Posted in Sports on May 25th, 2007
Basketball! Dodgeball! Kickball! Four Square! Volleyball! And more versions of tag than you can count! There always seems to be some kind of gym sports camp game going on— counselors and campers running around and having fun in the Rockbrook gym. One of the best things to do [...]
Posted in Camp on May 18th, 2007
Check out the Junior “Deducky!” (If you’ve never been to Rockbrook, that means “bath house” ) We’ve just finished rebuilding the roof, adding new skylights, rewiring, and generally spiffing up everything. You’re gonna love it!
Posted in Girls Camps on May 11th, 2007
Most Sunday afternoons at camp, we have an all-camp activity, a game or event where all of the age groups get together and play. Here’s an example where we split everyone up into three different teams (pink, blue and green!) and had different relay races… egg and spoon, leap frog, fill the cup, three-legged [...]
Posted in Campers on May 7th, 2007
The wait is over! Here are the answers to the Rockbrook Camp crossword puzzle we published in last month’s newsletter. Congratulations if you got everything correct, and even if you didn’t, we hope you had fun working on the puzzle and thinking about camp.
Posted in North Carolina on May 2nd, 2007
Here are just a couple of photos we took this week down at the Rockbrook barn. Spring has definitely arrived here in western North Carolina! Have you ever seen so many butter cups?
Wow, that means it won’t be long until summer! We can’t wait!
Posted in Adventure on Apr 27th, 2007
Speaking of canoeing, it’s still a summer camp activity we offer at Rockbrook. Like most of the adventure activities, we have a progression where kids first learn basic skills and safety procedures, and then move up to more challenging aspects. For canoeing, we learn the names and uses of the equipment (the boats [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Apr 25th, 2007
Here’s something cool— it’s the cover page from the 1925 camp catalog. Rockbrook’s first summer was in 1921, so this is very early in the history of the camp. You can see the founders listed right there on the bottom: Nancy Clarke Carrier and Henry Carrier, her husband. No doubt the photo is a canoeing [...]
Posted in Arts on Apr 23rd, 2007
One of the most traditional arts and crafts activities at Rockbrook is weaving. It’s been something girls have done at camp since the very beginning back in 1921. In the craft cabin we call Curosty (which even pre-dates camp!), there are several table-top and floor looms we use to teach basic weaving [...]
Posted in Girls Camps on Apr 20th, 2007
Another great quote from a Rockbrook alumna:
My favorite thing is returning year after year and spotting a friend from the previous year and knowing that even though you didn’t see each other since last summer… you instantly had a best friend for the next couple of weeks.
Yep, making these kinds of friends is probably the [...]
Posted in Camp on Apr 16th, 2007
We’ve often said that attending an overnight summer camp like Rockbrook helps children become more self-sufficient and independent. But how does it work? What is it about being at camp that makes this kind of growth possible?
One secret is that camp provides a structured environment where we give children the chance to make [...]
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