As many of you know, each week the ASCCA on the Road team has been visiting different schools and organizations to discuss what we do at Camp ASCCA and how others can get involved. This week we visited Union Springs Elementary School and South Highlands Middle School to meet with their classes and make their own personalized Camp ASCCA spin art t-shirts.
Earlier this week, we opened registration for Summer 2017 to all potential campers, returning and new. Every day we receive a flood of applications and have also begun the approval process. As our team receives your application, it will be processed and evaluated by our staff.
Here at Camp ASCCA, we have started off the new year with a surge of staff applications for the upcoming summer, ASCCA on the Road trips, and weekend camps starting up soon. Outside of summer plans, we have many events coming up this winter/spring, and we want to keep you in the loop on all of the upcoming happenings.
As you begin to enjoy the holiday season, check out the Camp ASCCA Good Times newsletter for Winter 2016! It will help you stay up-to-date on everything that has happened this fall and winter. It covers everything from new hires, special projects, the beloved ASCCA Christmas Weekend, and more!
This morning, we were visited by Merry Neisler, an owner of various McDonalds restaurants in the Montgomery area. As a part of a co-op of McDonalds owners, Merry had the opportunity to distribute funds from their local Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Alabama to the nonprofit organizations of their choice.
Camp ASCCA’s second annual Jingle Jump fundraiser was held on December 10, 2016, and it was a huge success thanks to campers, staff, donors, volunteers, and friends. All fundraising began on November 1st and lasted until the final splash into the ASCCA
pool on December 10th by the fundraising participants.
‘Twas a very merry ASCCA Christmas this weekend filled with Christmas cheer! Campers and counselors arrived on Friday afternoon for a jolly time of Christmas themed activities and reuniting with some of their closest friends to celebrate the holiday season.
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving focused on the holiday and end-of-year giving to organizations needing your support. The hashtag, #GivingTuesday, is spreading across social media to raise awareness about organizations that you have the opportunity to support this holiday season and Camp ASCCA is one of them.
On Friday, we joined Judd Davis on WSFA’s Alabama Live to discuss this year’s Camp ASCCA Jingle Jump and how you and your friends can join us in raising funds for our campers to attend next summer. Learn more about how you can get started with your own Jingle Jump page below.
Between fundraisers, Christmas Weekend preparations, and ASCCA on the Road, we have been moving nonstop lately. Over the past two weeks our staff has made stops at five different schools in Alabama to speak with students and parents about Camp as a part of our “ASCCA on the Road” efforts.
Payless ShoeSource employees from throughout the Southeast joined us today for a day of construction and cleaning around Camp ASCCA. The group was led by Kevin Rickman, the District Leader for Payless in the Atlanta area. They volunteered to spend their day resurfacing the George Proctor Bridge and cleaning up the porch area surrounding the Oscar C. Dunn Rotary Environmental Center.
We’re gearing up for our second annual Camp ASCCA Jingle Jump on Saturday, December 10th, and we want you to join us this year in raising funds for Camp ASCCA! Last year we started the Jingle Jump in an effort to raise money for the ASCCA Campership fund that helps campers attend each summer.
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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