Camp Regis Applejack is located in the heart of the Adirondacks
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...
Camp Regis Applejack April Newsletter COVID-19 and Camp Regis Applejack We are remaining on top of the news and situation regarding summer camps and the COVID-19 epidemic. At this time we are still operating with the assumption that we will be able to run camp this summer 2020. We will keep our CRAJ Family informed of any changes as they come, we have also set up a COVID-19 Update page...
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...
March 2020 is proving to be a strange month with the COVID-19 outbreak, but we are staying strong and hoping for a great summer in the great outdoors. Check in with the camp staff with any concerns, learn about our new exciting program of Ukele Building and Lessons from our Alumnus Mike Lemma coming this summer, and hear about the great time we had at the ACA Tri-State Camp Conference.
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...
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...
This December 2020 we are excited to announce and feature our new CRAJ Scholarship Program that is going to help us support our large amount of campers on full or partial scholarships and give the experience of summer camp to even more children. This Holiday Season we are grateful for our CRAJ Family, past, present, and future, for all your love, support, and dedication to keeping kids outside and having fun away from their screens.
I recently traveled to Albuquerque to attend the Wilderness Risk Management Conference, which was excellent and gave me multiple opportunities to reflect on the importance of outdoor recreation and on what we do at Camp Regis Applejack (CRAJ) to keep campers safe. There are multiple layers to unpack here, but I will start with the topic of risk itself. The president of the American Camp Association shared an article with...
We had a great summer in 2019! There were just over 70 campers in total over the six week season. We obtained our permit from the NY Department of Health in June and welcomed our first group of campers on June 30. We admitted a roughly equal mix of local day campers, and overnight campers. Some of the highlights in the first 3 weeks were climbing St. Regis, fireworks in...
Watching my phone fall from my pocket and sink into the Alpine Lake deep in the Adirondack Mountains – bounce, bounce, plunk – seemed like a perfect way to end camp this year. Why is that? First, one of the main things I love about summer camp, and something I spend a lot of time thinking about is disconnection from devices. This is one of the ways the world –...
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