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Choosing Your Child’s Summer Camp

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For Immediate Release

Contact:  Donna Pianka, iD Tech Camps
408.871.3734 or donna@internaldrive.com

Does Your Summer Camp Have ACA Credentials?

Each summer, parents send their kids off for a week or more of summer fun at various summer camps for kids and teens throughout the United States. What’s the top concern for parents?  Most say “safety.”

Lori Shipley was looking for a sense of security in a cool summer computer camp environment for her son when she found out about iD Tech Camps, the nation’s largest technology camp.  iD Tech Camps has been in operation since 1999 and has over sixty camps across the U.S. and Canada at America’s elite universities.  iD Tech Camps provided the track record, reputation and credentials she was looking for.  Beyond using state-of-the-art technology to create websites with Flash, film and edit digital movies, design video games, or learn to program in C++ or Java—she also wanted to make sure that the mental and physical well-being of her son was a major priority for the camp.

“This was a great camp,” said Mrs. Shipley. “Everyone was very responsive to any questions we had and it was very safety-conscious. Since my son was only 7, I was a bit concerned about how he’d do, but he did great and loved it! Safety of campers is definitely iD Tech Camps’ main concern—and it shows.”

In 2001, iD Tech Camps voluntarily sought to be accredited by the authority in the camp industry, the American Camp Association, or ACA. Continuous, uninterrupted status of ACA Accreditation means being part of an elite group of summer camps for kids that pass over 300 criteria on health and safety.

“We follow ACA guidelines at each of our summer camps,” said Pete Ingram-Cauchi, CEO of iD Tech Camps.  “Being ACA Accredited is a big piece of the risk-management puzzle.  We have thousands of kids and teens who pass through our program each season, and we’ve been extremely successful in reducing risk—which makes our parents very happy.  I’m a parent too—I know what it’s like to drop off my kids in the care of someone else.  You need to know that they are prepared.”

Moving into their 11th camp season, iD Tech Camps is one of the only summer camps for kids and teens that boasts eight straight years of American Camp Association (ACA) accreditation.

Some aspects of camp that are evaluated and must meet very high standards in order to receive ACA Accreditation include:

-Parent Notification Procedures
-First Aid, CPR, and Emergency Care
-Sanitization Procedures
-Medication Management
-Staff Training and more…

“Our hiring process is one of the most strict I’ve seen in the entire summer camp industry,” explains Kate DeHart, Human Resources Manager at iD Tech Camps. “We hire adult-only staff and we conduct criminal background checks, multiple reference checks and require valid CPR certification and in-person training of our staff members.  We work with risk management specialists and work hard to anticipate problems before they even arise.  That’s no small feat!”

If you would like to find out more about the ACA, please visit www.acacamps.org or for more information about the ACA Accreditation of iD Tech Camps, please click here.

 

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iD Tech Summer Camps Launches 2009 Season

Hello iD Nation,

We just launched our 2009 season.  Our team has been pounding the pavement since the summer camp season ended, and we’re anticipating a great year.  We just announced our new university locations at over 60 universities nationwide.

We’re excited to announce New York University (NYU), Purdue University, Colorado State University (CSU), Wesleyan University, Rollins College, University of Kansas, Loyola University, American University and a host of others to compliment our current lineup.

We appreciate all of the phone calls and emails from you over the weekend!  Welcome back!

So, I am sure the #1 question you might have if you are a returning camper or parent, is “what’s new this season?”  Rest assured, we’ve been doing A LOT to prepare for the season.  Please check out our what’s new page for the latest.  New Locations.  New courses.  The new iD Programming Academy.  Microsoft XNA is now featured at the iD Gaming Academy.  We’re debuting a new location for the iD Film Academy in Montreal, Quebec.  We’re using hot new software versions including Maya Unlimited and Adobe CS4 .  We’re expecting more girls this year!  Technology is not just for boys!  The list goes on…make sure to see all the cool stuff that’s going on.

I want to welcome everyone to iD Tech Camps, iD Gaming Academy, iD Film Academy and the new iD Programming Academy.  We’re ready for an exciting season.  Registration is live, and you can also view our new 2009 computer camp catalog.  Finally, I want to give a big shout out to the team at iD Tech.  Nobody dedicates their time, passion and energy to this business like we do.  Our employees go above and beyond to ensure we are delivering the best–and delivering on our promises.  I thank each and every one of you for your contributions.

On behalf of all of us in the iD Family, I want to welcome you to iD.

Sincerely,

Pete Ingram-Cauchi

CEO, iD Tech Camps

 

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