Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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Pi Kappa Phi worked very hard this week. They always do. Over the years, Pi Kappa Phi’s “Build America” program has been very good to ASCCA, and we love them for all their efforts.
…Pi Kappa [...]

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A recent weekend here at Camp ASCCA brought together 5 different groups, from different parts of the state, for a fun and educational time. The Visionary Guild was the [...]

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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 [...]

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On October 2nd, John Stephenson and I traveled up to Talladega Superspeedway. No, we weren’t preparing for the big race weekend, but visiting with Judy Williams. Judy is a long-time supporter of Camp ASCCA and is employed in the security office at [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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What is MGOSC you ask? It’s the acronym for the Maxwell-Gunter Officers’s Spouses Club!
On August 30th, Easter Seals Alabama representatives were invited to the club’s “Community Welcome”. At this event, many Montgomery-area and base organizations providing family/community services and volunteer opportunities were invited [...]

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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 [...]

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This summer, everyone at Camp ASCCA has seen firsthand how painful living with Sickle Cell Anemia can be. Besides hosting the annual Sickle Cell Camp for the Sickle Cell Foundation, one of Camp ASCCA’s own staff members, [...]

 

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Terrika Johnson is spending a week at camp with our Sickle Cell Campers.  This is her second year to come to camp and she absolutely loves it.
…She made a scrapbook of last years camp so they could remember [...]

 

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The Sickle Cell campers were in for a special treat on Monday when professional artist Freida Hall came to visit! As part of a project to promote Sickle Cell awareness in communities, a calendar will be published [...]

 

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Last week Camp ASCCA said goodbye to one of the special people who have made this summer an awesome one. Nurse Carolyn Pace has been working on the nursing team all summer, but session four was her last week because she had to [...]

 

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During orientation, Anna Sulphen introduced herself as “the smallest person on the staff,” adding that she always has been, and always will be. Her height, however, in no way resembles the impact she has made at Camp [...]

 

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Last Wednesday encore campers got a treat when Judy Williams brought the Nascar pace car to Camp ASCCA for them to check out.
…Campers had the opportunity to sit in the car and honk the horn …
Judy Williams began working with Camp ASCCA [...]

 

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Teen Week was an all-around success.  Everyone, including new and returning campers, had a great time, and many new ASCCA memories were created.  The week’s highlight was the prom, and we gave new meaning to the phrase “save the [...]

 

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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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Our sports camp participants got the fishing bug Tuesday as they received a visit from fishing professional Greg Vinson. Greg took time off from his busy schedule to talk with the group about his full time job of fishing and [...]

 

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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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Camp ASCCA offers many programs and activities that are not typical “camp” programs. Our sports campers were able to try out one of these activities yesterday. They got the opportunity to learn about, and practice scuba diving.
…Even campers who [...]

 

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Aside from Teen Week, Camp ASCCA is also currently hosting our annual Sports Camp. Nathan Waters is directing the session, and he has arranged for a lot of generous athletes to come demonstrate their sport for the campers. [...]

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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 [...]

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This morning, three representatives from Cerebral Palsy United spoke to our summer staff as part of orientation. Many campers with CP will be attending Camp ASCCA this summer, and the administration felt that we should be as informed as possible.
…everyone [...]

 

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Camp ASCCA sure is thankful for its many volunteers. This week we are lucky to have Audra Mickle who is volunteering with the horseback program.
…The campers are the heart and soul of this place, without them we wouldn’t be here…
Audra has been [...]

 

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Camp ASCCA welcomed the rest of its 2007 summer staff to camp yesterday and they are already off to a busy start. Many of the staff are returning counselors but a lot of them are new to [...]

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