Archive for the 'Program Staff' Category
Posted by Pam on 30 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Disability News, Education, Outreach, Parents, Program Staff, Web Site News
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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, [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 16 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, High Adventure, News, Podcast, Profiles, Program Staff, Ropes Course, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video, Zipline
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One of our blogging goals for the summer was to post an interview with every individual staff member. We came pretty close, but Adventure Program Staff member Lauren Beckman left for Texas before we could catch her for an interview. [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 15 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Adult Camp, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Program Staff, Summer, Team Building, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Camp ASCCA is in the middle of Adult Session 2, as well as a heat wave, and our campers are loving a relaxing, fun addition to the activity rotations. The game? Bocce ball, of course!
…while Bocce [...]
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Posted by Whitney on 01 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Nature, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 01 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Lakefront, Nature, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 31 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Counselors, News, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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Thunder ruined the programs staff’s plans to have a pool party on Sunday night but that did not stop the Camp ASCCA campers from having an evening program full of fun and laughter.
Instead of swimming in the pool, campers participated in [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 31 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Sessions, Counselors, Lakefront, News, Photos, Podcast, Profiles, Program Staff, Ropes Course, Summer, Video, Volunteers
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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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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 31 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, High Adventure, Lakefront, Nature, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 25 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, High Adventure, Nature, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 25 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Counselors, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 25 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Fishing, Outdoor Education, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Fishing attracted quite a crowd yesterday during free choice, so I made a trip down to the pond so see what was causing all the hype. When I arrived, twelve fish had already been caught, and campers caught two more before I left!
…campers like fishing [...]
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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 24 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Lakefront, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Camp ASCCA is lucky to have a quality, well-equipped aquatics program. One of our most advanced but least used activities is the sit ski, and our sports campers got the chance to try it out last week!
…sit skiing shows the kids [...]
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Posted by Whitney on 24 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Counselors, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, High Adventure, Nature, Podcast, Program Staff, Prom, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video, Zipline
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Last Thursday teen week campers enjoyed a wonderful dinner and awards banquet where the program staff and head counselors handed out the end of the week awards.
…The 2007 Teen Week Honor Cabin Award went to Moundville Cabin …
The first group of awards that [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Podcast, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Thanks to our first ever Encore Session, several of our campers are getting to come to camp twice this summer! Some campers were here as recently as last week, and that has put a challenge [...]
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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Arts and Crafts, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, High Adventure, Lakefront, Nature, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Zipline
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Adult Camp, Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Counselors, Facilities, Photos, Program Staff, Summer
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 19 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Sessions, Campers, Counselors, Photos, Program Staff, Summer
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 19 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Facilities, High Adventure, News, Podcast, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Camp ASCCA is known for allowing its campers to experience fun things that they might not have the opportunity to enjoy elsewhere. One of these activities is tree climbing, Camp ASCCA has an adapted tree house where all kids [...]
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Posted by Cathy Cochran on 18 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Farm, Nature, Podcast, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Video
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Weekends are usually pretty quiet at Camp ASCCA. Most of the staff leaves between check-out and check-in, and any weekend groups aren’t nearly as rowdy as our campers. On Sunday, when Geni Payne went to check on the animals at [...]
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Posted by Whitney on 18 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Fishing, High Adventure, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Sessions, Campers, Counselors, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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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 [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation, Volunteers
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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. [...]
Posted by Whitney on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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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 [...]
Posted by Tom on 17 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Campers, Contributors, Donations, Donors, Fund Raising, News, Outreach, Program Staff, Volunteers
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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 [...]
Posted by Whitney on 16 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Equestrian Horseback, Farm, Nature, News, Photos, Program Staff, Ropes Course, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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Today was the first day of activities for Camp ASCCA teen week and sports camp. After lunch the program staff recognized the campers who did exceptionally well at their morning activities by handing out the Camp ASCCA Achievement [...]
Posted by Whitney on 16 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Campers, Counselors, Facilities, News, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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Teen Week kicked off last night Camp ASCCA style with a luau pool party. Most campers decided to swim and socialize in the pool while a few decided to sit out and enjoy the fresh fruit that was served.
Jorja, Lindsey, and Lalane [...]
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 12 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Adult Camp, Aquatics, Camp ASCCA Family, Camp Programs, Camp Sessions, Campers, Donors, Lakefront, Photos, Program Staff, Summer, Therapeutic Recreation
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During yesterday’s afternoon tubing session, Group 3 had a special treat!
…Michael says his favorite thing about Camp ASCCA is “everything”…
Every camper that wanted to ride the tube got to take not only one ride, but two! Mobile Rotary camper Michael [...]
