Business Management

Paying Enough and Training Right! A Snapshot of Salary, Benefits, and Professional Development Practices in Camps

Read the full article at www.ACAcamps.org/research/improve/compensation-benefits/snapshot. This article provides some key findings from ACA’s recent study, the Camp Compensation...

Teaching the Skills That Children Need to Succeed

In his book Homesick and Happy, child psychologist Michael Thompson, PhD, describes the dilemma that faces so many of today’s parents. “I have spoken with many parents, who, out of...

Risk Management: Changing Risk — Paying for and Coordinating Health Care at Camp after Health Care Reform

This information is current as of July 24, 2013. For the latest information, please visit www.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy/health-care-laws/health-insurance. There are big changes...

What Directors Want to Know about 2012 Summer Enrollment

“The camp is in a turnaround . . . climbing back after multiyear decline.” — Respondent, Fall 2012 Enrollment Survey The Spring 2012 Enrollment Sneak Peek seemed to indicate a good...

Learning for Life: Reaching New Audiences, Reaching New Heights

In a world that is witnessing the most dramatic demographic transformation in its history, these words could not be more poignant. Defining camp by duration, activity, or location...

Search Marketing on the Web — Drive New Camper Enrollment and Alternative Businesses

The quiet, final weeks of August find camp directors exhaling and peering out over empty fields — luckier ones are on a beach somewhere preparing meticulously crafted reenrollment...

20/20 Toolbox: Mixing the Nonprofit with the For Profit

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
Soon after we assumed the ownership of Camp Mont Shenandoah in 1996, my husband, Jay, and I were interested in establishing a scholarship program for our campers. We were clueless...

20/20 Toolbox: The American Camp Association as Your Camp’s Nonprofit Partner

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
For many camps, the benefits of partnering with an existing nonprofit for the purpose of scholarship fundraising far outweigh the extensive challenges of starting their own...

20/20 Toolbox: Scholarship, Fundraising, and Outreach Strategies for All Camps

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19
As camp operators, we are keenly aware that when kids go to camp, they make positive gains in self-reliance, independence, communication, and self-esteem. Unplugged from the...

A Place to Share: Your Label to Embrace: Giver

In life we are accustomed to being categorized by type. Some categories are obvious: men and women, children and adults. Other categories are not as obvious but just as defining...
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