The Camp Sertoma Club of NC, VA & MD

Michael Hoffman wrote a grant and we received $1,000 from NC Relay for camper scholarships. Please stop by their table at Deaf Camp registration.

Relay North Carolina is committed to providing the best possible communication solutions for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind or have a speech disability.

Please visit our website at www.relaync.com to learn more about these services provided in North Carolina state.

Relay NC provides various relay services such as-TRS, VCO, HCO, Speech to Speech, Spanish Relay, Video Relay, Internet Relay, Relay Conference Captioning, and CapTel.

The Coopermine photo gallery that I used to display all the photos was hacked. That means someone for whatever reason, went into the website and deleted all the pictures. After talking to John Kelly, I am using this as an opportunity for change. I think I will pick a new template for the site and use a different photo album. While this will mean some more work on my part, the positive side is the site will look even better now. I will not be using Coopermine again!

Janis H-H
Webmaster

Current Trails at Main Camp

We have several “mapping of the trails” projects going on.  My husband, Greg, and I,  have plotted existing trails at camp using our GPS. Click on the images to view the pdf files. The map isn’t ready to be released to the public per se and Keith would need to approve of it before we did that. This is a current draft. Tod Kampschroeder mentioned it would be good to have a trail map in case folks wanted to bring horses onto the property and ride around. Feel free to email me with specific questions.

StokesCORE is doing a series of moutain bike trails. There are 2 phases of the project. First camp as a whole and second, trails on the Moores Springs side of property. Currently, I only have Tony’s map of how he would like the trails to be. The second phase is the Moores Springs only side of the camp, where they are currently making the old tobacco roads into mountain bike trails. This is part of a larger grant and more information will hopefully be coming soon.

Stokes CORE suggested trails

At the club meeting Jeff Cape asked about website statistics so I thought I would have a look at the stats for 2009

Several bots crawl our site. Yahoo Slurp, Googlebot, MSNBot, Ask.com, MSNBot-media and several other random bots. This is good because it means we are listed on their search engine.

Some keyphrases that were searched include: ballroom camps nc, deaf camp maryland, sertoma camp, 2009 nc abc convention, camp sertoma north carolina, sertoma texas hold em, camp sertoma westfield nc, camp sertoma nc.

People from the Ukraine, Egypt, China, Romania, Russian Federation, Israel, Canada, Italy and Germany looked at our website. And of course, people from the US.

Work Weekend is coming up! The Work Weekend To-Do List Post contains many days work of projects. Remember to email John Kelly and tell him you are coming. There is a registration form to fill out if you are coming. I am looking forward to helping camp get ready for all the campers!
Janis H-H
Webmaster

Renee Ward just emailed me the Convention Schedule. I have uploaded the .pdf to the website, here is an extracted version:

Thursday - April 16, 2009
11am Departure Gold @ Tanglewood (Fill out the registration form)
1-6pm Registration/Exhibit Setup
4-6pm Hospitality Room
7-9pm Opening Session and Reception
9-Midnight Hospitality Room

Friday - April 17, 2009
7-8am First Timers Breakfast
8-9:45am Regional Meeting
9:45-10am Break
10-10:30am Joint District Meetings
10:30-Noon District Meetings Chesapeake Bay room 151, Ft. Sumter room 221, Pacesetter Ballroom B, Sandhills room 222, Doug Council 3rd floor meeting room, Henry C. Carter Cotton Mill Restaurant, Pioneer Ballroom A, Wade Hampton Ballroom C.
12:15-2pm Awards Luncheon Ballroom ABC
2-5pm Workshops/Seminars Rooms 151, 221, 222 & Ballroom B& C
2-4pm Workshops
4-5pm Camp Sertoma Club of NC/VA & MD room 151
4-5pm Camp Sertoma of NC Meeting room 151
5-6pm NC Sertoma Endowment Fund room 151
5-6pm Elections Committee 3rd floor meeting room
Dinner - On your own
8-midnight Hospitality Room

Saturday - April 18, 2009
7:00-7:30am Elections Committee
7:30-8:30am Elections
8:45-10am District Meetings
10-10:15am Break
10:15-Noon Regional Meeting
Noon - 1pm Lunch (on your own)
Free Afternoon
1-5pm Tour of Old Salem (Fill out the registration form)
1-5pm Trip to Camp Sertoma of NC
1:30-4:30pm Pre-ILT Training
6:30-7:30pm International Director/Governors Reception (Cash Bar)
7:30-10pm Banquet
10-Midnight Hospitality Room

Thanks to Steve Barber for bringing our camp to the attention of the HLA-NC folks.  Our camp’s information is located in the NEWS section in the second column right above information about Camp Woodbine.  Way to go Steve! Together we help make our camp a successful one!

Janis

Big shout out to Michael Hoffman who was interviewed by Hearing Health magazine. His quote, along with a picture of our campers, appears in the Happy Campers article http://www.drf.org/magazine/35/Spring+2009+Issue/article/259 and a listing for our Deaf/HH camp is at: http://www.drf.org/magazine/35/Spring+2009+Issue/article/252
Congratulations to our Camp Club and Michael Hoffman!

Below is a list of jobs that need doin’ at the Work Weekend…..  

Sertoma Work Weekend May 1-3, 2009

1. Build a Bridge across creek behind new archery range
2. Install 4 new doors in Rec. Hall
3. Landscape bank in front of West Winston cabin, install french drain
4. Trim trees around cabins
5. Clear Wolf Creek Trail
6. Mulch/landscape around buildings
7. Paint/repair storage building at ropes course
8. Clean out/organize storage building at Sertoma Lodge
9. Install skid protection strips on all ramps
10. Pressure wash pool
11. Paint Springhouse
12. Landscape bank in front of Rec. Hall
13. Split/stack firewood
14. Paint bathroom in Rec. Hall

As usual, let John Kelly know which nights and what meals you will need (there is a registration form for that) and bring your own tools and gloves!

Janis H-H
Webmaster

As you know the 2009 Atlantic Coast Regional Convention is coming up. All members should have received a letter in the mail from John Kelly. If you didn’t please email him. Below is the schedule for the convention at a glance. I am very excited that a visit to Camp Sertoma is one of the three choices for Saturday afternoon. If you haven’t gone down the zip line - now is your chance! Of course there are many hiking trails and a beautiful view from the rocking chairs on the porch for the less adventurous.

Thursday - April 16, 2009
11am Departure Gold @ Tanglewood (Fill out the registration form)
1-6pm Registration/Exhibit Setup
7-9pm Opening Session and Reception

Friday - April 17, 2009
7-8am First Timers Breakfast
8-9:45am Regional Meeting
9:45-10am Break
10-10:30am Joint District Meetings
10:45-Noon District Meetings
12:15-2pm Awards Luncheon
2-5pm Workshops/Seminars
2-6pm Misc. Meetings
Remainder of Afternoon/Evening Free Time 

Saturday - April 18, 2009
6:30-7:30am Elections Committee
7:30-8:30am Elections
8:30-10am District Meetings
10-10:15am Break
10:15-Noon Regional Meeting
Noon - 1pm Lunch (on your own)
12:30-4:30pm Winery Tours (lunch included) (Fill out the registration form)
1-5pm Tour of Old Salem (Fill out the registration form)
1-5pm Trip to Camp Sertoma of NC
1:30-4:30pm Pre-ILT Training
6:30-7:30pm International Director/Governors Reception
7:30-9:30pm Banquet
9:30-Midnight Hospitality Room