January 18th, 2011
The New Year has brought Dave Hartsock to our year round team. Illahee campers have known Dave for the past seven summers as Illahee’s fantastic tennis director. After Christmas, Dave and his wife, Nicole, moved to Brevard from Dayton Ohio where he had been teaching and coaching high school boys and girls tennis. Dave is Read more...
January 14th, 2011
We had a great day in Hendersonville at the Mountain Lodge where Kris, Gretchen, Dave and I were able to participate in the Impact Seminar sponsored by North Carolina Youth Camp Association and the Henderson County Young Leaders Program. Gordon was one of two speakers presenting the results of an impact study commissioned by the Read more...
December 14th, 2010
I’ve had a great time traveling this year and seeing camp families and showing the Illahee movies. We added some new Illahee towns earlier this fall – Shelby, NC hosted by Cassie Luce Plaster and High Point, NC hosted by Mary More Keever. Both reps were long time campers and counselors and are now sending Read more...
September 8th, 2010
Camp always comes to a sudden halt when the last session closes. While the cabin line and lake may be quiet, we are busy in the office reviewing video footage from the summer and planning our fall travel tour. Alumnae visitors bring much welcome excitement when they stop by to see us. The beautiful Labor Read more...
August 20th, 2010
One of my favorite things to do is welcome Illahee girls back to camp! Seldom does a season pass without an alumna returning to the “Heavenly” for the first time since she was a camper. Often this absence can be marked in decades! Recently, alumnae Kathy McGrady and Kathy Cabble returned with prospective campers for Read more...
July 8th, 2010
I have some exciting news to report that has been several months in the making…we have two new full-time familiar faces to add to our year round Illahee team! The first has been an Illahee girl for twenty summers, and worked year round in our office until the end of last summer when she and Read more...
May 17th, 2010
Here are more pictures from the 90th reunion taken by alumnae attending. Special thanks to Rosie Haney and Kendall Huguley, alumnae and summer photographers, for sharing their photos as well as alumna Anne Genevieve Gallivan. Email us any additional photos and we’ll add them to the fun! Be sure to read Laurie’s alumna reunion update Read more...
May 16th, 2010
So the word on the street (at least according to Frankie Hall) is that this past weekend reunion was the “best reunion ever?” But then again, isn’t it always the best reunion ever? A weekend in the heavenly world with childhood friends and new friends from other generations is an easy formula for magic and Read more...