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The Crisis Communications Handbook
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ACA Camp Crisis Hotline
Templates and Sample Forms and Letters
Communicating with Parents
Communicating with the Media
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Proactive General Key Messages
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About the Authors

Crisis Communications:
Tools for Camps and Other Youth Programs

The Crisis Communications HandbookTake control of a crisis at your camp with a proven communications system.

Take Control: Be prepared for nearly any camp crisis with a strong, comprehensive communications system that keeps everyone—parents, staff, campers, the public, and the media—well informed and calm.

Use this Web site in conjunction with the book to support your communication efforts before, during, and after a crisis.

Order the book now.

Learn more about creating a crisis communications plan by taking the online e-Institute course about Crisis Communications. Appropriate for all key staff.

More Helpful Information Related to Crisis Communications
The world around us changes every day. To keep the Crisis Communications Handbook up to date, ACA has created this page, to serve as the gateway to useful documents and articles, downloadable tools, various websites, and other helpful information. These tools should be used in conjunction with the Crisis Communication Handbook.

What people are saying:

"This isn't just a book on crisis communications, it's a handbook on how to run a great camp!"

— Bernd Foecking, assistant director, Camp Echo
American Camp Association | Summer camps enrich children's lives!

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2010 September/October Camping Magazine Magazine

Join more than 1,500 of your colleagues, presenters, and exhibiting personnel at the 2011 National Conference in San Diego. Fourplus packed days of quality education, social and issuesbased networking, professional trade-show access, and special events are designed to boost your professional development.

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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!

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Find a Camp

Looking for a summer camp? Search over 2,400 ACA-Accredited camps.

Find a Job

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