Special Thanks to Everyone who worked so hard to get this together...what a great time!!!!  Though it still seems like it wasn't enough time together...seems I spend ALOT of my time shuffling kids around, but the great thing is that's what Chanco is ALL about!!!  It was a BLAST doing crafts with everyone's kids.  I told Eileen Walsh that she had officially passed the buck...I remember doing tons of crafts with her at the old site.  Seeing those familiar faces was surreal for me.  I hope that we can ALL make a difference in helping keep alive what has clearly meant so much to u  continue reading »

I just dropped off my 12 year old son for his first Camp Chanco experience at 3rd Session...a whole 2 weeks...and let me tell you, I have had an awful case of that green-eyed monster, JEALOUSY!!!!   I have repeatedly asked him if I could stow away in his footlocker for the past week.  I remember so fondly the excitement of that first day...who will I see??, who will be back this year??, what campsite will I be in???  what kind of fun stuff will I get to do???   Ohhhh the fun he will have!!!  He was even singing in the car on the way about how Mom didn't get to go as I laughed at him  continue reading »

I love taking trips down memory lane and all of the talks of the drive to Chanco bring back my strongest memory....so, most people would know me as Evan's little sister...needless to say with being 5 years behind him, meeting all of his neat Chanco buddies, & hearing all of the great stories about mudslides, warm fuzzies, big group, small group, program, & "If you love me baby, smile"... I was VERY ready to attend Chanco, even was able to get in at 8 yrs old...I was 11 when I was FINALLY initiated into the Order of Chanco....There is something BIG in an Indian Night...the treck down the old cardiac hill...those huge steps, the awesome amphitheater...the lapping water of The James River...I remember logs that looked like full trees in the burn pit...the smell of that fire & Oooooohh the excitement...I really remember that "Children of the Corn" was like the scarry flick & I had heard that we would be dropped off in a corn field or something crazy....it makes me chuckle now....the whole build up was unbelievable...I was just so stoked to be there...  continue reading »

I have been reading all of the correspondence from today....Helen, I am soooo sorry for the troubles and hardship that your family is going thru right now, but I don't believe that this was meant to be an attack on Booomer...Unfortunately, boards have to eliminate positions, not the people per say....Thanks for asking the questions put out in the open....And Art, thank you for answering as you did....Now on to the business that I see at hand, what can we do to keep Chanco alive & running????  continue reading »

AWESOME WEEKEND....definitely too short was the general consensus...I honestly feel like I got about 5 minutes with every person that I wanted to sit down and have some small group time with....we have work to do for next year...I have at least 2 new campers ready after this weekend to hit Chanco first thing next Summer...It was so great to see everyone...Thanks soooo much to everyone who worked so hard to get this together....we look forward to doing what we can to help out in any way...I haven't decided what my favorite part of the weekend was....  continue reading »