As winter approaches, so does Christmas Camp ASCCA! I attended Christmas Camp for the first time in December 2018, a few months after my first summer camp. The Christmas Camp was basically summer camp, but with Christmas traditions packed into a fun-filled weekend.
With the end of summer comes the time for the ASCCA Summer Staff to come together and select the year’s Camp ASCCA Camper of the Year. Every year, the staff nominates ten campers that they believe set the tone for the summer. The nominees are often selected based on the characteristics that make them unique and how their summer experience was that year.
On Oct. 2, the Camp ASCCA staff invited local law enforcement, fire department, and EMS officials to Camp to enjoy a lunch and a detailed tour. The goal of the visit was to help our local leaders become more familiar with Camp, our facility and the opportunities we offer people with disabilities.
Today is the first day of fall, so we thought it was only right to make a special release of the Fall 2019 Camp ASCCA Good Times newsletter.
I attended Camp ASCCA the first time in July 2018. When my parents told me about Camp ASCCA and the people who work there, it made me jump with joy to find out I was going. I admit, I was also unsure if I could handle every little thing they do because my parents wouldn’t be there with me the entire time. This would be the first time I would be away from home and without any family member with me, so I also wondered if I would be homesick.
The end of summer is always a hard goodbye, but that does not mean that programs stop running at Camp ASCCA. Every year after Labor Day Weekend, the ASCCA full-time staff and additional program staff members begin the month by running activities for day-long visits from sixth grade students at Drake Middle School in Auburn. The school’s entire sixth grade class is split into groups that visit Camp over five days.
On Monday, Aug. 19, friends from the Macon ARC traveled to Camp ASCCA for a week of sunshine and summer fun. The ARC has been coming to ASCCA for many years following the end of our ASCCA sessions. Most of the participants have grown up together and are the best of friends, so it makes for a really exciting week. We started the week of right with a dance party ran by none other than DJ Cody, and that is just the start of all the fun.
Hi, my name is Windsor Joye! I was born with epilepsy due to a malformation of the left side of my brain. When I was 11 years old, I had surgery to get rid of seizures forever, and it was successful. I have not had any seizures ever since the brain surgery on August 10, 2010! However, immediately after the surgery, I was completely paralyzed on my left side, and intense therapy began.
The Judy Williams Scholarship is given each year to a summer staff member chosen based on his or her energy and enthusiasm during work, quality of care for campers and resiliency through a hot Alabama summer. The recipient is selected by the leadership staff that is made up of unit leaders, a head counselor and full-time staff members, he or she is later presented with a scholarship of $500. Judy Williams is a donor, volunteer and former staff member who continues to serve and support Camp ASCCA in a variety of ways since the start of Camp in 1976. The scholarship was first given out in 2014. This year’s recipient is Zach Rickman.
Session #7 is coming to a close and we are so sad that the best week is over. We ended our week the absolute best
A little bit of Las Vegas came to Camp ASCCA tonight, we had our very own casino night! When campers entered the dining hall they
This week has been a great one as our summer is closely coming to an end. We are halfway through this week, and we could not ask for a better day. Tuesdays at Camp ASCCA always call for a talent show! Tonight we had our weekly talent show with a ton of remarkable acts from our campers.
Located in Alabama on Lake Martin, Camp ASCCA offers campers a wide variety of traditional recreational and educational activities with a unique design for accessibility.
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