Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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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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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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This year’s hunting weekends saw the campers bag a total of four deer, three bucks and a doe (all in season).
Among the memorable experiences, deer chili, steaks and the fun of a big group of hunters and their families coming together [...]

 

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The first of two ASCCA Family Deer Hunts for hunters with physical disabilities was held November 30 – December 2. It provided an opportunity for 5 hunters to visit camp for the weekend and hunt in a barrier-free environment. Each hunter was matched up [...]

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Fishing attracted quite a crowd yesterday during free choice, so I made a trip down to the pond so see what was causing all the hype. When I arrived, twelve fish had already been caught, and campers caught two more before I left!
…campers like fishing [...]

 

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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 [...]

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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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Camp ASCCA is such a fun and exciting place that it usually ends up leaving a lasting impression on its staff members. One of these staff members, Amy Fletcher Alford, loves her memories of 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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This morning, Alisha and I made a trip to the Dadeville Campus to hang out and have lunch.  The activities this morning were riflery, bocce ball, and sports and games.
…It was hard to say which cabin was the best at bocce ball– [...]

 

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Jonathan Daughtry is another of Camp ASCCA’s returning staff members. He began working at camp in 2005, so this will be his third summer in a row!
…Jonathan’s sense of humor seems to really win over [...]

 

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Andrew Loftin will be spending his first summer at ASCCA this year. Andrew is a part of the Program Staff, and his main areas of focus are fishing, archery, and riflery. All of those three activities are especially great [...]

 

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Camp Seale Harris is always trying to find new, innovative activities for their campers, but sometimes you just can’t beat the basics! Tuesday morning I caught up with some boys’ cabins at archery and girls’ cabins at arts and crafts.
…sometimes just [...]

 

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This summer’s Program Staff began arriving yesterday. Program Staff refers to the group of staff members responsible for leading camp activities–lifeguards, rope course leaders, demo farm workers, and more. One of our new members, Lacey Andrews, has come [...]

 

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Camp ASCCA’s very busy spring schedule of environmental programs continued with the arrival of 169 3rd graders from Beauregard Elementary in Lee County. The students were divided into 5 separate day camps spanning from April 30 to May 4.
…For many students this is their [...]

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Each year, Dean Road School in Auburn visits ASCCA for day camps. This year, the third and fifth graders made the trip.
…from salamanders to flying down the zipline, Dean Road students, their parents and teachers embraced the [...]

 

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Camp ASSCA is happy to announce a new addition to our staff, Geni Payne from Rainbow City, Alabama. Geni is currently wrapping up her first month at camp and has exciting plans for this summer’s nature programs.
…Working at Camp ASCCA is [...]

 

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Radney School 5th graders, from Alexander City, kept our staff and volunteers busy over a 3 day period as the 276 students participated in and enjoyed environmental education programs. The day camps, offered April 23-25, saw about 90 students each [...]

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The entire 6th grade class at Horseshoe Bend School, located in New Site, was treated to a fun filled day at Camp ASCCA, on April 19, called the Tallapoosa County Water Festival. The environmental education program had a water theme and was [...]

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It is always great to be able to give back to our local community and school systems. Thanks to a grant awarded to Camp ASCCA by the Alabama Forestry Association, we were able to do just that on April 17 and 18. Council Middle [...]

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Camp ASCCA played host on April 20, 2007 to the Third Annual State of Our Watershed Conference, The Tallapoosa River Basin. The one day conference was held in the Oscar C. Dunn Environmental Center and explored ecological, social, and economic issues related [...]

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Once again, Camp ASCCA was pleased to welcome students from Dean Road Elementary School. This was the second group from Dean Road to attend a day camp this school year, their fifth grade class visited in October. This time, however, it was [...]

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Two Bald Eagles, national bird of the U.S., have been located on the Camp ASCCA property. We have confirmed sightings of a male and female, with two hatchlings reportedly living in the nest.
…There are as many as 5 nests [...]

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St. James School spent three days at Camp ASCCA for an enviornmental science retreat. The school has brought its fifth grade classes to camp every spring for the past 12 years.
…St. James returns to Camp ASCCA with its 5th graders [...]

 

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Lee-Scott Academy from Auburn, Alabama kicked off Camp ASCCA’s busy Spring of Environmental Science Camps by visiting camp March 21-23, 2007. This outstanding group of 40 sixth graders went through a thorough rotation of 8 different activities, all designed to help [...]

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Tree climbing is always a fun activity for campers - of all ages. At the recent Seale Harris Family Diabetes camp, all of the campers and their family members had a chance to climb our big ol’ [...]

 

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