March 2025 news

Here are the highlights of this month's newsletter:

• Things are moving at the ACQ!
• 2025 ACQ Convention - Calling for Speakers
• The Cardio-Choc Group Purchasing Program is back!
• 2025 Annual Campaign

Things are moving at the ACQ!

In recent weeks, the ACQ team has seen some fabulous colleagues come and go. Here's a breakdown.

Vanessa Brûlé, Development Coordinator, is now on maternity leave to prepare for the arrival of a certified new baby! We wish her many wonderful family moments.
To replace Vanessa during her absence, the ACQ team welcomes Olivia Caschetto as a Development agent.

She will take over Vanessa's primary mandate, enabling children to attend certified summer camps through the Destination CAMP program. She will also support Hugo Filiatrault, primarily in serving municipal members.

Here is a brief introduction from her:

2025 ACQ Convention - Calling for Speakers

The Quebec Camp Association is seeking speakers for its annual convention, which will be held at the Manoir Saint-Sauveur from November 11th to 13th, 2025.

A national convention

Every year the annual convention brings together more than 350 camp managers from across Quebec, this essential training and networking event offers enriching conferences and discussions.

• Do you have an inspiring project to present?
• A highly specialized area of ​​expertise?
• A tool you've developed that could be useful to the camp world?
• A new attractive program?

Apply by April 20th, 2025, to share your expertise with the camp community! We also welcome suggestions if you know someone who would be a great speaker.

Why become a speaker?

• Share your expertise with several organizations across Quebec.
• Develop your business network.
• Join a community of passionate experts.
• Gain relevant experience at a nationally recognized event.
• Experience camp life from a different perspective.

Examples of sought-after topics

For Executive directors:

• Philanthropy
• Legal and insurance
• Administrative and financial management
• Logistics management
• Human resources management, leadership, and mobilization
• Asset and infrastructure management
• Networking and partnerships
• Communications and marketing

For field managers or programming managers:

• Programming
• Registration and Participant Information Management
• Inclusion and Accommodations
• Family Management
• Staff Training
• Violence, Bullying, and Harassment Prevention
• Safety, Physical and Mental Health
• Healthy Lifestyles

Even if your topic is not on this list, we invite you to present to us your project.

Questions?

Contact us at [email protected]

The Cardio-Choc Group Purchasing Program is back!

You have the opportunity again this year to benefit from the competitive pricing of the Group Purchasing Program.

Purchase your first aid equipment needs and numerous offers for defibrillators with Cardio-Choc.

If you did not receive the order form at the beginning of March, Contact Sandy Duncan to obtain it. Other offers are currently being negotiated, so watch your emails.

We are always looking for new opportunities. Don't hesitate to let us know your needs and/or any suppliers who might be interested in establishing an industry agreement. 

Contact Sandy Duncan at [email protected].

 2025 Annual Campaign

Every year, March marks the launch of the ACQ promotional campaign.

This year again, the campaign has two "promo objects":

• Certified camps « Des souvenirs à n’en plus finir »
• Camp jobs « Ton camp ton clan »

À l'Affiche

We have relied on this Quebec-wide distribution and display network for our printed promotional materials for many years.

• 1,150 distributed copies of our five posters 
• 65,000 distributed copies of the two-sided postcard size promo

The following regions are covered:

• Capitale-Nationale
• Mauricie
• Estrie
• Montréal
• Chaudière-Appalaches
• Laval
• Lanaudière
• Laurentides
• Montérégie
• Centre-du-Québec

Arsenal Media

Building on last year's positive experience, the ACQ has once again enlisted the help of Arsenal Media to produce nine radio segments, broadcast weekly starting March 3rd. Éric Beauchemin, Anne-Frédérique Morin, and Valérie Desrosiers will present the following topics:

• Presentation of the ACQ and the Grand Inventory of All Camps
• Day Camps
• Summer Camps
• Camp Jobs and Activity Leader Training
• Welcoming People with Special Needs
• Family Camps
• Teen Summer
• How to Choose the Right Camp
• How to Prepare for Camp (Dos and Don'ts)

Regions covered:

• Bas-Saint-Laurent (Plaisir)
• Capitale-Nationale (Hit Country)
• Estrie (Hit Country)
• Chaudière-Appalaches (O, Plaisir, Hit Country)
• Lanaudière (O)
• Centre-du-Québec (O, Plaisir)

Imagi Bus Posters

Watch out when driving around Montreal (south and north shores) and in Lanaudière; you might see one of the 48 buses with this poster behind it!

Other promotional activities

• Placement in the special camp editions of the Journal de Montréal and the Journal de Québec
• Information distributed through the Carrefours Jeunesse-Emplois network
• Kiosk setup at trade shows and gatherings
• Prompt responses to media requests