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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 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.
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.
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...
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.
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 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.
Campers working on an ant village Let the Kids Surf (or Canoe, Hike, Swim, Paint, and Sing) In his book, Let My People Go Surfing, Yvonne Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, refers to himself as an “80 percenter.” Here he is in his own words: “I’ve always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an...
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