Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment in our Camp Alleghany Awards Series for the blog, detailing the history and stories behind each of our yearly camp awards. This one was written by Lily Romando’s friend, Maddie Thomas. See all the installments here. Lily Romando was a girl who was loved by so many and those […]
Awards Series: Gail Bryson Cupps Memorial Award for Wild World
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment in our Camp Alleghany Awards Series for the blog, detailing the history and stories behind each of our yearly camp awards. See all the installments here. Gail Bryson Cupps Memorial Award for Wild World Getting back to our Camp Awards Series, today I’d like to tell you all about […]
Awards Series: Cathi Hardester Senior Achievement Cup
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in our blog series, “All About Our Awards.” I hope you enjoyed reading about the story behind the Sally Jaye Aydlett Holt Junior Achievement Cup in the first post in this blog series. And now I want to tell you about the Cathi Hardester Senior Achievement Cup award. Like our Junior Cup, the […]
Awards Series: Sally Jaye Aydlett Holt Junior Achievement Cup
If you saw my recent post about our new blog Award Series, you’ll know that over the course of the year, we’re going to be highlighting the stories behind the various awards we give out at camp.* I’m really excited to begin that process by sharing the stories behind our two achievement cups, the Sally Jaye Aydlett […]
All about our awards
There are many things that traditional camps hold in common. Things like traditional activities — canoeing, or archery, or art and crafts. And there are other very camp things too, like Reveille and Taps, dinner bells, and color teams. This is one of the fun things about camps that makes it a real bonding experience when fellow camp […]