Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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CCounselor Anton Santiago is one of our many staff members gaining educational experience by working at Camp ASCCA. Anton is majoring in Exercise Science at Lipscomb University, and this summer is serving as his senior internship.
Anton says that his [...]

 

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Today is the last day for my summer internship at Camp ASCCA. This has been a wonderful summer and I am going to miss all of the campers and staff members whom I have met over the past two months.
I really feel this is [...]

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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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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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As summer heads into full swing, Camp ASCCA would like to introduce you to our third Public Relations intern. Whitney Shiflett is a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is majoring in Communication Studies.
…I love working at [...]

 

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My name is Alisha Smith and I am a senior at Troy University.
…my main reason for choosing this internship was to learn online communication and revisit the camp of my youth…
This visit to Camp ASCCA is a very different type [...]

 

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For quality entertainment last night, Dadeville campers had to look no farther than their own amphitheater. The after-dinner talent show showcased a wide variety of acts, with the most popular being Michael Jackson renditions.
…the whole audience joined the stage with Elijah Dunn for [...]

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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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Facebook is an interesting social media community. For ASCCA’s interests of connecting with college students, it seems like the natural community to engage. ASCCA wants college students to work as counselors, program staff and for internships. [...]

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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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Kathryn Hagler is our newest intern. Kathryn is a senior in Spanish and Public Relations major at Auburn University. This is her first work experience in public relations.
…Kathryn wants to do non-profit PR after graduation from Auburn University…
Kathryn is from [...]

 

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My name is Barclay, and I am one of the new interns for the fall at Camp ASCCA.
…My role will be to work with groups and the website for the next few months …I was a counselor this summer…
I worked at [...]

 

 Interview with Barclay Bentley [2:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1790)

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Who thinks about working at camp all year round? Well, I never did, but what an idea! I have been lucky enough to spend my summer working as a public relations intern at a summer [...]

 

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Gain valuable experience in public relations, new media/social media and multimedia at Easter Seals Camp ASCCA, the world’s largest facility of its kind.
Danielle and Katie will be moving on in a few weeks. Their internships will be [...]

 

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D uring this afternoon’s carnival for the MDA campers, Danielle and I became more participants than observers in the action. As part of the festivities, a fire truck and crew from Alexander City, Ala., parked outside the pavilion. [...]

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How much do you trust the people you work with? Well here at ASCCA trust is something we value and have to give to one another without knowing each other all that well.
Today the staff and counselors worked on building their [...]

 

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Red balloons float through the air as staff and counselors run around, holding hands trying to keep those balloons in the air.
It’s great that some of the staff and counselors already know each other from past years; I was [...]

 

 Icebreakers with ASCCA staff & counselors [3:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (194)

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M y internship mid-term report was due this morning, which means that I have already completed half of my time here at Camp ASCCA. Time has really flown by. I have enjoyed this [...]

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Share your photos from Camp ASCCA. You know, the ones you have packed away from all those years ago (or last year?).
Flickr is a free photo hosting community where people share and join communities, or groups. [...]

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T here is another intern here this summer at Camp ASCCA other than me or Danielle.
Jessica Yarbrough is a therapeutic recreation intern. She will mainly be working with aquatics this summer. To the right is a picture of Jessica while she was [...]

 

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I have been a PR intern here for three weeks now and it has been absolutely amazing so far. This is the best internship that I could have asked for. While some of my PR classmates are doing [...]

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T onight in the midst of the flour-filled field during capture the flag, the program staff found ways to have fun when there were dull moments. After a while, the campers stopped running and started standing around socializing with each other. [...]

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T oday is the second day of ASCCA’s Camp Seale Harris for teenagers. The kids at Camp ASCCA this week range from age 13 to age 17. All of the campers have diabetes. This is definitely a lively group. [...]

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Tonite, we went to a campfire held by LeAnne Gilbertm, one of the UNA students, for Ashford Elementary, Ashford High School and Rehobeth High School’s children and teenagers with disabilities. LeAnne started the campfire by leading songs. The campers stood up and did all the hand [...]

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So today Katie and I ventured out to the Dadeville camp again. I found my group starting a game of bocce ball. As I walked up they all started to say hi and they remembered my name, which made me feel really [...]

 

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Today Katie and I went to the Dadeville campus. This week the campers are adults with disabilities from all over Alabama and Georgia. Yesterday we were there for check-in, but many groups were late arriving so we didn’t stay.
We arrived there [...]

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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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