Camp ASCCA Journal - Therapeutic Recreation

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F
orty anglers with disabilities from across the state came to Camp ASCCA this past weekend for our annual Fun Fish Weekend. The weekend is packed full of great fishing out on beautiful Lake Martin and at Camp’s stocked pond. The [...]

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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 was filled with fun and activities as campers enjoyed their third day of rotations at camp. Every camper did an amazing job but only one camper at each activity could win an ASCCA Achievement Award.
Lanier Collins won the riflery [...]

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Sharon Lewis, Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America- Central Alabama Chapter, visited Camp ASCCA Sickle Cell campers Tuesday while they participated in the Be Sickle Smart art activity.
…When they come to camp they find their [...]

 

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Yesterday was day two of session 5, and the fun and excitement is continuing to build! Here’s who won the ASCCA Achievement Awards at lunch:
The Owens twins, Britani and Brooke, wowed Nikki with their talent at Music Therapy, so she presented them with [...]

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During orientation, Anna Sulphen introduced herself as “the smallest person on the staff,” adding that she always has been, and always will be. Her height, however, in no way resembles the impact she has made at Camp [...]

 

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Some people say they dread Mondays, but not at Camp ASCCA! Why? Because we know Mondays are just the beginning of five amazing days of fun! Yesterday at lunch, some campers even received awards for being extra-excited about all that Session 5 has in [...]

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Last Wednesday encore campers got a treat when Judy Williams brought the Nascar pace car to Camp ASCCA for them to check out.
…Campers had the opportunity to sit in the car and honk the horn …
Judy Williams began working with Camp ASCCA [...]

 

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If you ever have a conversation with Mollie Williams it will be easy to see that she absolutely loves Camp ASCCA. Mollie is a first time counselor here at camp, but she did receive some experience working at the Dadeville Campus before [...]

 

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The program staff changed things up today as they switched and gave out each others ASCCA Achievement Awards. While the program staff was a little confused the campers were not fooled and they still loved getting their awards!
Scott Bearden accepted the [...]

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Clot Not campers participated in a messy scavenger hunt for their evening program last night. While it was not so messy for the campers their counselors sure did get down and dirty.
The campers split up into [...]

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This week is encore week and we have a lot of campers who are here at camp  for the second time this summer.  One camper, Brittnee Williams, did not find out she was coming to encore week until [...]

 

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Session Four and Camp Clot-Not campers made their first activity rotations this morning, and they absolutely blew away the Program Staff with their enthusiasm and skills! Even though everyone did a great job and had fun, only nine of our eighty-four campers [...]

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Session four began Camp ASCCA style with a fun pool party last night. For a while the weather looked like it was going to storm but the rain held off and the campers had some fun in the water.
The pool party [...]

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Last Thursday was the last full day of Camp ASCCA Teen Week 2007, and to keep up with the spirit theme we had a Camp ASCCA Pep Rally!
Each cabin came dressed in different outfits some had signs, hats, silly [...]

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Our sports camp participants got the fishing bug Tuesday as they received a visit from fishing professional Greg Vinson. Greg took time off from his busy schedule to talk with the group about his full time job of fishing and [...]

 

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To reciprocate the girls’ hospitality on Tuesday, the boys hosted parties in their cabins yesterday after rest period. They didn’t have to reach too far to come up with their theme–they just had a different kind of party in each [...]

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There’s green galore at Camp ASCCA today! That’s because it’s green and superfan day, and our campers have gone all out!
There are a few combinations of the two themes–a Greenbay Packers fan and a University of Alabama Birmingham Baseball fan, but most campers have [...]

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The Teen Week campers are blue today, but that doesn’t mean they’re feeling down. On the contrary, they’re pretty crazy! Today’s dress-up theme is blue and crazy hair!
We’ve seen some wild hairdo’s today, from bedhead to dreadlocks to coneheads! [...]

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Everyone loves a good party, and our Teen Week campers are having two this week! Cabin parties are a fun tradition at Camp ASCCA that only happen during Teen Week.
Yesterday, the girls decorated their four cabins in a superhero theme and invited [...]

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Camp ASCCA offers many programs and activities that are not typical “camp” programs. Our sports campers were able to try out one of these activities yesterday. They got the opportunity to learn about, and practice scuba diving.
…Even campers who [...]

 

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After a chicken sandwich and french fry lunch the program staff handed out today’s ASCCA Achievement Awards.
Josh Cusick won the sports and games award because he has been so excited about sports and games all week, he has [...]

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Most of the things we do at Camp ASCCA are unusual to say the least. That’s why we have so many amazing stories to tell! Monday night’s evening program was so crazy, it even had backwards [...]

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Aside from Teen Week, Camp ASCCA is also currently hosting our annual Sports Camp. Nathan Waters is directing the session, and he has arranged for a lot of generous athletes to come demonstrate their sport for the campers. [...]

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This morning the campers enjoyed a fun time of more activities and  games. After lunch our program staff handed out the second set of Camp ASCCA Achievement Awards for this week.
Katie Gave Andrea Elam the horseback award, Andrea [...]

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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 ASCCA was happy to have some very special visitors come visit camp, and eat lunch yesterday. Mrs. Buettner, a Camp ASCCA Board Member and member of the Tuscaloosa Morning Rotary Club, came to visit and [...]

 

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