Camp ASCCA Blog

On Saturday, March 25^th, District Governor Wendell Harless of the Alabama Central District of Civitans International presented Camp ASCCA with a check donation of $600. Civitans from across the Alabama Central District visited camp during this weekend’s Fun Fish event to work around the campus and improve the facilities. The Civitans have sponsored the fishing weekend for several years.

After months of detailed preparation, it was time for Fun Fish 2017 this weekend. Campers and volunteers ventured to Camp ASCCA on Friday to spend the weekend fishing with their closest friends. Every year in the spring, Camp ASCCA offers a Fun Fish event that lasts an entire weekend and includes fishing on one of the largest man made lakes in the United States, Lake Martin.

Spring has sprung, and now is the time to head out on the back porch and enjoy the latest Camp ASCCA Good Times newsletter for Spring 2017! It will keep you up-to-date on everything that has happened so far this year and all the events we have coming up. You will find that it covers everything from new summer gear, special projects, the annual report, and more!

Today, Administrator John Stephenson and Marketing Director Dana Rickman traveled to Montgomery for the Kiwanis Club Grant Awards Day. Camp ASCCA was gifted $4,100 by the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation for the backup power supply for the water delivery system here at camp. This year, the Alabama National Fair raised $245,000, and the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery distributed it to the sponsored organizations.

On March 9th, high school students from throughout South Alabama visited Camp ASCCA for the annual leadership conference, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. Each year, more than 50 rotary clubs sponsor a few students from their areas to represent their communities and grow in their leadership abilities. The students and their leaders stay onsite at Camp ASCCA for three nights and spend each day completing team-building activities and learning more about what life is like after high school.

On Saturday, February 27, a group of engineering students from Auburn University visited Camp ASCCA for a member meeting and a day of team building. The students are members of an organization known as the Cupola Engineering Society, and they serve as ambassadors for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. According to the Auburn University website, the Cupola Engineering Society was developed in the fall of 1996 and was named after the official symbol of the College of Engineering.

Over the weekend, the Alexander City Boy Scout Troop #67 visited Camp ASCCA to spend time in the great outdoors and work on new projects. Different than most groups that visit Camp ASCCA, the boys brought their own tents and camped out by the ASCCA fishing pond.

Camp ASCCA Director of Marketing and Communications, Dana Rickman, visited the town of Evergreen, AL, today to speak with representatives from the local Kiwanis Club. During their meeting, Dana spoke with Tom Nielsen and Patricia Fowler about Camp ASCCA and general updates about what we have planned for this year.

Each year Camp ASCCA has the opportunity to nominate someone for the Easter Seals Alabama Gold Award. The nominee is often a person who has shown great devotion and dedication to Camp ASCCA for more than 5 years. This year Camp ASCCA nominated Dale Glover of Tuscaloosa to be a 2016 recipient of an Easter Seals Gold Award. Easter Seals Alabama presents this award to volunteers who have contributed in a significant manner to the work of the organization for no less than five years. Their involvement can be through Easter Seals county chapters, Easter Seals affiliate boards, Easter Seals corporate board and committees, fundraising events or activities that benefit Easter Seals Alabama programs and services.

With each ASCCA summer come lifechanging moments, unforgettable friendships, and a feeling that you have found your home. Heading into the office today, I could not help but think about the memories that will be made this year. We are officially 150 days away from the start of our first ASCCA summer session of 2017, and we are already in motion to prepare.

This week, Camp ASCCA was a recipient of a 2016/2017 Arts & Community Building Community Trust Grant from the Central Alabama Community Foundation. Dana Rickman (pictured above) and John Stephenson met with the foundation on Monday to receive an amount of $2,500. The grant has helped with the much needed conversion of our voice and data wireless systems here at Camp ASCCA.

On Monday, January 23, the ASCCA on the Road team began a three-day long trip through Baldwin County visiting schools, organizations, and local basketball games to speak about Camp ASCCA. We had the opportunity to meet with students across the county between the ages of 6 and 19 to discuss how to attend camp and how to be a part of the summer staff.