Mark your calendars!  June 4-6 will be the Spring Work Weekend.  More information will follow.

Registration for the September 11th-13th Chanco Reunion is underway. In just a few short weeks we need to let Chanco know how many alumni will be attending. If the spaces we've reserved are not full, they will open up part of the conference center to other groups, so please, please, please REGISTER NOW!!! This year we've reduced both lodging rates and meal rates to make the weekend more affordable. Conference rooms will be $80 for the weekend, a chalet will be $25 for the weekend, and you may still camp for free with your own tent. continue reading »

Thank you so much to all of the alumni who came out to help us get Chanco ready for the summer! Despite the weather forecast and a little rain on both Friday and Sunday, we were able to stay relatively dry and pull off a successful weekend.

First and foremost, thanks to Stuart Usher. Stuart brought a stump grinder and he and Tater spent Saturday morning removing stumps from the campsites and paths (yes, the stumps we've been tripping over for 20 years!). When that was done Stuart helped me move at least 20 boats from the ampitheater to the boat racks ... or at least that's what it felt like!

Thank you to Chuck Alley for designing picnic tables, and thanks to his crew (Jenny Alfano, Mitch Parker, Amber, Sarah Cargill, Sarah Alley ... am I missing someone?) for helping to build them. A special thank you to the alumni who donated money to buy the supplies! Paul Reins, Myllie Dixon, and Talley Sale Banazek each donated enough to build a picnic table. Chuck also spent the afternoon repairing tables that were damaged.

Thank you to the leaf blowing/vacuumming crew: Mary Peyton Swann Miller, Heather Chapman, Helen Somers, Chandra and Jim Sitzler. Thanks, Jim, for helping me with the leaf vacuum ... I don't think I've ever had so much fun sucking up leaves. We were able to remove 20 years worth of leaves from around the dining hall, along with a few long lost items.

Thanks to Heather, Taylor and Chandra for trimming branches that hung over paths ... that will make it easier for campers to sneak from campsite to campsite!

Stuart, Mary Peyton, Jim, Tater and I also helped clean up the waterfront and moved the boats from the ampitheater to the boat rack. Thanks for your help!

Thanks to John and Joe for the coffee, PB&J sandwiches and the brownies! They were an unexpected treat!

And most of all, thanks to everyone for just being there! It was great to see you all! continue reading »

Would you like to help out for the May 15-17th work weekend, but you don't have the time to spare? Are you able to contribute both manual labor and a little extra cash to the CCAA? We will be building/rebuilding picnic tables while we work to get camp ready for summer. If you check under "Newest Stuff", you can make donations towards the materials needed for tables (all donations are tax deductible, of course). This will be the CCAA's gift to Chanco! What a great way to help out the camp ... and you know just where your money is going! continue reading »

Summer is fast approaching and there is work to be done. Chanco needs us! I know many of you mentioned after the reunion that you were anxious to get back to camp ... here's your chance!

The CCAA will be holding it's work weekend on May 15-17. Arrive Friday in the late afternoon/evening, hang out around the campfire with us, spend the night in a chalet and be ready to wake up bright and early Saturday morning for a full day of work. If you can only come down on Saturday or Sunday, that's fine, too.

We've talked to Jim Sitzler, the Camp Director, and we have a long list of things that need to be done. We will be doing lots of fun stuff like repairing and possibly building picnic tables in the campsites, repairing benches in the amphitheater, removing stumps, building tent city (remember the tents at old camp? They still use them!), carrying boats down to the waterfront, possibly doing some repairs to the bathhouses ... and whatever else Jim can come up with. We will need tools and materials for all of our projects, so let me know if you can help us out. My email is annkrannitz@gmail.com

Jim also informed us that the out-trip cooking gear is a little on the "I can 't believe we can eat out of this" side (his words exactly). We will get a list from him of items that need to be replaced and we'll set up a little online store so that you can purchase items to donate. We'd like to be able to completely replace the gear for the summer as a little gift from the alumni.

We'll see you all in May! continue reading »

Time to mark your calendars! This year's work weekend is scheduled for May 15-17th. It's a come when you can, bring what you can, help where you can event! We're hoping to fill up at least a couple of campsites, so let us know if you're going to be able to help out. There is no registration fee. What can be better than spending the night under the stars in exchange for a little sweat?

We're having a planning meeting in a couple of weeks and will be able to fill you in on the details once we figure them out!

If you have any questions you can email me at annkrannitz@gmail.com continue reading »