Nature plays such an important role at Camp Regis Applejack and we believe that children should be encouraged to be in nature as much as possible.
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 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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
I love chopping wood. I had a wood-burning stove installed in my fireplace a few years ago and it is really efficient at heating the house in the winter, but the delightful, cozy, “Hygge” feeling of a wood fire in the winter is only a small part of what I like about chopping wood. The whole process is satisfying across all the senses. As you can see from the pictures...
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