Camp Regis Applejack Spring 2021 Newsletter After a Year of Being Indoors, We are Ready to Get Outside! Who else is ready to get outside and take a dip in the lake? We are gearing up for a full, safe summer at Camp Regis Applejack. Thanks to our amazing property and location we are able to run our full gambit of programing without ever leaving our COVID bubble! We will...
Camp Regis Applejack’s name is quite creative, many have remarked on that. But how did it get its name?
Camp Regis Applejack started off as two separate camps, both deriving their names from where they were located.
The Camp Regis Applejack property was bought in 1946 from the owners of the Gardiner-Doing Camp, dancers Gail Gardiner and Ruth Doing.
Camp Regis Applejack December Newsletter We hope you are all safe and enjoying this bizarre holiday season. With all our best wishes, Emily, Will, Mike, and the CRAJ Staff. Reflecting on 2020 to Better Prepare for 2021 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. To that end, we have...
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.
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.
Our Februray 2020 Newsletter is a space this month to write about some new or expanded programs that we are really excited about for this upcoming summer. We are expanding our hiking/canoeing/backpacking trips to be longer and more intense. We are working with civil rights workers to discuss The Andrew Goodman Foundation which has been working on voting rights for many years so we are excited to partner with them. We are also in the beginning stages of setting up a 75th Anniversary Reunion at the end of our summer session this year.
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...
Once my daughter turned 11, I knew it was time for her to have the experience of her life at summer camp! We live in Mexico City, with all the hustle and bustle of a large complicated metropolis. Unfortunately, Mexico City is not the safest city to live in, which means our daily lives are limited to enclosed spaces. Life is comprised of home, school, and the mall. As a...