https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-perceptions-perspectives-2012

Change is inevitable and everywhere. As we know, this is both good and not so good news. It’s good news for those of us who embrace change, revel in its benefits, and must employ the latest...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/locally-grown-how-ttt-society-changes-lives-through-community-connection

Even in today’s globalized world, many camps and youth-serving organizations still value local connections. While embracing technology to keep in touch with camp alumni or reach a broader audience,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/asian-longhorned-beetle-threat-our-forests

For most camp professionals, imagining a camp without trees would be hard to fathom. Especially since for the past century, you and other American Camp Association® (ACA) camp professionals have...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/summary-consumer-rights-under-fair-credit-reporting-act

Below are excerpts of information contained in the form that must be provided to applicants on whose background the employer is checking. The full form is available from all credit and background...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/alert-review-your-workplace-harassment-policies-now

The Equal Opportunity Commission has recently published an Enforcement Guidance Memorandum on the subject of vicarious employer liability for unlawful harassment by supervisors (meaning, when is the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/supreme-court-clarifies-liability-supervisory-sexual-harassment-policy-training-become-virtually

On June 26, 1998, the United States Supreme Court issued two long-awaited decisions addressing the scope of employer liability for sexual harassment engaged in by supervisors. Both cases, Burlington...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/checking-criminal-histories

Every nonprofit organization is responsible for taking reasonable measures to protect service recipients from harm. This responsibility extends to all facets of a camp's interactions with its...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/new-light-shed-normal-sex-behavior-child

When the third-grade teacher noticed a student habitually touching her genitals as she sat in class, she became concerned and did what Federal law requires of teachers: she told the school...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/thirty-feet-air

"Amanda, I know you can do this." The counselor Ashley held out both hands to the girl in front of me on the ropes course, looking her directly in the eye. It was good that Ashley had so much faith...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-i-learned-woods

I spent the las t four summers of my life hidden behind a mass of trees and rolling hills. Separated from civilization by mere miles, I entered a world that sent my imagination whirling and my sense...