So campers while we are here let’s be friends firm and true… — “Father Time” What do those words from the traditional camp song “Father Time” really mean? I can give evidence to their meaning from a gloriously long and delightful weekend spent together with my some of my fellow alumnae — those of us […]
Counselor Retreat 2017
I learned a lot from our counselors at this recent winter reunion and am so grateful for their time and talents. Read all about our brainstorming session!
Winter Camp Reunions 2016-17
Recently a group of current campers had a camp reunion and two other reunions are coming up for Counselors, alum, and campers. Read on for more!
The second annual counselor reunion
On Saturday Taylor Fellows and I hosted the 2nd Annual Camp Alleghany Counselor Reunion. This year it was held at Taylor’s parents’ house in Charlottesville (practically on the University of Virginia — U.Va. — campus). We blogged about this last year, so if you want to know how this now annual event got started, check that post out. Like […]
Happy hour reunion
I was fortunate enough to spend ten years at Camp Alleghany, from 1991-1999 and then a return in 2003 for my last summer, which was my third season on staff. Though it’s been over ten years since I left I can rarely think of a week in my life that an influence from Camp Alleghany wasn’t […]
A wintry camp reunion in the Midwest
My daughters and two camp friends recently had a campers’ reunion in St. Louis and it was such fun I had to share it with others. My three daughters — Megan, Lindsey, and Ashley (Ghany girls, all) — were in such anticipation for their friends to come visit! Our house was all abuzz as we […]
Counselor reunion
This past weekend at my home in Staunton, Virginia we held a Camp Alleghany Counselor Reunion. For those of you who know Dixon O’Donnell, she was the one to hatch the idea and get it going. And I must say, she did an awesome job organizing everything! The event was open to all former Camp […]