Equity, Social Justice, and Camp Regis Applejack
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.
Camp Regis Applejack has decades of alumni from all over the globe.
March 2020 Newsletter
Mar 18, 2020
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.
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.
December 2019 Newsletter
Dec 11, 2019
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.
November 2019 Newsletter
Nov 23, 2019
This November 2020 we have an exciting announcement that the third generation of Camp Regis Applejack leadership has joined the administrative team. Michael Humes’ daughter, Emily Yancey, is coming on board as the Associate Camp Director. She comes from an art and education background but is excited to get back to her roots at Camp. We at CRAJ wish you all a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.
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...
Summer 2019 Overview
Oct 12, 2019
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...
Dropping my phone in the lake: One way to escape technology
Oct 1, 2019
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 –...
The Missing Motor Boat
Jul 5, 1994
By Connor, Ted, Chad, Glenn; Cardinal II Boys One foggy morning, a motorboat went out to sea. There were four passengers and they were going to go fishing. One of the boys carted the fishing pole, and right when it hit the water, he felt a hard tug; and with that, the boat tipped. All the passengers went under, grabbed by blue hands. The blue hands pulled them deeper and...