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Posted by Dana on 20 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, News, Web Site News
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This morning Camp ASCCA Administrator John Stephenson and I attended the River Region United Way Kickoff in Montgomery. The event was hosted by Brantwood Children’s Home in Montgomery.
New for this year, the River Region United Way partnered with [...]
Posted by Allison Wetherbee on 19 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, News
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On June 16th, I had the pleasure of visiting the Women’s Missionary Union at the First Baptist Church of Alexander City, AL. The ladies of the WMU were so gracious and kind that I could not wait to see them [...]
Posted by Dana on 18 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, News
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Two very nice friends of Camp ASCCA’s returned last Friday to just “drop by” and bring us a donation! Mr. Steve Talley and Mr. Jeff Henderson of GKN Westland Aerospace in Tallassee, AL presented Allison Wetherbee with a $4,000 check. This wonderful donation is [...]
Posted by Allison Wetherbee on 17 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donors, Outreach, Speakers Bureau, Web Site News
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Friday afternoon, Dana Rickman and I had the pleasure of attending the Birmingham East Rotary Club meeting. We were invited to speak about Camp ASCCA by one of our current board members, Mr. Ron Layne.
The meeting was held at St. Vincent’s [...]
Posted by Dana on 03 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Camp News, Contributors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, News, Web Site News
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Rotary is a very important organization to Camp ASCCA. One of Rotary’s motto’s is “service above self”. The service that the Montgomery Sunrise Rotary Club and its members have given to others is incredible. Once again, this Rotary Club has helped [...]
Posted by Dana on 28 May 2008 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, News
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The support to Camp ASCCA given by Alabama Rotary clubs and Rotarians as individuals goes back to the beginnings of Easter Seals in Alabama. Rotary has been a significant part in the creation and ongoing success of the camp.
This Friday, the [...]
Posted by Dana on 20 May 2008 | Tagged as: Campers, Contributors, Counselors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, News, Parents
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For those who didn’t take the chance to go, boy did you miss a good time at the 12th Annual Ryan’s Gospel Jubilee, held on May 16, 2008. One of our favorite campers, Ryan Mercer, annual holds a gospel singing in Atlanta to [...]
Posted by Dana on 22 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Administration, Camp News, Conferences, Donors, Fund Raising, Meetings
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As springtime camps are “closing in†fast for everyone here at Camp ASCCA, we all have different types of responsibilities during this time of year. For me, this involves preparing certain reports, special event fundraisers, grant writing, speaking to groups, [...]
Posted by Dana on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donors, Web Site News
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As I’ve written before, our staff members having been visiting award recipients who have been selected by Camp ASCCA staff and volunteers for their generous contributions made in the 2007 year.
While visiting with Rep. Betty Carol Graham this [...]
Posted by Dana on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors
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Recently we got the exciting phone call that Alabama State Representative Betty Carol Graham wanted a staff member to visit her office in Alexander City. I had the chance to go there this morning and I was then presented [...]
Posted by Dana on 27 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Contributors, Donors, Housing, News, Outreach, Volunteers
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The Lake Martin Area United Way planned for its annual “Week of Caring” this past week. There were many volunteers around the Lake Martin area participating in many projects and a number of agencies, but many showed up here at Camp ASCCA too!
Today, Russell [...]
Posted by Dana on 24 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, Volunteers
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At the October 4th meeting of the Delphic Club in Dadeville, Alabama, I was fortunate to honor Mrs. Wanda Ryals with an Ina Watson Special Appreciation Award. This award is presented to an individual who has made major gifts or significant contributions over [...]
Posted by Robert on 01 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Contributors, Counselors, Donations, Donors, Fall, Fund Raising, Volunteers
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Delta Sigma Phi at UAB rolled to success this weekend as they launched their “Coaster Crazy for Camp ASCCA” fundraiser in Birmingham.
Check out the video from the wonderful event in B’ham on WBRC’s Web site.
Thanks [...]
Posted by Dana on 28 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, Facilities, News, golf
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This week, Camp ASCCA received a very large donation of treated lumber products from Ala-Ga Wood Preserving. Mr. Chan Brinson, owner of the company, authorized this tremendous donation making it possible to continue to upgrade our programs and facilities. It took 6 truck loads [...]
Posted by Geni Payne on 20 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Camp Programs, Campers, Donors, Fall, hunting
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The 2007 Family Deer Hunt Weekend has been set. Are you coming this year?
…this ASCCA deer hunting weekend has already seen campers bag a deer in years gone by…
The registration form is available. If you are [...]
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Posted by Dana on 19 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Administration, Camp ASCCA Family, Contributors, Counselors, Donations, Donors, Volunteers
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Camp Administrator John Stephenson and I visited the Alexander Civitan Club last night for their Officer Installation and Awards Banquet. The event was held at the fellowship hall at Trinity United Methodist Church in Alexander City, AL.
We were very excited to have [...]
Posted by Dana on 19 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donors, News, Volunteers, Web Site News
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Mr. Jim Yerkey of Dadeville, was honored Tuesday night with an award from Easter Seals Camp ASCCA. John Stephenson, Camp Administrator, presented Yerkey with an “Ina Watson Special Appreciation Award†for his long-time volunteerism and support of the camp. This [...]
Posted by Tom on 19 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, Facilities, News
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I‘m sure many of our web site readers are aware of the tremendous physical transformation camp has undergone the past 2 years. Our 5 year plan for improvements, Project Renew, has made great progress and been a joy for all associated with camp. [...]
Posted by Dana on 31 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, News
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On August 24th, Camp Administrator John Stephenson and I had a quick visit from Mr. Jeff Henderson of GKN Westland Aerospace. As he does each year, he brought with him a generous donation from the GKN Foundation. John is [...]
Posted by Dana on 24 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donors, News, Outreach, Volunteers
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Throughout the year, our staff has many opportunities to visit many different civic clubs, family organizations, women’s clubs, businesses, and churches to share the “Camp ASCCA story”.
The Birmingham-East Rotary Club has been a great friend to camp and our campers with disabilities [...]
Posted by Whitney on 25 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Contributors, Donations, Donors, News, Podcast, Profiles, Summer, Video
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Many of the campers here at Camp ASCCA benefit from our campership program. This program gives money, that has been donated, to campers so they do not have to pay the full price of camp. One of these campers, [...]
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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Sessions, Contributors, Donations, Donors, Environmental Center, Facilities, Fund Raising, Podcast, Project Renew, Push America, Summer, Video, Volunteers
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Last Wednesday, Camp ASCCA honored a group of people that mean a great deal to us–Rotarians. Almost every building at camp is named after an Alabama Rotary Club, and much of what we do here is [...]
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Posted by Tom on 20 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Donors, Environmental Center, Nature, Outdoor Education
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When the Oscar C. Dunn Environmental Center opened in 2004, one of the goals was to create a center with displays whereby students and campers could receive a “hands-on†approach to learning. We also wanted to locate the center in a beautiful [...]
Posted by Whitney on 18 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Administration, Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Contributors, Donors, Facilities, News, Podcast, Profiles, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video, Volunteers
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Many special people have come to visit and help out camp this week. Yesterday Mr. Richard Bollinger and Mr. Tom Mann came to sports camp to visit and put on a scuba diving class. Both serve on [...]
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Posted by Dana on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Contributors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, Outreach, Speakers Bureau, golf
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If you’ve been able to read the last few posts, you can see that I’ve been doing a lot of “Rotary traveling”. Yesterday, however, I did not have to go far. I’m a member of the Alexander City Rotary [...]
Posted by Whitney on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Administration, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Contributors, Donations, Donors, Medical, News, Photos, Podcast, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Yesterday one of our new board members, Mrs. Georgia Buettner brought her family to visit camp and she also brought with her some supplies for the nurses.
…Some of the items Mrs. Buettner donated are: soap, cough medicine shampoo, [...]
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Posted by Tom on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Campers, Contributors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, News, Outreach, Program Staff, Volunteers
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This past Friday night, Dana Rickman and I had the pleasure of representing Camp ASCCA at the World Championship Domino Tournament and raffle dinner in Andalusia. These concurrent events are put on by the Andalusia Rotary Club with proceeds going [...]
Posted by Whitney on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Administration, Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Contributors, Counselors, Donations, Donors, Equestrian Horseback, High Adventure, Photos, Podcast, Profiles, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Camp ASCCA was happy to have some very special visitors come visit camp, and eat lunch yesterday. Mrs. Buettner, a Camp ASCCA Board Member and member of the Tuscaloosa Morning Rotary Club, came to visit and [...]
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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 12 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Administration, Camp ASCCA Family, Donors, Fund Raising, Podcast, Profiles, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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As the intro to our podcast says, there are many “people who make Camp ASCCA special.” Mr. Charles Higgins of Montgomery, Ala. not only makes Camp ASCCA special, he is responsible for making Camp ASCCA happen.
…Mr. Higgins has been [...]
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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 12 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Sessions, Donations, Donors, News, Podcast, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Camp ASCCA has been full of special visitors lately, and they’re not just the campers. Many of the people who make Camp ASCCA possible have been coming to check out our new renovations and activities, [...]
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