https://www.acacamps.org/blog/2020-sites-facilities-programs-study-findings-day-camps

You’ve probably gathered by now that, here in the research wing of ACA, one of our favorite pastimes consists of developing surveys, studies, and evaluations that help us expand the value and...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/state-laws-regulations/state-regulations-rhode-island

Date Revised: 04/19/2019

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/picking-right-day-camp

Now is a great time for parents to arrange a tour of a local day camp.  Whether parents are looking for a camp for the first time for their child or thinking about switching camps, going on a...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/organizations-companies-offering-virtual-resources-services

Arts and Crafts/Camp In a Box Ideas/Music Acorn Naturalists Darice...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-more-essential-ever

Camp teaches . . . and we do it really well. So well in fact that the kids have no idea they are learning. Camp is a kid-tested and parent-approved classroom with a curriculum that delivers daily...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-tips-healthy-eating-made-easy-your-camp

Saying that this year has thrown us for a loop is an understatement. Whether you are attending camp virtually or on-site and socially distanced, one thing remains the same—you’ve got to eat....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/one-novel-coronavirus-two-afflictions

The camp industry will need a manual for how to have camp in a pandemic. It’s a manual that will need updating and revising and the input of many collaborators. It can only happen if camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/weak-board-vs-strong-board-why-care

What happens when the purpose, focus, talent, and emotional strength of a board of directors goes haywire? Chaos, confusion, frustration, heartache, and spiraling negativity are just some of the side...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/innovating-better-outcomes-2020-eleanor-eells-award-winners

Each year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence recognizes camps that epitomize the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide sterling programming that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/american-camp-association-advocating-camps-good-times-bad

Dear friends, Our world has changed in unimaginable ways. This pandemic has presented incredible challenges to all of us. Those camps that have opened this season have faced tremendous obstacles,...