Meet
our Partners, Sponsors, and Educational Alliances
Over $50,000 Partners
Mission Partner
Presidential Partner
Camp Ambassador
Camp Leader
Under $50,000 Partners
Camp
Champion
Camp
Believer
Camp
Supporter
Conference Sponsors
Other Partners
Educational
Alliances
Media Partner
Mission Partner
Markel
Insurance Company Through generous funding from
Markel Insurance Company, ACA
is conducting the Healthy Camp
Study, a five-year injury and
illness monitoring project which
will culminate in 2011 with a
national Healthy Camp Symposium. Learn
more.
Presidential
Partner
A Presidential Partner will help
ACA ensure that an increasing number
of children, youth, and adults
of all social, cultural, and economic
groups, will have a camp experience
through significant philanthropic
investments and marketing affiliations.
Official
Camp Ambassador
An Official Camp Ambassador is
a company that has a strong voice
for camp and understands the importance
of the camp experience by supporting
ACA’s educational programs
through a charitable gift.
Official
Camp Leader
National
Recreation and Park
Association:
The National Recreation
and Park Association
collaboration supports
the development of
online courses for
directors, managers,
and front-line staff;
Nature-Based Leadership
Development; promotion
and dissemination
of camper and staff
injury and illness
research; Learn
more.
Official
Camp Champion
Camp
Believer
Consorta – ACA
PurchasingPoint Program:
This program will save your
camp money through special
negotiated contracts with
national known suppliers
that your camps are already
using on a daily basis. Never
before have camps had this
buying power. Learn
More.
Weekly
Reader: Disseminate
programs and educational
materials nationally in school-based
settings and summer camps. Programs
are sponsored through national
corporations. Learn
More.
Camp
Supporter
Payment
Processing Consultants:
Provides an easy way for
ACA members and camps to
secure low cost solutions
for credit card acceptance.
PPC specializes in providing
programs that will enhance
and add value to your camp
family relationships. Learn
More.
John
Deere: Maintain your
camp facilities and save
up to 28% off your grounds
equipment purchases. Learn
More.
Xerox: ACA
members save thousands in printing
costs using the FreeColorPrinters
program. Bring your outsourced
printing in-house to maximize
your marketing impact with cost-
effective, high quality, easily
customizable printed materials.
To see if you qualify, apply
at: www.freecolorprinters.com
enter ACA as the promo code. Learn
More.
Conference
Sponsor
Conference Sponsors are companies
that support the ACA National Conference
programs and educational sessions
by sponsoring a special event,
item, or a specific session through
a substantial sponsor investment. View
this year's sponsors.
Children
and Nature Network: Promote
the importance of nature
for children; joint promotion
of ACA’s “Green
Spoken Here” program; reconnect
children and nature by sharing
articles and research; develop
nature-based education tools
for parents/families.
FFA:
Cross promotion and marketing
of educational resources as part
of the Camp2Grow project, providing
camps with access to LifeKnowledge® leadership
curriculum.
Johns
Hopkins, Center for Summer
Learning: Promotion
of the importance of summer
learning experiences for
all children; communications,
marketing, and outreach to
improve youth development
outcomes and implement youth
program quality assessment/tools. Learn
more.
Leave
No Trace: Assist
ACA in providing quality
environmental stewardship
and skills-building education
programs for camp and youth
professionals. Learn
more.
Teach for America: Provide
a continuum of care in the areas
of youth development and leadership
from camp age through early employment;
promote ACA membership and camp
employment to TFA applicants;
disseminate educational materials
about the camp experience to
students in schools where TFA
teachers are placed. Learn
more.
Texas
A&M University:
Technology support for the e-Institute distance-learning
network; partner in workforce
development research proposal.
University
of Georgia, College of Education:
Online course development
for ACA’s e-Institute. Examples
include “Designing
Quality Youth Programs,” “Creating
Positive Youth Outcomes,” and
new courses for parents and
potential staff.
University
of Utah, Center for
Health Sciences: Development
and testing of ACA’s
Youth Outcomes Battery; Research
to identify factors that
lead to positive youth outcomes; Learn
more.
WGBH-Public
Broadcasting, Boston, MA: Dissemination
of the “Fetch! With
Ruff Ruffman” program
to ACA camps, sponsored by
a National Science Foundation
grant dissemination or linking
agreement. Learn
more.
Camp
Fire USA: Letter
of support for the Nature-Based
Leadership Development Proposal;
ACA affiliates and volunteers;
collaborate on the national
camp executives group.
High/Scope—Forum
for Youth Investment:
To develop the nature-based
YPQA (Youth Program Quality
Assessment) tool; Nature-Based
Leadership Development.
The
Innovation Center:
Develop and pilot-test youth
and civic engagement curriculum
and training models for non-formal,
nature-based settings.
National
4-H Council: Support
for dissemination of ACA’s
educational resources; Nature-Based
Leadership Development; collaborate
on the national camp executives
group; disseminate research
and products related to youth
outcomes and quality assessment.
North
Carolina State University:
Improvement of active lifestyles
with children in a proposal
to the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.
America's
Promise: The Alliance
for Youth (Re-branded as “First
Focus”): Phillip
Lovell, vice-president of
Education, has served on
the ACA Board of Directors
for the past three years;
Alliance partner www.americaspromise.org/APA.htm.
Girl
Scouts of the USA: ACA
affiliates and volunteers;
collaborate on the national
camp executives group.
YMCA of the USA: ACA
affiliates and volunteers; collaborate
on the national camp executives
group; offer shared dissemination
on camp-related education.
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Virginia
Tech: Partner
in workforce development
research proposal
LifeLock: Protect your
identity from being stolen and
support ACA through your LifeLock
membership. Learn
More
Media
Partner
USA
Today; CAMP Today:
Publishes ACA camp-related
articles and runs an ACA
ad in 4 issues a year to
over 5 million readers. Special
advertising rates for ACA
camps.
Chicago
Tribune: Publishes
ACA camp-related articles
and runs an ACA ad in their
special camp guide issue
to over 865,000 households.
Special advertising rates
for ACA camps.
Camp is just around the corner, and you’ve still got to pack! You might be a pro at packing for camp, but there are always a few things you might forget. That's why The Clorox Company is partnering with the ACA to bring you a simple list of great suggestions for what counselors and staff should make sure is on their packing list this summer. Take a look – it just might save you from leaving something really important off your list!
Learn the skills you need to succeed. Camping Magazine is your primary source for the most recent trends in the camp industry, the latest research in the field of youth development, critical management tools, and innovative programming ideas. The July/August 2010 issue features articles that address programming, history, 20/20 Toolbox, and more.
Children and youth need a community that: encourages achievement and builds self-esteem; promotes healthy lifestyles, fitness, and activity; teaches in a classroom without walls; instills appreciation, respect, and responsibility for the natural world around them; and inspires the confidence and courage to become the leaders of tomorrow.
ACA's Because of Camp…™ outdoor advertising campaign officially launched in early January. Since that time, orders have been arriving daily for billboards, posters, and transit shelters. Several orders have been placed already, and are being shipped to vendors nationwide. Visit ACA's Say It Big Web page to view a map of advertising placements as they are confirmed.
Preserving the rich history of the camp experience is essential for the future. The American Camp Association (ACA) is proud to celebrate our 100th Anniversary in 2010 and the 150th Anniversary of Organized Camping in 2011, and to honor our past with this Web-based tribute.
