https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/one-novel-coronavirus-two-afflictions

The camp industry will need a manual for how to have camp in a pandemic. It’s a manual that will need updating and revising and the input of many collaborators. It can only happen if camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/time-grieve-dealing-loss-change-summer-beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed life for many of us, and nearly everyone is experiencing some form of loss this summer — loss that may continue into the foreseeable future. We recently...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/are-apps-game-changer-camps

Running a summer camp is no easy feat. Demands on camp administrators are unrelenting. Attention gets divided among children, staff, budgets, supplies, transportation, and other operational logistics...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/innovating-better-outcomes-2020-eleanor-eells-award-winners

Each year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence recognizes camps that epitomize the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide sterling programming that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/weak-board-vs-strong-board-why-care

What happens when the purpose, focus, talent, and emotional strength of a board of directors goes haywire? Chaos, confusion, frustration, heartache, and spiraling negativity are just some of the side...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/armed-dangerous-fugitive-situations-near-camp

In the summers of 2017 and 2018, the West Virginia 4-H camp program experienced multiple incidents where camps were locked down due to armed suspects in the area. In one incident, a man stole a truck...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/american-camp-association-advocating-camps-good-times-bad

Dear friends, Our world has changed in unimaginable ways. This pandemic has presented incredible challenges to all of us. Those camps that have opened this season have faced tremendous obstacles,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/moving-forward-together-july-2020

Dear Colleagues, I wish to express deep gratitude to all of ACA’s volunteers, leaders, donors, sponsors, partners, and members for your generous leadership and support over the past year and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/buying-camp-complex-process

Camp properties and operations are bought and sold every year. For the aspiring camp professional, the allure of owning and operating "the whole show" can be almost irresistible. However, the breadth...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/10-commandments-communicable-disease-protective-behaviors-camp-refresher

In addition to the current COVID-19 pandemic, you may also recall norovirus and SARS (also a coronavirus) outbreaks, Ebola, or even 2009's H1N1 "Swine Flu." There are lots of communicable diseases...