Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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This summer, everyone at Camp ASCCA has seen firsthand how painful living with Sickle Cell Anemia can be. Besides hosting the annual Sickle Cell Camp for the Sickle Cell Foundation, one of Camp ASCCA’s own staff members, [...]

 

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Peggy Long, or “Nurse Peggy,” has been one of our camp nurses this summer, and she’s found a special place in our campers’ and staff members’ hearts. Nothing is ever boring when she’s around! She’s [...]

 

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Terrika Johnson is spending a week at camp with our Sickle Cell Campers.  This is her second year to come to camp and she absolutely loves it.
…She made a scrapbook of last years camp so they could remember [...]

 

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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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Yesterday one of our new board members, Mrs. Georgia Buettner brought her family to visit camp and she also brought with her some supplies for the nurses.
…Some of the items Mrs. Buettner donated are: soap, cough medicine shampoo, [...]

 

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Camp nurses Pam, Barbara, and Margaret took time out of their busy schedules on Monday to teach the new Camp ASCCA staff basic first aid.
…These counselors put their campers number one and are very concerned about their health and [...]

 

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Over the past 2 years, Autism has been thrust into the disability services’ spotlight. There is very little known, at this point, about possible causes and treatments for this condition. Studies indicate that 1 in every 150 to 160 children born today will [...]

 

 Pam Autism Interview [5:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1030)

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I‘ve learned so much about hemophilia this week and I’ve loved it.
After I finished talking with some of the volunteers about hemophilia, I asked them about the procedure that they mentioned in our discussion. And they told me to turn around, that one of the [...]

 

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Camp ASCCA hosted a Red Cross blood drive this afternoon in the campus’ chapel. It started at 11:30 am and went through 3:00 pm. The counselors and staff began signing up to give blood last week.
I went to the chapel before [...]

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After breakfast this morning, as well as after dinner last night, some of the Wheeze-Away staff talked to the Camp ASCCA counselors and program staff about the basics of asthma. This information is vital for all of us to know [...]

 

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Megan Kearney, or Nurse Megan, as she is known around here, has been a part of Camp ASCCA for many years. It is easy to see that she enjoys her job because it is rare to catch her without a smile [...]

 

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This weekend I traveled with many other counselors and program staff down to Mobile to pick up campers for this week of Camp ASCCA.
We left Saturday afternoon and returned today at 4:30p.m. with 102 campers.
We all met here at camp Saturday and [...]

 

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D uring check-in this afternoon, I observed the parents that went through the nurses’ stations. I wanted to watch this because if I was a parent, I would be very interested in the health of my child. It is [...]

 

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Since ASCCA counselors are in training this week and next week they will be getting their first campers, they’ll been trained in almost everything they need to know.
Next week, their first campers will be at Epilepsy Camp. So today Meagan Kearney, one [...]

 

 Tim Finnigan about Epilepsy [1:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (463)

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We have been writing about Camp Seale Harris for the past few weeks. While we have spent time with the campers, taken pictures, and made videos, we feel that the best person to talk about Camp Seale Harris is [...]

 

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Yesterday, during free choice I went up to the zipline to see if any families were partaking in the activity or if the kids were just doing it. When I got down there I found many moms and dads with harnesses and helmets [...]

 

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Pam Williams is our new nurse. You were first introduced to her in a previous post on our site. Now you may get to know her a bit better in this podcast.
…from Chicago, Pam [...]

 

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