Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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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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Lalane Taylor may only live an hour or so from Camp ASCCA, but this is her first summer as a member of the Camp ASCCA family. Lalane is a rising senior at the University of South Alabama double majoring in [...]

 

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For a summer at Camp ASCCA, Kristen Taffaro worked with campers and other staff having fun with children and adults with disabilities.  They were having fun, to be sure, but - they were also learning.  That’s important, because it happens every [...]

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The Camp ASCCA staff has been on the road traveling to various college campuses looking for prospective summer employees. Its not always easy and its not always a success, but it does spread the good word of Camp ASCCA to new people.
Camp Director Matt [...]

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As many of you know, Maggie England recently began an internship here at Camp ASCCA. A few weeks ago, she posted an introductory blog to help us get to know her better. After some persuasion, she agreed to sit down and [...]

 

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Hey, everyone! My name is Maggie England, and I am the new intern here at Camp ASCCA. Home to me is a small city in the Mississippi Delta named Greenville. I decided I wanted to work at Camp after [...]

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Every summer for the last 30 years campers, counselors, and volunteers have come together to make Camp ASCCA special.
…We have counselors from the first summer, 30 years ago, coming back to visit every year…
The camper is the most important person [...]

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Meet the newest addition to the ASCCA staff! Recently, Camp ASCCA hired a new maintenance supervisor, Jeff Veres.
…I fell in love with it! I came up here for a week and I’ve been here ever since…
Jeff grew up in Dadeville [...]

 

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Guess who Matt and I caught working this past weekend? Camper Carmine Vara!
Matt, our kids, Matt’s mother, and I all visited Stone Mountain in Georgia this past weekend for the fall Pumpkin Festival. As we entered the gates, Carmine was sitting there greeting [...]

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Some people think when the summer ends, ASCCA stops. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Even though summer camp isn’t currently occupying everyone’s time, the busy off-season is well underway. Day camps, family weekends, church retreats and other conventions [...]

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There are always two sides to any story. But talk to anyone about Camp America, and you’ll always hear the same thing.
…They send high quality staff who are very well trained and happy to be here…
Each year Matt Rickman, Camp [...]

 

 Matt Rickman on Camp America [2:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (676)

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For more than 12 years Camp America has provided staff and couselors to Camp ASCCA.
…Some of our best counselors have come from the Camp America program…
Founded in 1969, Camp America offers an opportunity for international students to experience life at camp in [...]

 

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He is well respected and considered a friend by so many. Chase Luker is the Head Counselor for the males this summer.
…ASCCA’s head male counselor looks out for the camper’s and the counselor’s needs…
I interviewed those that know him well [...]

 

 Head Counselor Chase Luker [5:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2016)

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Bingo and movies this afternoon. Due to this summer’s intense heat, and the reality that this is adult week, we thought it best to change things up a bit.
…the heat index has been particularly hot this [...]

 

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Staff photos are always treasured by the counselors and program staff. Years from now the photos will bring back some fun memories.
Today, the sun was sooooo bright … but, we took the photo for the 2006 ASCCA staff. Here it [...]

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T here have been a few people at Camp ASCCA this week that used to work here. Even though the 30th anniversary celebration is not officially until this Thursday, some previous staff decided to visit earlier. From what I have gathered, [...]

 

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J enny Moseley has been working at Camp ASCCA for two years now, so I thought she would be a great person to talk to about life here at camp. Last year she actually had my job. Her perspective [...]

 

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One of the last transfers the counselors learn this week is transfering from a wheelchair into a canoe.
I joined the counselors for their lesson and made a video.
To the right is a picture of some of the counselors practicing [...]

 

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Most of the counselors in orientation I don’t know. So today while they were in program rotations, which is when they learn what to do at each program to make the activity go smoother and for it to be safer for [...]

 

 Interview with Michelle Keener [0:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (459)

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Consensus says that a Camp ASCCA work experience will change your life - for the better. In today’s video, Matt Rickman tells us about the opportunities awaiting some male counselors at Camp ASCCA this summer.
This is [...]

 

 Matt Rickman on Counselor Openings at ASCCA [2:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (447)

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Hello!
My first day at ASCCA was pretty relaxing. We met at O’Charley’s and ate lunch which was great and I ate too much. We discussed things that we are expected to do this summer, which includes blogging everyday. So here I am. I felt a [...]

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H ello everyone. My name is Katie Irwin and I will be spending the summer at camp as one of the PR interns. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first day here and think that the campus is beautiful. There is more [...]

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Want a summer job that will change your life?
…a lifetime experience, a summer at Camp ASCCA will change your life for the better and you’ll have fun, too…
Camp ASCCA will change your life - for the better. It [...]

 

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Two of them, to be exact. And the great thing (well, one of the great things) is that you get to live at camp! I am actually quite jealous of the two lucky people who will get to come on [...]

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