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Camp Enrollment Results for Summer
2006
Wondering how enrollments were for summer 2006? Results
are in for Enrollment Survey 2006, here some of the major findings:
- Camps in general seemed to experience
a boost in enrollments in 2006 with fewer
camps indicating decreased enrollments
in general by age and by gender. Almost
half the camps put summer 2006 as one
of their best for the past five years.
- Regional differences around enrollment
virtually disappeared in 2006.
- The concern over major enrollment differences
between day and resident camps were not
evident in these data.
- Enrollment decreases are still a concern
for religiously-affiliated camps.
- Enrollments of ethnic/minority campers
did not experience any real growth in
any segment of the camp community.
- While most camps are generating dollars
to help get children to camp who otherwise
may not attend, these sponsorships seem
to have plateaued at fairly minimal levels.
Watch for an article covering the enrollment
information and comparisons to the data
gathered last year in the March/April 2007
issue of Camping Magazine. During the ACA
National Conference in Austin, a special
session is being offered with a primary
focus on enrollment issues for religiously-affiliated
camps.
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ACA Camp Salary and Compensation Report
2007 Now Available Online
The American Camp Association (ACA) continues
its signature research efforts into the
business of camp operations. This Camp
Salary Information was
gathered in the fall of 2006 in a survey
of 1,797 camp owners and operators who
were a stratified, representative sample
of almost 2,700 camps affiliated with
ACA. A 52 percent response rate helps
the reader understand:
- Current salaries of full-time and seasonal
camp employees as stratified by
- Day and resident operations
- Camps sponsored by agencies, religious
organizations, independent nonprofits,
and independent for-profits
- Camps from all regions of the USA
- Benefits provided to year-round and
seasonal staff and their cash value
- Director salaries segmented by tenure
in position, education, age, and gender
- Expected salary increases for 2007
This is the largest study of its kind
providing current information to camp owners
and operators about salaries—that
area of the budget that, on average, consumes
54 percent of a day camp's budget
and 40 percent of a resident camp's
budget.
Summary
reports and data are available free
to members.
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