Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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This past Tuesday, November 4th, I had the pleasure of visiting North Glencoe Baptist Church. The church has an annual Women’s Christmas Program, and this year I was invited to be the guest speaker. This visit [...]

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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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For many weeks, Allison Wetherbee has been traveling the state. She just returned from a speaking engagement in Tuscaloosa. Meanwhile, Geni Payne is preparing for a fun summer, but first is getting ready for one [...]

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Hello Campers and Parents! You know I like to keep in touch in the off-season, so let me tell you about my experience at the BUDS Walk in Huntsville this past weekend. Read more here from the The Huntsville Times.
As I exited from my Vehicle, [...]

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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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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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Kivi Leroux Miller’s Nonprofit Communications blog drew the Camp ASCCA assignment for this session of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange Virtual Event. Luckily, we got the assignment for Kivi’s blog, too.
Emily at the Nonprofit Blog Exchange assigned the Camp ASCCA Journal [...]

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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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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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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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If you’ve been able to read the last few posts, you can see that I’ve been doing a lot of “Rotary traveling”. Yesterday, however, I did not have to go far. I’m a member of the Alexander City Rotary [...]

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This past Friday night, Dana Rickman and I had the pleasure of representing Camp ASCCA at the World Championship Domino Tournament and raffle dinner in Andalusia. These concurrent events are put on by the Andalusia Rotary Club with proceeds going [...]

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Visiting civic clubs around the state is an exciting part of my job. Last Thursday I traveled to the Gadsden Rotary Club.
President Bob Guyton welcomed me when I arrived at the Gadsden Country Club. Bob and I had a nice lunch together sitting [...]

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One of my staff responsibilities, as Health Services Director is to promote public awareness of Camp ASCCA and the unique camp experience we offer. With that objective in mind, I attended this month’s Walk for Autism at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. [...]

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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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Fun find in blog world. David Johnston is the “Paddling Instructor” from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David is an Instructor Trainer with Paddle Canada and teaches at several paddling schools around Ontario. David has been kayaking for for just under 15 years.
I’m [...]

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For many not-for-profits around Alabama, it’s the United Way season! This means completing applications for funding, attending many kick-off’s, speaking to businesses and organizations who give to United Way, and most importantly for Camp ASCCA and the people with disabilities we serve, spreading [...]

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Oover the past 13 years the Alexander City Rotary Club has sponsored the Camp ASCCA/Children’s Harbor Rotary Golf Challenge. Each year, businesses and individuals donate time and money to make the tournament a success. Also, due to the generous [...]

 

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Hey Everyone!
…Evaluations are valuable tools to improve all aspects of camp…
Well, we had a great vacation at the beach. It was nice to get away for a while, but it’s great to be back at Camp ASCCA. When I returned, [...]

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We get alot of visitors at Camp ASCCA, but its not everyday that a U.S. Congressman stops by for a tour.
…We appreciate Congressman Rogers taking time from his busy schedule to visit Camp ASCCA…
U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers lives in Saks, AL with [...]

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For the past 7 months, ASCCA has been posting a great deal of information online. The vast majority of that content has gone up online in the past 3 months.
…almost 300 multimedia files have been viewed over [...]

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Accessibility is a hallmark of Camp ASCCA. Our camp facilities are a model for other recreation facilities. We want the site to be equally accessible, too.
…Talkr takes the text of websites and turns them into a MP3 file so [...]

 

 ASCCA Web Site Accessibility [4:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1525)

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AHIFis the Alabama Head Injury Foundation. They have been coming to Camp ASCCA for about 20 years. It is a favorite camp of ours and always brings in fun campers.
…In Alabama, over 1,500 people are disabled due to [...]

 

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Feed The Need is a podcast from Daryl Cognito from Calgary, Canada. We have been reaching out to other bloggers and podcasters to spread the word about Camp ASCCA and our new Web site.
…why did we create this [...]

 

 Interview with Daryl Cognito - Calgary, Canada [6:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1374)

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After I spent some time over at the ziptower this afternoon, I wandered over to the bocce ball courts to see the progress that some of the Build America were making. I spoke with them about some of the [...]

 

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For a little change of pace, here’s an update on the outreach to other podcasters we’re doing from the Camp ASCCA Journal and Podcast.
Donna Papacosta of Trafcom News gives ASCCA a shout out in her Trafcom [...]

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The Montgomery Advertiser has Camp ASCCA front and center on their Web site, today. Check it out.
The Advertiser’s Sha’Day Jackson, Scott Schneider and Mickey Welsh collaborated to create the feature story, a photo gallery and video which combine to create [...]

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Being an ASCCA Board Member is an honor and a responsibility.
…very special people have guided ASCCA over the years - they are influencers, thought leaders and visionaries…
John Stephenson, ASCCA Administrator, discusses something you don’t often hear discussed in [...]

 

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You are going to love this woman - and her podcasts. Meet Glenda Watson Hyatt of JustWrite blog and her upcoming book, I’ll Do It Myself. The subtitle is ” A Collection of Memories from [...]

 

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Camp ASCCA’s Renew Project offers two new videos outlining our pending changes and renovations.
…We can renew Camp ASCCA only with the contributions and support of every interested citizen and organization in Alabama…
This week, John Stephenson shows us the drainage and [...]

 

 John Shows Off The ASCCA Road and Drainage Renovations [1:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (386)

 

 Dana Explains The Repairs to Infrastructure Water Damage [1:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (344)

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