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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/boys-camp-developing-skills-life-success
Boys and Camp - Developing Skills for Life SuccessI spent a few months earlier this year visiting camps throughout New England. One of my stops was Camp Watitoh, a sleepaway camp in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, where a college classmate...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/girls-leadership
Girls and LeadershipIn this interview, auther Rachel Simmons speaks to Camping Magazine about creating intentional camp experiences centered on relationship building, asserting oneself, and taking risks.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/now-great-time-use-your-camp-rental-groups
Now Is a Great Time to Use Your Camp for Rental GroupsWhat camp directors do best is being innovative when times get rough. Well, times are rough — so let the innovation begin! Here are benefits of renting our your camp, as well as considerations for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fostering-quality-athletic-programs-camps-promote-lifetime-physical-activity
Fostering Quality Athletic Programs in Camps to Promote Lifetime Physical ActivityFor most of us, summer brings warm feelings and we readily associate summer with the camp experience. Camps have had a long tradition in this country providing valuable life skills and motor skills...
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/summer-camps-successfully-prevented-mitigated-covid-19-transmission-says-new-cdc-study
Summer Camps Successfully Prevented and Mitigated COVID-19 Transmission, Says New CDC StudyResults Demonstrate Successful Operation of Overnight Summer Camps with Use of Layered, Evidence-Based Strategies Martinsville, IN — August 26, 2020 Today the American Camp Association (...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/10-commandments-communicable-disease-protective-behaviors-camp-refresher
The 10 Commandments of Communicable Disease Protective Behaviors at Camp: A RefresherIn addition to the current COVID-19 pandemic, you may also recall norovirus and SARS (also a coronavirus) outbreaks, Ebola, or even 2009's H1N1 "Swine Flu." There are lots of communicable diseases...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/help-stop-asian-longhorned-beetle-killing-more-trees
Help Stop the Asian Longhorned Beetle From Killing More TreesFor any camp professional, imagining a camp without trees would be hard to fathom. Especially since for the past century, you and other ACA camp professionals have worked to preserve the camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/can-your-camp-fill-education-gap-your-community
Can Your Camp Fill the Education Gap in Your Community?What should you consider before making a determination that your camp should offer community educational support?
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/faq-american-camp-associations-approach-covid-19
FAQ: The American Camp Association's Approach to COVID-19I’m confused. Should I plan to run my camp this summer? Go virtual? Take a pause for a year? Where should I start? The CDC has published a...
https://www.acacamps.org/submit-job-fair-listing
Submit a Job Fair ListingWe allow users to submit job fairs listings on our site. This requires an ACA login...