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Summer 2015 camp paperwork deadlines

April 14, 2015 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

Camp deadlines

It’s time to review necessary paperwork for camp, get physicals, make bus reservations and plan your camper’s time at Camp Alleghany.

Filed Under: Directors Tagged With: campers, Mini Camp, new campers, paperwork, parents

Food allergies and dietary restrictions at camp, 2015 update

February 17, 2015 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

Camp Alleghany Dining Hall.

We’ve written several times on the blog about our approach to accommodating food allergies, restrictions, and dietary choices at camp. But it’s always nice for a fresh update so that newcomers (or the newly diagnosed) don’t have to search too far to find our information. Let me say first that at Camp Alleghany we take […]

Filed Under: Directors Tagged With: Dining Hall, food, food allergies, parents

How camp meets crucial needs for kids and parents

April 25, 2014 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

I love coming across articles like this one on the blog Sunshine Parenting titled “Five Reasons Great Parents Send Their Kids to Camp.” Yes, that’s GREAT parents! I love it because it’s so encouraging to come across parents who are writing about the benefits of letting go a little bit as a crucial part of the art […]

Filed Under: Directors Tagged With: campers, family, Mini Camp, new campers, parents

How camp helps kids be kids

March 28, 2014 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

It’s a strange time to be a parent. On one hand there are an abundance of inflammatory messages geared toward parents that make it seem as if life today is a total threat to our children’s safety at every minute of every day. On the other hand we’re also lead to believe that unless we […]

Filed Under: Directors Tagged With: new campers, parents, team work

Ready…or not?

February 5, 2013 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

Mini Campers

At this time in the year when camp fairs are springing up and parents are trying to nail down summer plans for the whole family and individual kids, the question often arises about whether a child is ready or not for sleepaway camp. One reason we offer our Mini Camp is for exactly this reason […]

Filed Under: Directors Tagged With: American Camp Association, Mini Camp, new campers, parents, readiness

From dad with love

January 29, 2013 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

F Scott and Family

It turns out that the ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald writes for our blog! Well, sort of… The truth is that former counselor and 2013 Assistant Head of Senior Camp and Upstart Mom Georgie O ‘Toole found a wonderful old letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and sent to his beloved only daughter Frances Scott […]

Filed Under: Campers, Parents Tagged With: letters, mail call, Memories, new campers, parents

Changing dynamics in camp recruiting, Part 2

January 17, 2013 By Elizabeth Shreckhise Leave a Comment

Cake

Earlier this week I wrote Part 1 of the story of “Changing dynamics in camp recruiting.” My point then was to show how things have changed in the broader society concerning kids’ activities in general and parental comfort levels in particular, especially as it relates to sleepaway camp. Today I’d like to address not only […]

Filed Under: Directors Tagged With: Greenbrier River, new campers, parents, professional development, Recruiting Parties

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