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How You Can Help Texas Hill Country Camps and Families ACA has collected various ways you can help the Texas Hill Country in the wake of the devastating floods.

This has been really hard to process. I’m so heartbroken for the families, staff, directors, community, etc. I think about who we are in this space and who we hire. The staff who fought to save these campers, the campers helping each other, the staff/directors who ran to help the people, the emergency services, etc. We train and rehearse for this and hope it never happens. There is nothing to be said that can take away the sorrow, the hurt, the loss. We can donate, help with recovery, send thoughts and prayers…..

What else can we do? How can we make sure this never happens again? I don’t have the answers and it’s too soon to have all the answers.

What I do know is that the camp community is hurting and wants to help anyway that it can. Because that is who we are and who we will always be. I will send along ways to help as we know more. Thanks for caring. ❤️

While the coming days will bring grief and heartbreak, the strength of the camp community lies in its unity. From Hill Country to the Heartland, in camps from coast to coast, this community has always found strength in connection and support.

So I won an award from the American Camp Association Wisconsin. I am so honored to be recognized. I still can’t believe it and this has definitely put a little pep in my step the last week.

The Acorn Award is the highest honor presented to a nominated member of ACA, Wisconsin.

1. Highest standards of character and moral standing.
2. Membership with ACA for a period of at least 10 years and with ACA, Wisconsin for at least 5 years.
3. Service rendered by individual is outstanding, beneficial to camping, and reflected in benefits to ACA, Wisconsin.
4. Participation and/or leadership in ACA national events, trainings/workshops/institutes, outstanding programs, or chairing national committees.
5. Articles for publications, research efforts, and/or public presentations related to camping.
6. Active participation in other organizations: civic, fraternal, religious, or professionally related.

Thank you for the beautiful stickers! The whole process was easy and very quick! Thank you so much!

I’ll be in Palm Springs at the Spring Leadership Conference April 18-21! Come to my session on Thursday, April 20th called Late to the Party: Ideas for onboarding late hired staff and grab a cool sticker!

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