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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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, [...]

 

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This morning was filled with fun and activities as campers enjoyed their third day of rotations at camp. Every camper did an amazing job but only one camper at each activity could win an ASCCA Achievement Award.
Lanier Collins won the riflery [...]

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Sharon Lewis, Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America- Central Alabama Chapter, visited Camp ASCCA Sickle Cell campers Tuesday while they participated in the Be Sickle Smart art activity.
…When they come to camp they find their [...]

 

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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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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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We got some more well needed rain at camp today and had to cut our second activity rotation a little short, but our campers did not let the rain stop them from making some great accomplishments. The program staff handed [...]

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Camp ASCCA is happy to have so many newcomers on our staff this year! One of these newcomers who is doing a particularly great job is Luke Martin from Dothan, AL.
…seeing his campers have fun is what makes camp so enjoyable [...]

 

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This morning was another morning at Camp ASCCA filled with fun activities. Each group participated in two activities before gathering in the dining hall for a yummy lunch of tacos.
After lunch the program staff handed out the second set of ASCCA Achievement Awards [...]

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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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The first ASCCA Achievement Awards for this week were given out yesterday at lunch, and the Program Staff definitely chose some deserving recipients.
First, Jorja Bell gave the tubing award to Robin Spears. Next, Ronald Wright received the Sports and Games award [...]

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Without its many generous sponsors Camp ASCCA would not be possible. One group who has been sponsoring campers at Camp ASCCA for the past 30 years is the Kiwanis Club of Huntsville. I got to talk with two of its members, [...]

 

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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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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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Camp ASCCA has a tendency to keep its visitors coming back, but few have a history with camp like Josh Smith’s. Josh, a student at the University of South Alabama, actually lived [...]

 

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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 [...]