Visiting Camp ASCCA
June 28th, 2005 by LaurieToday, instead of meeting in class for campaigns we traveled a little ways up the road to visit Camp ASCCA(one of our wonderful campaigns for this summer!) Arriving at camp, I already had images in my head about what it would be like. My first surprise was that we did not travel down a long,lonely dirt road…… but a paved road! My next shock was that the staff do not just live near camp….. they actually live AT camp! Wow it takes some pretty special people to live “way out there” all of the time!
Camp ASCCA is so much nicer than I expected. Though there were areas where there is definitely need for improvement, for the most part all of the facilities were awesome. This week is MDA week, and most of the campers are in wheel chairs. It was amazing to see how easily these children got around the campgrounds and how enthusiastic counselors were about being with these children. As we were driven around the grounds on the golf cart we were able to see all of the activities the children get to participate in. I was interested to find out that a majority of things around camp are donated by different businesses and people, from the boats to the tables in the dining hall. My favorite part, other than being able to watch the campers interact, was the enviromental center. I have never seen such a cool place to learn about animals, nature and the environment. It is definitely a state-of-the-art building, which we were informed was designed similar to ones in Disney World. I was really glad our class took the trip. It gave me a new look at camp and how much potential this place really has. The only thing they are really lacking are more donors, but I believe this task can be easily accomplished by approaching it the right way.
By the way…….. I cannot believe Richard Schrushy was acquitted, what is our legal system coming to?