Archive for the 'Environmental Center' Category
Posted by Robert on 29 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Education, Environmental Center, High Adventure, Leadership, Nature, Outdoor Education, Parents, Retreats, Ropes Course, Schools, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Tom on 06 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Camp Programs, Environmental Center, Facilities, Winter
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Much has been said about the ‘07 drought across the southeastern United States. According to Alabama Power representatives, we are now in the 3rd year of drought conditions. We have certainly seen the effects of the drought here at Easter Seals [...]
Posted by Geni Payne on 29 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: AU Singers, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Conferences, Environmental Center, Fall, Meetings, Retreats, Team Building, Volunteers
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A recent weekend here at Camp ASCCA brought together 5 different groups, from different parts of the state, for a fun and educational time. The Visionary Guild was the [...]
Posted by Geni Payne on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Day Camps, Education, Environmental Center, Fall, GPS, High Adventure, Schools
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Sessions, Contributors, Donations, Donors, Environmental Center, Facilities, Fund Raising, Podcast, Project Renew, Push America, Summer, Video, Volunteers
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Last Wednesday, Camp ASCCA honored a group of people that mean a great deal to us–Rotarians. Almost every building at camp is named after an Alabama Rotary Club, and much of what we do here is [...]
John Searcy and John Ferguson [4:54m]:
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Posted by Tom on 20 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Donors, Environmental Center, Nature, Outdoor Education
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 11 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Adult Camp, Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Environmental Center, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Nature, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 01 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Environmental Center, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Fishing, High Adventure, Lakefront, Nature, Podcast, Profiles, Program Staff, Ropes Course, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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One thing that really speaks for Camp ASCCA’s quality as a therapeutic recreation establishment is its ability to keep its staff and campers coming back year after year. This means that not only is Camp ASCCA an [...]
Kara Graves Interview [1:45m]:
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Posted by Tom on 29 May 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Education, Environmental Center, Facilities, High Adventure, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Photos, Retreats, Schools, Spring, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 19 May 2007 | Tagged as: Administration, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Day Camps, Environmental Center, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Fishing, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Summer, Video, Weekends
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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 [...]
Interview with Geni Payne [1:35m]:
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Posted by Tom on 17 May 2007 | Tagged as: Day Camps, Education, Environmental Center, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Schools, Spring
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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 [...]
Posted by Tom on 16 May 2007 | Tagged as: Day Camps, Environmental Center, Nature, Outdoor Education, Schools, Spring
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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 [...]
Posted by Tom on 07 May 2007 | Tagged as: Day Camps, Environmental Center, Lakefront, Nature, Outdoor Education, Schools, Spring
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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 [...]
Posted by Tom on 01 May 2007 | Tagged as: Conferences, Education, Environmental Center, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Photos, Volunteers
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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 [...]
Posted by KK on 05 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Day Camps, Education, Environmental Center, Fishing, GPS, High Adventure, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Parents, Retreats, Video, Volunteers
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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 [...]
Posted by Barclay on 04 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Campers, Day Camps, Environmental Center, Fishing, GPS, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Photos, Spring, Volunteers, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Nathan on 28 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Environmental Center, News, Retreats, Weekends
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This past weekend was filled with fellowship, fun, and sisterhood. We had two groups rent our facilities, Philadelphia Baptist women’s group and Epsilon Sigma Alpha.
The weekend started with Philadelphia arriving on Friday. This group is no stranger to camp. They are regulars every year, while [...]
Posted by Barclay on 26 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Conferences, Education, Environmental Center, Fishing, Meetings, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Spring
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On Friday April 20, 2007, Camp ASCCA will host the Third Annual State of Our Watershed Conference - The Tallapoosa River Basin. This is a FREE conference for anyone interested in learning more about the health of streams, lakes and rivers [...]
Posted by Tom on 09 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Camp Programs, Education, Environmental Center, Nature, News, Outdoor Education, Schools
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Josh Rhodes, Camp ASCCA’s Director of Environmental Education, and I recently had the pleasure of doing a presentation in Wetumpka for the Elmore County Public School System.
Our mission for the day was to inform teachers in Elmore County of available opportunities for their [...]
