Remember when you had to send in your Chanco registration the first day or you would be wait listed?  Camper enrollment still climbed this past summer and the hope is that if we can continue to make upgrades to the facility, we will soon be seeing all the sessions full.  HERE IS A WAY WE AS ALUMNI CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW!  The past two summers Chanco has successfully run a fundraiser called "Change for Chanco" where the kids save their coins during the winter and spring and donate them at their session.  An anonymous donor matches the total contributions.  I continue reading »

A significant portion of my Chanco memories that seem like happy ones now were actually pretty scary experiences at the time. Yes, this entry is about the ropes course, and specifically the Pamper Pull. Or was it the Pamper Pole? I'm not sure what its official name was, or why it got the name. The closest to an explanation I ever got was that, in completing this particular ropes course element, you were "pulling off your pampers" and growing up. Or something. continue reading »