Changing the lives of children, youth,
and families requires cooperative effort.
Your support is critical, as ACA could
not effectively serve 5 million campers
without the involvement of our partners,
sponsors, and educational alliances. By
supporting ACA, you are helping us achieve
our 20/20 Vision, a goal to serve 20 million
children through the camp experience by
2020.
Camp is important for healthy child
development, and involvement in the camp
experience contributes to five major outcomes
in children:
- Health and Wellness: Promoting
physical activity, reducing childhood
obesity, and encouraging healthy lifestyles.
- Environmental Stewardship: Equipping
young people with the attitudes, knowledge
and skills they need to be stewards of
the environment today and green leaders
of tomorrow.
- Team Building and Leadership:
Helping children learn to overcome obstacles
and to believe in their own prospects
for success.
- Workforce Development:
Helping young people set goals, learn
responsibility, develop interpersonal
skills, and develop an entrepreneurial
spirit.
- Academic Enrichment: Reducing
summer learning loss by preparing children
for learning, engaging them experientially,
and encouraging them to think critically.
Research shows that
camp enables significant growth in confidence
and self-esteem, relationship and friendship
skills, and independence and responsibility – and
this is no more deeply experienced than
among at-risk children. During the summer
when school is out and many children are
left unsupervised and disengaged, camp
provides an environment with appropriate
boundaries, structure and expectations,
and hands-on learning opportunities – the
building blocks for a successful life.
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