Thursday, January 29, 2009

Facebook, Old Photos & New Things at Camp

Hello Coppercreek Families and Friends,
I have to admit, I have become a Facebook junkie. It is terrible, but true! I joined a few months ago to see what all of the fuss was about. In those few months, I have re-connected to high school, college, and the best part, Coppercreek friends, old and new. I have been amazed and delighted to hear from and see photos of so many people who were part of Coppercreek over the years. Facebook even has Lornie and I pulling out the archived photos, scanning and uploading them. There are some true gems in the cardboard boxes. I put about 30 up today and there are more to come. The most special thing about re-connecting to all of these Coppercreekers has been hearing how much Coppercreek meant and still means to so many! The walk down Memory Lane has been fantastic. If you would like to see more photos, please feel free to join us on Facebook. We also have an alumni blog coppercreekalumni.blogspot.com, and/or you can join our alumni group from our website. We would love to hear from everyone!
Big Coppercreek hugs,
Becky

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Guess who's coming back to Coppercreek!

Hello Everyone,
We are busy this week at camp! It is the time of year when all of the preparation (staff hiring, booking new campers, planning projects and programs, etc.) for next year really begins. The exciting news is that we are starting to hear from the staff who want to return next summer. So, first a disclaimer, we haven't heard from everyone yet, and some of these staff are "maybe"s, but here is the list: Quillan, Jorge, Dave, Kari, Lucy, Lindsay, Sophia, Sean, Katie, James, Maggie, Laura, Cindy & Jonny! You can't miss this summer!!
Happy Thursday.
Becky

Thursday, January 15, 2009

January News from Coppercreek!


Happy New Year! We hope your holidays were spent with friends and family appreciating your blessings! We had a wonderful holiday season. After celebrating Christmas here at camp, Sutter and Ilana traveled with me to Truckee to spend the vacation working as ticket sellers at Northstar. It was fantastic. They got to live the "ski bum" life, and I had wonderful employees who I knew would be at work on time (since they stayed with me!). We all celebrated New Year's Eve on the mountain! Ryleigh, Craig, Lornie and Sutter skied. Taylor (a friend of Sutter & Ilana's) and Ilana snowboarded, Kenna and I hung out on the deck people watching and then we all watched the fireworks together at Northstar. I had the pleasure of bumping into Ryan Kirk on the mountain! It was great to see you, Ryan. I am really surprised we didn't see more of our campers. Please look me, Sutter or Ilana up if you ski Northstar. We would love to say hello.
Other happenings at Coppercreek:
Alumni Group
Our alumni group is growing by the day. We have almost 200 alumni registered so far. It has been such a pleasure for all of us to re-connect with so many of Coppercreek's former campers and staff. If you haven't had a chance to register yet, please visit www.coppercreek.com. We would love to get back in touch!
The Coppercreek Memorial Fund
We have recently established the Coppercreek Memorial Fund, a scholarship fund to give local children a chance to attend camp. For years, we have reached out to needy children in our community at our own cost. We would like to continue and grow the scholarship fund and are looking for help. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please give us a call or visit our website http://www.coppercreek.com/scholarship-donations.asp for more information.
Reunion Slide Shows
Lauren is putting together some Reunion Slide Shows. Her first one is scheduled for February 8th in the Los Angeles area. We are also looking for people who would like to host a slide show in Phoenix, Las Vegas, the Bay Area, and any other location, really! Please shoot Lornie an e-mail for more information. lornie@coppercreek.com!
So, there is the exciting news for now.
Happy Thursday!
Becky

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas at Coppercreek








Hello to all of our friends and family,
We are all feeling to blessed and grateful to have celebrated Christmas here at Coppercreek. Lornie, Sutter, Jared and Ilana came down to our house at 6:30 yesterday morning to see the surprises Santa left for Makenna and Ryleigh. We opened presents and enjoyed each other's company all day. Ryleigh received a little motorcycle from Santa which everyone but Kenna and I took a ride on! It was a glorious white Christmas, which is fun from inside, but makes feeding the horses a little interesting as you can see from the photos!
We wish you all health and hapiness and hope your day was as fun as ours.
Merry Christmas from all of us!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

October Tracks

Here is the October Newsletter!
Enjoy....

Dear Coppercreek Families,
I can’t believe it is already the middle of October. Where has this fall gone? We have had a very hectic couple of months with getting the kids back into the school routine, Lornie coaching the Varsity Volleyball team, and the normal clean up and break down to put camp to bed for the winter. Things are starting to slow down as the leaves change color and the days get shorter. We all are looking forward to the relative quiet (maybe!) of winter.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you to all of the camp families who took advantage of the first tier of our Fall Enrollment Discount! We had a great response and are already looking forward to next summer’s adventures with your campers!!

PROGRAMS NEAR CAPACITY
Due to the incredible response to our early enrollment discount, we have several programs near capacity. They are:
3rd Session Junior TREK
2nd Session CIT
3rd Session CIT (ONLY 2 SPOTS AVAILABLE!!)
4th Session CIT
If your camper is interested in one of the above programs, and you haven’t enrolled yet, please give us a call. We will update you on our current availability and walk you through your options.
10% FALL ENROLLMENT DISCOUNT DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 15TH!
Don’t forget, there is still time for substantial savings on next summer’s camp experience! We are offering a second tier of our Fall Enrollment Savings. If you enroll your camper before November 15th and pay the tuition in full, you can take 10% off of next summer’s prices! For a 2-week session, regular tuition is $2425. 10% off would be $2182.50. For a 4-week session, regular tuition would be $4425, and 10% off would be $3982.50! We will also offer the 5% sibling discount for campers enrolled in Traditional Camp on top of these great rates. Please contact us if you have any questions.

NEW MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN OPTION
With our new on line system, we are able to offer a monthly payment plan for next summer. You can spread your payments out over the next 6 months with no interest charges. Simply go on line, fill out your camper’s application, and select the monthly payment plan option. You can choose whether we charge your credit card on the 1st or 15th of each month. It is totally up to you. We will charge equal amounts each month November to May!

HOME VISITS!
We have found that you, our returning families, are our very best advertisement. If you are interested in hosting a Home Visit, please let us know. We will be happy to travel to you, present our slideshow, and speak to interested families about Coppercreek Camp! We will also offer a gift from the camp store for each camper who enrolls. Give us a call to get on our calendar.

PHOTOS, PHOTOS, PHOTOS!
Did you know you use the same user name and password to access the on line photos as to sign up your camper for camp? We still have a few more photos to post, but there are plenty to peruse! If you no longer have your user name and password, please e-mail Becky (becky@coppercreek.com).

KEEPING IN TOUCH!
Our goal for this winter is to have most of our communication be electronic, mainly to save trees and some postage J. Your camper can sign up for e-mail information, too. Please log in to Camp Minder and give us their e-mail address. They will then be on our official list to get all the latest news from camp. Also, don’t forget to check our blog for news, events and general ramblings about camp. We plan to post updates at least once a week this winter. The address is Coppercreek.blogspot.com! Last, but certainly not least, Craig, Lornie and Becky are all on Facebook and we will post updates and photos there as well!

CAMPER AND PARENT SURVEYS
Our camper and parent surveys have gone electronic! Please visit the below links and tell us about your experience this summer. Our goal is to continue to improve our campers’ experience at Coppercreek and we need your feedback!
Parent Surveyhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vflN_2b6Q6jh2zdsoDnALxtg_3d_3d

Camper Surveyhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ePYA3qOUpVlYrw4Y4PbXPA_3d_3d

ENROLLED SO FAR..
We always receive many questions at this time of year about who is enrolled for next summer, so here is the list!

Casey Astiz Aly Bailey Charles Bamford Holden Bamford James Bamford Lauren Barnes Brooke Bates Lindsey Bath Marek Bochnik Savannah Bochnik Teddy Bochnik Melissa Bond Travis Breier Jonathan Briggs Trevor Briggs Lily Cabot Jenny Cadish Matt Cadish Stephanie Carriere Hannah Carroll David Chechelnitsky Olivia Chodos Briana Dashefsky Kylee Dashefsky Yannick de Louraille Ella Dobson Emily Dobson Megan Elcombe David Gass Timothy Gass Coupe Goodman Emma Goodman Tim Gorelov Elizabeth Goulder Todd Grimm Mickenzie Grubb Fiona Heal Eve Hill Jake Hirsohn Brittany King Raphael Lenain Kirsten Lindelsee Tyler Lob Cole Lory Zachary Lusby Molly Madden Ilana Magill Isabel McGoldrick Sophia McGoldrick Madi McKinstry Jaclyn Merica Ally Milligan Ford Milligan Maddie Milligan Casey Neill Nathaniel Novak James O'Shaughnessy Adam Osterdock effrey Persons Aaron Reeves Calena Reeves Zach Rudolph Megan Walsh Lauren Wong Julia Wreden Tim Yednock
JCS
Monika Henderson Taylor Astiz Taehli Solomon Noelle Burger

We hope this letter finds you happy, healthy and enjoying this beautiful autumn.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Lornie, Sutter, Craig, Becky, Ryleigh, and all of us here at Coppercreek!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Rain and other Autumn fun!




Wow! I can't believe it has been a month since we posted. Where does the time go? We have been busy around camp getting everything put to bed and hosting groups. September is a busy month for us. We hosted our local Junior High School for a 2 day retreat. The kids focused on team building and learning effective study and organization skills as they approach their high school years. We followed the Junior High with a group of Hang Gliders who spend the weekend flying and talking about flying. Next comes Pixie and Hannah Baber's group of friends who camp with their Leonbergers (a large breed dog), then the Patriot's Day Ride. The Patriot's Day Ride is a 2 day event. 25 and 50 mile rides are offered each day. The horses and riders start here at camp and follow trails that take them all over the surrounding mountains and countryside. We had a fantastic turn out this year, 100 riders each day. These photos are of the meadow and lower cabin area full of campers and trailers!
It was another busy fall. Now, we are on to putting camp to sleep for the winter. The rain storm this weekend was wonderful. It made everything smell fresh and clean and knocked down the dust. Craig got the skate ramp covered and most of the other weather sensitive stuff put away. Now it's on to turning off water, and covering things with plastic. I know you are all jealous.
Next post, I will update on Greenville High Volleyball and the rest of the fun things we do in the fall.
Becky

Monday, September 8, 2008

Coppercreek Camp 2008 Survey

Hello Campers!
With the arrival of Fall, it is time to get our blog going again! I am so sorry for the long hiatus. I don't know where all of my extra time went this summer.... (we'll just have to blame it on Makenna's arrival :))!

I hope you are all enjoying the end of summer and beginning of the school year. It is still very hot here at camp, but our days are getting shorter, so we know fall is just around the corner.

The planning has already begun for next summer and we would love to hear from you about this summer! Please click on the links below to share your thoughts with us.

Thank you in advance.
Becky

Parent Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vflN_2b6Q6jh2zdsoDnALxtg_3d_3d

Camper Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ePYA3qOUpVlYrw4Y4PbXPA_3d_3d