Camp Connection

Here are the most recent blog posts for staff, professionals, and the public. 

 

How-to magazine
Marketing Your Online Tuck Shop
June 12, 2020

Many aspects of camp are going digital this year, including your merchandise store. An online tuck shop is an excellent source of revenue for your camp, putting your brand front and centre on items that campers will wear and cherish forever.... Read More

Be Prepared: Practice Your Pandemic-Related Procedures Before Campers Arrive
June 9, 2020

If you are preparing to host campers on-site this summer, make sure you start your season off right by implementing your COVID-19-related procedures as soon as the staff arrive.
CampWire Episode 28: Mental, Emotional & Social Health during a COVID-19 Pandemic with Dr. G
June 8, 2020

On this episode of CampWire - Board certified attending family physician and resilience expert, Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka “Dr. G” joins John Beitner to speak to the importance of maintaining mental, emotional and social health (MESH) as a top... Read More

How Virtual Experiences Can Positively Impact Summer Learning
June 8, 2020

I have been an EdTech executive for the past 15 years, mostly focused on getting kids prepared for and through college and their first jobs. I led the largest product at the largest educational publisher at a time when the education world was... Read More

Black Lives Matter
June 8, 2020

A message from ACA's Board Chair and President/CEO.
ACA and Vice President Mike Pence Talk Summer Camp and COVID-19
June 2, 2020

As a result of our ongoing advocacy efforts in Washington, DC, ACA was grateful to be invited to join the Vice President to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the field of camp. ACA assembled a broadly representative group of leaders from across... Read More

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Launch Your Virtual Camp In 2 Weeks or Less without Spending Time & Money on Tech
June 1, 2020

This year camps face a difficult challenge: how do you bring kids together while keeping them safe? 
Young boy sitting outside with a tablet
Who Has Access and Who Does Not? How Camps Are Thinking about Access and Equity in Virtual Programming
May 26, 2020

One might call the shift to virtual camp programming a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not likely we would have widely considered camp and virtual programming prior to the pandemic, but the pandemic has forced us to think about... Read More

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