Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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Last week, Camp APAC came to Camp ASCCA. APAC is Alabama’s Pre/Post Adoption Connection. The summer camp gives adopted children, foster children, and their siblings a chance to interact with each other, and enjoy traditional camp activities like [...]

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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 [...]

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This morning Allison Wetherbee and John Stephenson hosted our first live Camp ASCCA show online. We are using Ustream.tv to broadcast live interviews from various locations around camp. Ustream also allows us to broadcast live to millions of viewers [...]

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Lindsey Marine made quite an impression on Camp ASCCA last summer. We’re so happy she’s back again for one more summer. Lindsey just graduated from The University of West Alabama and come Fall, she’ll be going off to be [...]

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…All the pretty horses…
ecently I visited Storybook Farms in Opelika, AL. Storybook Farms is a therapeutic ridding facility that caters to youth with disabilities. They have a beautiful facility with friendly staff and wonderful horses. I was [...]

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During the weekly meeting of the Alexander City Rotary Club this week, Camp ASCCA received a very generous donation!
David Sturdivant, chairman of the Rotary Club’s annual Rotary Golf Challenge, presented checks to Children’s Harbor Executive Director, Jim Ray and Camp ASCCA’s [...]

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After months of planning and construction, the Splash Pad is finally up and running!! At the end of last week, the contractor came out to camp to go over some final details with us about running it and check that everything was [...]

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Each new issue of the ASCCA newsletter brings cool stories and information about camp to you in PDF format.
This issue brings news of the “Annual Push Camp … providing manpower to build accessible decks and more.”  Meet Erin Witschey!  She returns to ASCCA [...]

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We always knew she’d return. :o) Erin Witschey has been a favorite of Camp ASCCA staff and campers for a long time.
You know the programs are going to be good and the campers happy when she’s [...]

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For years now, the great people of Pi Kappa Phi have been holding Push Camp at Camp ASCCA.
…the spalsh pad has a new deck and it will provide shade for ’splash padders’ this year…
Their work over the years [...]

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Since returning to Camp ASCCA, Allison Wetherbee has been criss-crossing the state talking about the camp that helped change her life.
Recently, Allison was speaking to the Arab Rotary Club. She sat down for an interview with David Moore of The [...]

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Our annual report has just been published by ASCCA Administrator John Stephenson and Marketing Communications Director Dana Rickman.
The 2007 report is available for download in PDF format.
Among the highlights, ASCCA served 8,441 in 2007. Our total days of service [...]

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Easter Seals Alabama, Inc. visited Alabama legislators at the Montgomery Capitol on Thursday, February 28th in an effort to educate them about services provided by the organization and its programs for people with disabilities. Presentations of artwork completed by [...]

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W
ow! March is almost upon us, and that means it is about to get busy here at ASCCA!! ASCCA had a nice winter break, but it looks like that break is over [...]

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Alabama Governor Bob Riley is trying to improve accessibility in Alabama’s parks.
…“All Alabamians, including older adults and residents with disabilities, deserve the opportunity to experience the benefits of outdoor recreation,” (Governor Bob Riley, AL)…
Here is your chance [...]

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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, [...]

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