https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/sample-issues-camp-2018

I spend time with camp professionals from May to August consulting with directors on the more perplexing and complicated issues they face with campers, staff, or parents during the camp season. This...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/thank-you-helping-change-childrens-lives

As the holiday season approaches, we at the American Camp Association (ACA) realize we have many reasons to be grateful. In the camp world, there are so many people who make an impact, and we are...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-summer-camp-may-be-secret-longer-life

The benefits of summer camp may lead campers to live longer, happier, stress-free lives.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-15-meet-2019-eells-program-award-winners

In the fifteenth episode of CampWire, meet the five winners of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence. These camps will be honored at ACA's National Conference next month in Nashville.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/strategic-planning-process-update-december-2018

You may already be aware that ACA has begun a significant strategic planning process. As such, we want you to be fully informed about our strategic planning process. As a starting point, it is...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/j-1-visas-camp-counselor-summer-work-travel-programs

The ACA Government Affairs team — consisting of ACA leadership, ACA volunteer leaders, an ACA consultant, and ACA hired lobbyists — continue to vigorously defend the need for and value of J-1 Visa...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2018

These are just a few of the actual situations faced by camps this year. These examples and many others were fielded by ACA's Camp Crisis Hotline team. The Hotline serves as third-party support for...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-you-can-use-10-ways-use-camper-impact-study-findings-your-camp

Learn how to use findings from phase 2 of the American Camp Association's Youth Impact Study.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/videos-impact-camp

Does summer camp really make a difference? We know camp changes lives but what impact does it have on the lives of former campers? The American Camp Association’s large-...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tough-tender-optimistic-trend-male-staff

I was at the end of a full day of training 300 group leaders (GLs) at the San Diego YMCA in early May 2018. I ended with a story that I hoped would portray a deeper sense of friendship that campers...