Camp ASCCA Blog

Every year, #GivingTuesday falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and it is designed to be an international day of giving to charities around the world.

At the end of each summer, the ASCCA Summer Staff selects that year’s Camp ASCCA Camper of the Year. This year, the staff nominated ten campers, and the field was voted on and narrowed down to the top three. Then, a second voting round took place that narrowed down the top three to one individual who received the highest number of votes. The 2018 Camper of the Year is Tim Dillard.

Today we were visited by a group of staff members from Lee Obstetrics & Gynecology for a day of teambuilding and fun out on the low ropes course. The entire staff was split into two groups for two separate visits. The first group visited Camp last month while the second group made the trip today. Each team showed up ready to rock wearing t-shirts with the Lee OBGYN logo on the front that were designed in different colors for each group.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/campascca/albums/72157672937044187Several students from Dadeville High School added an element of fun to their Halloween by visiting Camp ASCCA for a daylong field trip. The weather could not have been more perfect, and everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the zipline, the trampoline, archery, fishing, and the putt-putt course. Many of the students that visited today are some of our friends who visit us during our summer sessions, so it was great to see them again. Then, we connected with a few new friends in our area who we hope to see next summer.

ASCCA Fall Family Weekend comes every fall season at the end of October, and it is a great opportunity to reconnect with friends after an incredible summer. This year’s weekend was nothing short of spook-tacular! Check-in was set to begin on Friday at 4:00 p.m., so staff and volunteers arrived early to prepare for all the exciting activities that we had planned. As soon as check-in started, campers and parents came flooding into the gym ready to sign in with nurses and connect with counselors.

Employees from East Alabama Medical Center visited Camp ASCCA today for their team building event, Camp Ignite, that occurs every two years.

Fourth grade students from Auburn’s Yarbrough Elementary School have traveled to Camp ASCCA over the past two days for an adventurous field trip enjoying the great outdoors.

On Sunday, September 23, young students from Rocky Creek Baptist Church visited Camp ASCCA with their leaders Tiffany and Seth Clark.

This year’s Lakeshore Operation Rise & Conquer began on Thursday as participants arrived for an extended weekend of adaptive sports and recreation activities.

Juniors from Tallapoosa County Schools visited Camp ASCCA yesterday, for this year’s Junior Leadership Lake Martin program.

Over the past two weeks, sixth grade students from Drake Middle School in Auburn have traveled to Camp ASCCA for day-long field trips full of adventure and team building. Each day, the students are split into groups that will rotate around the campus to the zipline, waterslide, canoeing, swimming pool, and group elements. There is always an enthusiastic energy with this group as the students and teachers are excited to step out of the classroom for a day.