Because of Camp…™: Billboards 101 - American Camp Association

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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.

ACA….A Voice for Excellence

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.

Say It Big Coast to Coast!

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.

Celebrate ACA's 100th Anniversary

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.

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You can help ACA place advertising on major highways and around metropolitan locations coast to coast! Your charitable contribution of $400 will purchase one billboard and provide a small donation to the ACA Annual Fund to support future innovative initiatives. Your generous support will increase the general public's awareness of ACA and the camp experience in general – propelling ACA one step closer toward realizing the 20/20 Vision, and seeing 20 million children in camp by the year 2020.

Each billboard requires a $400 donation. Multiple billboards may be donated; however partial donations are not permitted.

Donations must be accompanied by a completed donation form. Donations can also be made online.

Donors will be listed on ACA's Top 100 Billboard Chart online and recognized at the ACA National Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Specific billboard location cannot be requested.

OAAA members choose which of the six billboard designs they wish to place, ACA does not determine which design is selected for specific locations.

Billboards cannot be customized.

Contact Dawn Swindle at 765-349-3317 or dswindle@ACAcamps.org with any questions or concerns.

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