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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/educating-parents-what-your-camp-obligated-do-how
Educating Parents: What Is Your Camp Obligated to Do — and How?Parents are our partners. Not only do they control the supply chain of campers, and to some extent our young-adult seasonal staff, they also are the ones who pay and ensure their children arrive with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/be-prepared-camp-professionals-guide-public-relations
Be PRepared: A Camp Professional’s Guide to Public RelationsWhen facing a crisis, an emergency, or another major happening at your camp, do you have a plan in place for communicating with the media? With campers and their families? With the public?
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ultimate-guide-staffing-your-kitchen
The Ultimate Guide to Staffing Your KitchenIt’s not you. With a 3:1 ratio of available culinary positions to applicants, the labor shortage for kitchen staff continues to be a harsh reality. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-research-methods-where-have-we-been-where-are-we-going
Camp Research Methods: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?A review of the first camp researcher gathering at the 2023 ACA national conference in Orlando
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/staff-training-issue-camping-magazine
2025 Staff Training Issue of Camping MagazineEach year, the May/June issue of Camping Magazine is devoted to staff training — perfect for Staff Orientation!
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lawfully-recruiting-hiring-best-candidates
Lawfully Recruiting and Hiring the Best CandidatesThese 10 tips can help you throughout the staff hiring process.
https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/2023-aca-national-award-recipients-announced
2023 ACA National Award Recipients AnnouncedThe American Camp Association® (ACA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 National Awards. The award winners will be recognized at ACA's National Conference in Orlando, Florida, from...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/camp-school-partnership-demonstration-project-participants
Participants of the Camp-School Partnership ProjectTwenty-one high-quality programs have participated in this project, and we look forward to supporting more partnerships in the future, thanks to additional funding from the SMBC Global Foundation.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-57-pop-camps-projectcamp
CampWire Episode 57: Pop-Up Camps with Project:CampCamp can happen anywhere! Join us for a conversation with Mikey Latner of Project:Camp to learn about the role of camp in times of crisis, bringing fun and a sense of normalcy after disaster strikes...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/innovative-special-projects
Innovative Special ProjectsWith the support of grant funding, ACA’s Research Team is busy testing innovative ideas, tools, and systems in the camp field, ranging from program quality to camp-school partnerships, to camper and...