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ACA's Efforts to Connect Children
With Nature
Camp is an important context where children
experience nature firsthand. In fact, one
of ACA's current areas of emphasis
is reconnecting children and nature. ACA
is pursuing collaborations with other organizations
in a national movement often credited to
Richard Louv, author of Last
Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children
From Nature Deficit Disorder. A new
task force has been created by ACA's Board
of Directors to coordinate this effort.
For more information about this initiative,
contact Barry Garst, director of research
application, at (765) 349-3312 or bgarst@ACAcamps.org.
Green is Spoken Here! A wide variety of
online nature education resources are available
from ACA that can help you connect children
with nature:
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Teen-Focused Column Coming Soon to Camping
Magazine
Do you want to know more about teens .
. . their likes and dislikes, "hot-button" social
issues, spending behaviors, and generally
what makes them tick? Beginning with the
September/October 2007 issue of Camping
Magazine, ACA will present a series of
columns about teens based upon the research
collected from Teen Research Unlimited
(TRU), a leading provider of teen data.
TRU surveys teens from across the U.S.
and even employs teens from major U.S.
cities to help them determine "what's
hot" and "what's not."
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Creating Positive Youth Outcomes Workbook
Available Now!
Thinking about how to evaluate the outcomes
of your program? Need some help? ACA's
outcomes resources are designed to assist
camps with their evaluation efforts. Access
the Creating
Positive Youth Outcomes workbook,
a tool for helping you and your staff develop
a process to identify and measure outcomes. Link
to the ACA Camper
Outcomes Questionnaires.
These age-specific versions of short, easy-to-administer
surveys are available free to any ACA member.
Check it out today to give yourself reliable
tools that will help you "tell your
story" with solid evidence tomorrow!!
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ACA to Survey Camps to Learn More about
Sites, Facilities, and Programs
ACA is committed
to providing industry relevant research
and information that camps can use to improve
their business operations. Following the
Budget and Finance Survey in 2005 and ACA Camp
Salary and Compensation Report 2007,
ACA is now poised to survey members about
camp sites, facilities, and programs in
the fall of 2007. We encourage every ACA
camp to take advantage of this important
opportunity to help us provide you with
relevant business research you can use.
Learn more about ACA's
business operations
research.
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