a Multimuscle Approach This SummerWhile COVID-19 care measures are important, we should not lose sight of other important camp considerations. We encourage camps to take a “multimuscle” approach to the summer.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/anatomy-great-camp-registration-form
The Anatomy of a Great Camp Registration FormHere are a few tips to make sure your forms are performing to their maximum potential.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/changes-individual-tax-returns-affecting-camps
Changes to Individual Tax Returns Affecting CampsThere have been many changes to the US tax laws since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Tax filers are finding out some of the realities of the tax law changes as they are filing...