How did Camp Regis Applejack get its Name?
Camp Regis Applejack’s name is quite creative, many have remarked on that. But how did it get its name?
Applejack Farm
Jan 4, 2021
Camp Regis Applejack started off as two separate camps, both deriving their names from where they were located.
The Gardiner-Doing Camp
Jan 4, 2021
The Camp Regis Applejack property was bought in 1946 from the owners of the Gardiner-Doing Camp, dancers Gail Gardiner and Ruth Doing.
Reflecting on 2020 to Better Prepare for 2021
Dec 22, 2020
As we look with anticipation to welcoming campers next summer it is clearer than ever that the safety and the health of campers must be the top priority.
Equity, Social Justice, and Camp Regis Applejack
Aug 12, 2020
We have to find ways to reach out and welcome new campers in a way that really makes camp and the outdoors accessible and welcoming.
Summer 2020 Summary
Aug 12, 2020
This summer was a strange one for us all. COVID-19 locked us into our houses and destroyed any plans we had for this summer.
Camp Business: Top Programming Ideas
Jan 24, 2020
Associate Director, Emily Yancey, contributed to Camp Business Magazines Top Programming Ideas article that was published on January 20th, 2020. You can read the whole article on Camp Business’ website or read Miss. Yancey’s contribution below. Sunday Morning Meetings“It may not be the activity that a camper would point out and say this is why I want to return to Camp Regis Applejack, but I believe that the feeling this...
Summer Camps Build the Soft Skills our Campers Need for their Future
Jan 15, 2020
My first job as a summer camp director was for Wellspring New York weight loss camp. We were located on the Paul Smiths College campus so I was just a couple miles down the road from Camp Regis Applejack. I actually started as the ropes course and trips director, and then when the director left after my first summer, a friend and I took over as co-directors. The CEO/founder of...
1950s Camp Pamphlet
Dec 30, 2019
Want a blast from the past? Check out this digitized archive of one of Camp Regis Applejack’s old brochures. The date of publication for these camp brochures was from the 1950s to the 1960s. This was over a decade before current camp owner Michael Humes took over Camp Regis Applejack from his parents and the founders of the kid’s summer camp, Earl and Pauline Humes. Check out the brochure.
The Ability to Thrive in Ambiguity and Uncertainty
Dec 20, 2019
A few years ago some of my college buddies and I went on a 4-day overnight canoe trip in the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota. We flew in from all around the country, met at the family house of one friend, got outfitted and food supplied, and then set out the next day from the town of Ely. I was unofficially appointed the navigator/map-reader, maybe due to the fact that...