Each year, participating camps give scholarships to campers unable to afford the entire camp fee and whose presence at camp will broaden the composition of the camp community. ACA recognizes that camp provides natural conditions for campers from different backgrounds to work, play, and struggle together under the supervision and encouragement of trained, caring leadership. As camps are able to help more children attend camp, the opportunities to build bridges of understanding will grow and expand. Within certain restrictions, the association can accept contributions for camper scholarships. ACA recommends that scholarship recipients remain anonymous to the camp community.
Camps solicit contributions from parents, businesses, organizations, or foundations.
All donor checks must be made payable to the ACA Camper Scholarship Program with the camp s name in the lower left-hand corner. ACA credits funds received to your camp s account and completes a donor acknowledgment for each gift, which is routed back through the camp so that a personal thank you can accompany it. The ACA National Office issues a check within fourteen working days of the participating camp s request. The total amount requested cannot exceed the amount in the camp s account. Free brochures describing ACA s Camper Scholarship Program are available for distribution in soliciting donations.