Posted in Kids on Aug 27th, 2008
Back in July, Nancy Gibbs wrote a short article in Time Magazine called “The Meaning of Summer Camp.” [link] There’s a lot she discusses, but the article’s tagline gets to the heart of it: “It used to be about acquiring survival skills. Now it’s about the social skills that need work.” Parents used to send [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on May 26th, 2008
It’s really starting to look like summer around camp! The leaves are fully out on the trees, the grass is really growing, and the mountain laurels are blooming (like in this photo of the Rockbrook lake taken from “canoers rock”). This part of North Carolina is just busting with amazing plants, trees and [...]
Posted in North Carolina on Jan 23rd, 2008
You may have heard that here in Brevard we’ve been getting some wonderful winter weather lately. Since it’s so different from the summer, we thought you’d get a kick out of seeing some snow at camp. Recognize this cabin? Yep, it’s Goodwill.
Posted in Campers on Dec 31st, 2007
“Rockbrook is a haven.
Well, that’s how it feels to me.
The crystal streams, the endless sky,
The tall and leafy trees…
I love the beauty of this place,
And all the things to do,
Like riding, swimming in the lake,
And climbing towards the blue.
Camp’s the best time of the year,
But the days - they just fly by!
Before long we’re at [...]
Posted in North Carolina on Oct 4th, 2007
Rockbrook camp is set in the mountains of western North Carolina on 200 acres a few miles south of Brevard. It’s unique because the main part of camp sits in a gently sloping valley between two large rocks, granite outcroppings, that can be seen quite easily from miles away. The smaller of the [...]
Posted in Outdoors on Sep 7th, 2007
Another article has come our way (thanks Bird!) about the value of outdoor experience for kids. It’s “Time Outdoors Gives Kids a Big Boost” by Tom Stienstra of the San Francisco Chronicle. The article is about an initiative in California to recognize a “Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights,” a document declaring that every [...]
Do you see the tiny bug on her finger? When you come to summer camp and spend so much time outdoors, you can bet you’ll run into some kind of cool spider, fly, ant, caterpillar, moth or butterfly just about every day. It’s almost an activity by itself— finding and learning about all [...]
Posted in Camp, 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 Nature, Outdoors, Summer Camp on Mar 7th, 2007
No Child Left Inside | Summer camp as antidote to America’s nature Deficit Disorder
Posted in Outdoors on Feb 2nd, 2007
A snowy view of Rockbrook sleepaway summer camp in North Carolina
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