Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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This morning Camp ASCCA Administrator John Stephenson and I attended the River Region United Way Kickoff in Montgomery. The event was hosted by Brantwood Children’s Home in Montgomery.
New for this year, the River Region United Way partnered with [...]

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On June 16th, I had the pleasure of visiting the Women’s Missionary Union at the First Baptist Church of Alexander City, AL. The ladies of the WMU were so gracious and kind that I could not wait to see them [...]

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Two very nice friends of Camp ASCCA’s returned last Friday to just “drop by” and bring us a donation! Mr. Steve Talley and Mr. Jeff Henderson of GKN Westland Aerospace in Tallassee, AL presented Allison Wetherbee with a $4,000 check. This wonderful donation is [...]

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Something You May Not Know :: Our Funding
As an Alabama Easter Seal facility, the Camp ASCCA staff and board are responsible for generating, locating and developing all needed funding for all expenses related to Camp ASCCA programs and [...]

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Friday afternoon, Dana Rickman and I had the pleasure of attending the Birmingham East Rotary Club meeting. We were invited to speak about Camp ASCCA by one of our current board members, Mr. Ron Layne.
The meeting was held at St. Vincent’s [...]

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Rotary is a very important organization to Camp ASCCA. One of Rotary’s motto’s is “service above self”. The service that the Montgomery Sunrise Rotary Club and its members have given to others is incredible. Once again, this Rotary Club has helped [...]

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The support to Camp ASCCA given by Alabama Rotary clubs and Rotarians as individuals goes back to the beginnings of Easter Seals in Alabama. Rotary has been a significant part in the creation and ongoing success of the camp.
This Friday, the [...]

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For those who didn’t take the chance to go, boy did you miss a good time at the 12th Annual Ryan’s Gospel Jubilee, held on May 16, 2008. One of our favorite campers, Ryan Mercer, annual holds a gospel singing in Atlanta to [...]

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During the weekly meeting of the Alexander City Rotary Club this week, Camp ASCCA received a very generous donation!
David Sturdivant, chairman of the Rotary Club’s annual Rotary Golf Challenge, presented checks to Children’s Harbor Executive Director, Jim Ray and Camp ASCCA’s [...]

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Easter Seals Camp ASCCA is proud to announce the 10th Annual Tommy Tuberville Golf Tournament is coming up on May 13th. Register now! Download the brochure for the Tommy Tuberville 2008 ASCCA Golf Tournament. (PDF) [...]

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Since returning to Camp ASCCA, Allison Wetherbee has been criss-crossing the state talking about the camp that helped change her life.
Recently, Allison was speaking to the Arab Rotary Club. She sat down for an interview with David Moore of The [...]

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As springtime camps are “closing in” fast for everyone here at Camp ASCCA, we all have different types of responsibilities during this time of year. For me, this involves preparing certain reports, special event fundraisers, grant writing, speaking to groups, [...]

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Dana, John and Allison have been busy traveling and further developing ASCCA’s fund raising efforts.
…this time of year means prep for summer and fund raising, too…
Today’s podcast is an interview with each of them to highlight their travels.
Camp [...]

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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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As I’ve written before, our staff members having been visiting award recipients who have been selected by Camp ASCCA staff and volunteers for their generous contributions made in the 2007 year.
While visiting with Rep. Betty Carol Graham this [...]

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Recently we got the exciting phone call that Alabama State Representative Betty Carol Graham wanted a staff member to visit her office in Alexander City. I had the chance to go there this morning and I was then presented [...]

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The Lake Martin Area United Way planned for its annual “Week of Caring” this past week. There were many volunteers around the Lake Martin area participating in many projects and a number of agencies, but many showed up here at Camp ASCCA too!
Today, Russell [...]

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At the October 4th meeting of the Delphic Club in Dadeville, Alabama, I was fortunate to honor Mrs. Wanda Ryals with an Ina Watson Special Appreciation Award. This award is presented to an individual who has made major gifts or significant contributions over [...]

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We nonprofit organizations have to be, well - you know - organized.
Thanks to the Nonprofit Blog Exchange Virtual Event , we have now met the good people at Wild Apricot, the developers of [...]

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Delta Sigma Phi at UAB rolled to success this weekend as they launched their “Coaster Crazy for Camp ASCCA” fundraiser in Birmingham.
Check out the video from the wonderful event in B’ham on WBRC’s Web site.
Thanks [...]

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This week, Camp ASCCA received a very large donation of treated lumber products from Ala-Ga Wood Preserving. Mr. Chan Brinson, owner of the company, authorized this tremendous donation making it possible to continue to upgrade our programs and facilities. It took 6 truck loads [...]

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Camp Administrator John Stephenson and I visited the Alexander Civitan Club last night for their Officer Installation and Awards Banquet. The event was held at the fellowship hall at Trinity United Methodist Church in Alexander City, AL.
We were very excited to have [...]

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Mr. Jim Yerkey of Dadeville, was honored Tuesday night with an award from Easter Seals Camp ASCCA. John Stephenson, Camp Administrator, presented Yerkey with an “Ina Watson Special Appreciation Award” for his long-time volunteerism and support of the camp. This [...]

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I‘m sure many of our web site readers are aware of the tremendous physical transformation camp has undergone the past 2 years. Our 5 year plan for improvements, Project Renew, has made great progress and been a joy for all associated with camp. [...]

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What is MGOSC you ask? It’s the acronym for the Maxwell-Gunter Officers’s Spouses Club!
On August 30th, Easter Seals Alabama representatives were invited to the club’s “Community Welcome”. At this event, many Montgomery-area and base organizations providing family/community services and volunteer opportunities were invited [...]

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On August 24th, Camp Administrator John Stephenson and I had a quick visit from Mr. Jeff Henderson of GKN Westland Aerospace. As he does each year, he brought with him a generous donation from the GKN Foundation. John is [...]

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Throughout the year, our staff has many opportunities to visit many different civic clubs, family organizations, women’s clubs, businesses, and churches to share the “Camp ASCCA story”.
The Birmingham-East Rotary Club has been a great friend to camp and our campers with disabilities [...]

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Many of the campers here at Camp ASCCA benefit from our campership program. This program gives money, that has been donated, to campers so they do not have to pay the full price of camp. One of these campers, [...]

 

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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]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (119)

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Many special people have come to visit and help out camp this week. Yesterday Mr. Richard Bollinger and Mr. Tom Mann came to sports camp to visit and put on a scuba diving class. Both serve on [...]

 

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