But, this morning felt a lot like I remember Christmas feeling when I was Hillbrook age. Yesterday, I was dead-tired from the last “push” to get ready and then got “schooled” by my sixteen year-old on the Butter Gap trail on mountain bikes last night…(we left at 6:30 PM and rode until almost nine and … Continued
It’s going to be the BEST staff ever for the best summer ever. Veteran Nurse and camp “mom” Denise was chatting with Gordon and Laurie this evening and said, “you all got all of the best ones back”! Indeed. It’s a “who’s who” of camp favorites and one is going to be YOUR counselor this … Continued
Laurie had a “Skype” appointment with one of our campers from Massachusetts this weekend. She was interviewing Laurie about camp, and had a laundry list of great questions for her research paper. One of them was “what makes Illahee unique”? I know Laurie did a great job in her answer, but it made me think. … Continued
Gretchen, Kris, Dave and I were in Atlantic City, NJ- ok, an unlikely travel destination for four North Carolina camp directors, but we joined 2500 directors from all over the country for a terrific camp conference. We also caught up with former Illahee Associate Director Kim Wenzl who was a conference presenter for staff orientation … Continued
This time of year is a very busy one in the Heavenly World, and it seems that this year it is even more so. We have a bunch of projects going on…and camp is slowly coming back together. This has been the year of the “big dig.” Last year, Heigh Ho was a mess as … Continued
Several Illahee counselors travelled to camp for a “Heavenly World” planning and training session. Heads of Hill and CIT mom, along with other camp leaders and counselors extraordinaire spent a recent weekend “brainstorming” for the upcoming summer. New plans for choice period and cabin adventure were discussed as well as fun twists to evening … Continued
One of my favorite things about the off-season is looking at all of the things we can do to make Camp Illahee’s physical site more attractive and great for camp. I have been looking forward to this year for a long time, because there are LOADS of projects that I have been wanting to do … Continued
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 moved to Brevard from Dayton Ohio where he had been teaching and coaching high school boys and girls tennis. Dave is thrilled to be working … Continued
During a recent January snowfall, Associate Director Gretchen Greene, Assistant Director Kris Campbell, and Program Director Dave Hartsock took Camp Illahee Summer Camp for Girls’ campers Liza Dog and Newton out for second period. Watch them as they play tennis and revert to their rainy….ummm…snowy day plan.
For many in the Southeast, Christmas brought a beautiful white snow, and Camp Illahee was no different! According to Gretchen, who is holding down the fort, more than six inches had fallen and it was still coming down. Our parents are visiting Pinecrest for Christmas and helping with feeding the dogs, taking care of Stormy … Continued
