Summer 2020 Summary
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.
Do To COVID-19 Camp Regis Applejack Cancels 2020 Season
Jun 2, 2020
For the past four months, we at Camp Regis Applejack have attempted to develop a way to safely run this summer despite the fact that the majority of our peer camps had already canceled. We held out hope because we know how hard it has been for our camp families, especially the children, to be in quarantine for the last 2+ months. We really wanted to be that ray of...
COVID-19 Update 5/22/2020
May 22, 2020
Dear Camp Regis Families, I hope you are all as well as can be under the current conditions. I wanted to send on update on the status of camp for this summer. We have been waiting to hear from the state of NY to learn a) whether camps will be allowed to run at all and b) if so, under what conditions and restrictions. Understandably, the state is taking a...
COVID-19 Update 4/20/2020
Apr 20, 2020
At this point in time we at Camp Regis Applejack are operating under the assumption that we will be able to operate our summer camp this upcoming summer 2020. We are preparing extra health and safety procedures to make sure that our campers, staff, and camp families are kept safe in this uncertain health crisis. As of this date we will be asking Day Camper families to be vigilant to...
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...
CRAJ Scholarship Program
Nov 20, 2019
We are really excited to announce our partnership with the American Camp Association to create a scholarship fund for Camp Regis Applejack (CRAJ). For 75 years we at Camp Regis Applejack have strived to bring in children from all backgrounds to experience camping. When Pauline and Earl Humes founded the camp after WWII they recognized the importance for campers to learn the values of diversity, acceptance, kindness, and teamwork. In...
Family Owned Summer Camp Welcomes Third Generation of Leadership
Nov 11, 2019
Camp Regis Applejack is excited to announce the appointment of Emily Yancey Humes as their Associate Director. Miss. Yancey Humes is posed to be the third generation of Humes to own and run the children’s summer camp. The camp was founded in 1945 by Earl and Pauline Humes and was one of the first non-denominational institutions, it has since been run by their son Michael Humes. “I am so excited...
ACA NY, NJ, ME, and New England Resident Camp Tours 2019
Sep 23, 2019
This past fall Associate Director Emily Yancey went on the American Camping Associations (ACA) Resident Camp Tours in Maine. This program was created and hosted by the ACA offices of New York, New Jersey, Maine, and New England. “The tour began Sept. 10 at girls’ camp Fernwood Cove in Harrison. The next day the group began at Camp Micah in Bridgton, followed by a tour and lunch at girls’ Camp...
Sixty Years of Summer Camp
Mar 4, 2004
This article was written by Kathleen McGinn Spring on March 3rd, 2004 for U.S.1 Publicationshttps://princetoninfo.com/sixty-years-of-summer-camp/ Pauline Humes will be returning for her 60th year at camp in June. She and her husband, the late Earl Humes, founded Camp Regis in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State shortly after World War II. Sitting in the living room of her home in Meadow Lakes, overlooking a frozen pond backed by woods...
Three New Lodges Open For 1994 Season
Jun 5, 1994
For the past several months, the denizens of Camp Regis Applejack have been serenaded by hammers, saws, drills and grinding gears. When the “music” stopped, our grounds boasted three new buildings, and a renovated playhouse. The new additions – Rainbow, Pathfinders, and Timbercrest Lodges – will house Regis campers and Apprentice Counselors respectively. The Playhouse now has a raised stage and a center curtain that will enhance summer productions. In...
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