Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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For parents, in particular, and anyone else attending Camp ASCCA, we know you want to be assured of our safety practices.
…high adventure is easily one of the most popular activities for campers of all ages and [...]

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Each year the St. James School from Montgomery brings the 5th grade, along with many of their parents, to Camp ASCCA for a week. Students engage in environmental education & nature study, along with high adventure and team building [...]

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Each year we look forward to the group from St. James School in Montgomery.
…team building and leadership camps help the students learn to support one another in a fun, exciting environment … you should consider this [...]

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Drake Middle School’s 6th Grade, from Auburn, visited Camp ASCCA October 1st – 4th (visit Drake’s website) . During that 4 day period, over 350 youth got to enjoyed such programs as zipline, nature, group elements, low ropes, and GPS [...]

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Lakeshore Foundation brought 32 veterans, severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, to Camp ASCCA this weekend. This is the second such event held by Lakeshore at ASCCA. There area plans for two [...]

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One of our blogging goals for the summer was to post an interview with every individual staff member. We came pretty close, but Adventure Program Staff member Lauren Beckman left for Texas before we could catch her for an interview. [...]

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High adventure is one of the hallmarks of Camp ASCCA. We love to make it possible for campers to do things most people would never expect to see them do - like, flying through the air (um, [...]

 

 Tower and Zipline Fun [4:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (230)

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Some people say they dread Mondays, but not at Camp ASCCA! Why? Because we know Mondays are just the beginning of five amazing days of fun! Yesterday at lunch, some campers even received awards for being extra-excited about all that Session 5 has in [...]

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The program staff changed things up today as they switched and gave out each others ASCCA Achievement Awards. While the program staff was a little confused the campers were not fooled and they still loved getting their awards!
Scott Bearden accepted the [...]

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This week is encore week and we have a lot of campers who are here at camp  for the second time this summer.  One camper, Brittnee Williams, did not find out she was coming to encore week until [...]

 

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Last Thursday teen week campers enjoyed a wonderful dinner and awards banquet where the program staff and head counselors handed out the end of the week awards.
…The 2007 Teen Week Honor Cabin Award went to Moundville Cabin …
The first group of awards that [...]

 

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Session Four and Camp Clot-Not campers made their first activity rotations this morning, and they absolutely blew away the Program Staff with their enthusiasm and skills! Even though everyone did a great job and had fun, only nine of our eighty-four campers [...]

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Camp ASCCA is known for allowing its campers to experience fun things that they might not have the opportunity to enjoy elsewhere. One of these activities is tree climbing, Camp ASCCA has an adapted tree house where all kids [...]

 

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After a chicken sandwich and french fry lunch the program staff handed out today’s ASCCA Achievement Awards.
Josh Cusick won the sports and games award because he has been so excited about sports and games all week, he has [...]

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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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Justin Strickland loves to tell people about Camp ASCCA and why it’s so great. In fact, he says he believes it is his calling to let people know about the place where he first felt at [...]

 

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Camp ASCCA had some very special visitors for lunch yesterday, Frank and Debbie Harkins.  Mr. Harkins is the Administrator of Goodwill-Easter Seals of the Gulf-Coast, Inc; he is also a member of the Mobile Rotary Club.
… “we all have certain  [...]

 

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I have the privilege of living in Chickasaw cabin with a lot of amazing campers, counselors and one really awesome CIT. Jessica Thornton is returning to camp this summer for her tenth year, the past nine as a [...]

 

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Wednesday was another fun day full of action packed activities at Camp ASCCA. At lunch we continued the tradition and handed out more awards to our Camp ASCCA achievers.
The first award went out to Logan Dubose for Demo Farm. Lacee gave Logan the award [...]

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The Camp ASCCA staff works hard to make sure that each and every camper is having the best week possible when they visit, and we’re always thrilled to see and hear that our efforts are working. Laura, one of our campers [...]

 

 An Interview with Laura [2:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (162)

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This morning our campers had two activity periods where they got to participate in two of our many activities here at camp. There were so many great accomplishments and we recognized them again today at lunch with the ASCCA Achievement Awards.
Lacee handed out the [...]

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We are very proud of all our campers here at Camp ASCCA. One of the things we do to show this is to hand out ASCCA Achievement Awards during lunch everyday. While all of our campers are awesome and do great things [...]

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Orientation for ASCCA Summer Staff is no joke! This week, counselors, program staff, and even the PR interns are learning to transfer campers with physical disabilities into and out of beds, wheelchairs, and other seats. Besides [...]

 

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This summer will be Barclay Bentley’s third at Camp ASCCA, and it certainly won’t be his last. A self-proclaimed “jack-of-all-trades,” Barclay has been a member of the Program Staff, a PR Intern, and helped with plenty of seasonal programs. At [...]

 

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