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The Best Girls Summer Camp

November 13, 2009

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What makes the best girls summer camp? It’s funny, but you see that claim now and then. “We’re the best girls camp ever!” or “Welcome to the best girls camp in North Carolina.” Most of this can be considered akin to team spirit, the folks from a camp expressing how much they love their particular camp, how proud they are of it, and how they know their camp really is excellent.

Of course, in reality, you can’t say objectively which girls camp is the best. Here in western North Carolina, there are so many great girls camps, each with dedicated and experienced directors, outstanding counselors, beautiful facilities and diverse fun activities. These camps also have very strong supporters, families who have found the camp perfect for their children. You will certainly find happy enthusiastic campers at all of these camps.

So is there really a best girls camp? Only to the extent that a camp is right for you. The subtle differences between camps, their particular strengths or emphases, will probably make you feel more at home at one girls camp or another. To put it differently, there are of course differences between camps but they do not distinguish which camp is “best.” That is something that follows from how much you love your camp, and that’s what makes it best.

So yes, for many reasons, generations of girls believe Rockbrook is the best girls summer camp. They believe it because they’ve experienced it and love it as their own.

Meeting you in Charlotte

November 11, 2009

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Summer Camp Charlotte

Are you ready for summer camp Charlotte girls? Judging from everyone’s enthusiasm at last weekend’s camp party at the Beltz’s home in Charlotte, the answer is “Yes!” With the new Rockbrook Camp movie and slideshow from last summer’s sessions all set to go, Sarah and Mandy met so many of our Charlotte NC campers and a bunch of their friends interested in learning more about RBC.

For returning campers, it’s always fun at these parties to see the new camp movie, spot yourself and your friends in the photos, and just to recharge your Rockbrook spirit.

And for new campers, meeting all the people, talking with the families, having the camp directors answer your questions, these parties really are one of the best ways to see why so many girls love Rockbrook.

It’s wonderful to see that Rockbrook is the girls summer camp Charlotte families are buzzing about.

Camp Lets You Really Rock!

November 9, 2009

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Girl Rock Camp

For many of the girls at Rockbrook, especially the older “seniors” (teens thirteen to fifteen years old), rock climbing is one of their favorite adventure activities. For these girls, RBC can be a girls rock camp. That’s because there are so many opportunities to climb. Not even counting the climbing wall in the gym (which has 6 different very cool routes on it: four face routes, a sweet corner for stemming, and a hand crack route) and the Alpine Tower (which easily has more than 100 different rock climbing challenges), the girls have plenty of rock right on the camp property.

Castle Rock is the huge granite rock towering above camp where girls have six different rock climbing routes to work on.  It’s so nice to just hike up the hill behind the dining hall to our very own private rock climbing spot (no driving!).  And the rock is excellent! There are nice deep hand cracks, a finger crack, delicate face routes with some serious exposure, and of course plenty of chances to work on your friction climbing. The rock provides a variety of climbing challenges that beginners and more experienced girls will find just right.

With all of this climbing right at Rockbrook, and then with the great rock nearby in the Pisgah National Forest, camp has the kind of adventure where girls can really rock!

Adventure for Girls

April 17, 2009

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Girls Climbing Camp Adventure

Girls of all ages get at least a taste of adventure while at camp. Even the youngest girls (who, having finished kindergarten, can be as young as 5 years old!) are able to gear up and climb our 50ft Alpine Tower. Even before leaving the ground it’s an adventure— fitting the helmet, tightening the harness, clipping the rope to everything, and learning the belay commands. This kind of outdoor adventure camp activity introduces girls to a few technical details of climbing while at the same time providing a nice balance of physical and personal challenges. It’s balancing up little holds and remaining calm and focused despite a fear of heights.  All good things!

Atlanta Camp Party

February 16, 2009

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Atlanta Summer Camp Girls

A week or so ago we traveled down to Atlanta Georgia to visit Rockbrook alumna Melissa Thurmond and her family. She hosted a great camp party at her house, where she invited friends to come and learn about Rockbrook. As you can see, there were quite a few Atlanta girls at the party interested in camp. Some were young and planning for camp in 2010!

Melissa’s daughter Cody is really a third generation camper since both her mother and grandmother attended camp.

It’s fun to see those Georgia summer camp girls get so excited.

The Rockbrook Camp Bell

January 26, 2009

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Girls Summer Camp Bell

Here’s something that all the girls who attend Rockbrook will easily recognize— the camp bell! This is the bell we ring to signal the whole camp when it’s time to change activity periods, come to meals, and of course, wake up in the morning. It has such a clear tone and is easily heard throughout the entire camp, even up on Castle Rock.

It’s actually a very old bell (1895), well over 100 years old, and older than the camp itself by more than 20 years. For as long as anyone around here can remember it’s been perched up in the big oak tree at the front of the dining hall, ready to be rung by pulling on the rope that leads to the dining hall porch. It’s one of those very familiar parts of camp that everybody loves.

Friends at Kids Camp

December 27, 2008

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Summer Camp Girls Friends

Summer Camp is a place where girls make some of their very best friends, the kind of friends that understand you and like you for who you really are. Away from the confines of home and the expectations of school, girls at camp are free to explore, to build real relationships, and live beyond their current patterns. The nurturing and encouragement of the summer camp community fuels this development, and as girls find themselves enjoying the people around them, they experience and practice what it means to be a good friend to others. Of course, some of this can happen in other contexts, but kids summer camps provide a special balance of community and independence that is uniquely suited for girls to grow, to nurture the habits and values that foster friendship. It’s really no surprise girls say their camp friends truly are their best friends.

Summer Camp for Kids Survey Results

October 20, 2008

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After each summer we send our camp families a brief survey where they can tell us about their experience with Rockbrook. It’s a great way for us to learn what we’re doing expecially right and also what we might improve next time around. One question we ask is “What factors most influenced your decision to select Rockbrook as your daughter’s summer camp?” The answers are pretty interesting. Here are the top three:

  1. A trusted recommendation
  2. Rockbrook’s reputation
  3. Rockbrook’s overall camp philosophy

Altogether 68% of the responses mentioned one of these factors as most important.  In other words, for our parents, it’s not the mountain location or even the different activities that makes Rockbrook stand out among summer camps.  It’s the overall feeling of the place and all the positive experiences other families have had over the years.  It’s the “big picture” that makes Rockbrook’s summer camps for kids so special.  Wow, that’s pretty neat.  Thanks everybody!