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Jud Millar on Wed, Apr 17, 2013 @ 12:41 PM
At Stone Mountain Adventures we ride the Allegrippis Trails everyday. Here are a few new sweet videos on YouTube about the Allegrippis Trails that are worth checking out!
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Jud Millar on Fri, Apr 12, 2013 @ 11:16 AM
Stone Mountain Adventures Teen Summer Camp will have a booth at the Appalachian Outdoors Spring Outdoor Expo which will take place on Saturday, April 13 from 10 to 5pm. We are excited to see our State College friends, former campers and former camp counselors at the Expo. Former camper and camp counselor this summer Ali Sanzo will be covering the booth for part of the day and Jud Millar will be there as we.
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Jud Millar on Thu, Apr 11, 2013 @ 10:54 AM
Every year summer children flock to overnight summer camps for the experiences of a lifetime. As your child gets older her or she may outgrow or age out of their camp. When that happens, it might be time to consider a Teen Summer Camp. Attending a teen summer camp can have profound positive effects on your teen now and later in life. In this article we will take a look at the benefits of choosing a teen summer camp.
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Posted by
Jud Millar on Sun, Apr 07, 2013 @ 05:06 AM
Stone Mountain Adventures Teen Summer Camp was recently featured in the "Good Life" section of the Centre Daily Times under the "Living Local" heading. Jud and Anne were interviewed a few weeks ago by reporter Chris Rosenblum with Nabil K. Mark coming to camp to take photos.
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Jud Millar on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 @ 10:30 AM
Teen Summer Camps are often referenced in the media and compared to other things such as a concert tour or professioanl training camp. In the following article that was originally posted by the Summer Camp Culture Blog we take a look many of these comparisons.
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Posted by
Jud Millar on Fri, Mar 08, 2013 @ 11:10 AM
Spending 46 hours of my life with no sitting or sleeping has to be the most unique experience I have ever had the opportunity to be a part of. Getting the honor to dance in THON 2013 was an amazing time full of moments that I will never forget. Inside the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University from 4:00pm on Friday February 15th 2013 until 4:00pm on Sunday February 17th 2013 there was always something going on and more than enough people to pass the time with. My journey started early Friday morning, I woke up around 8:00 am, had breakfast, went to class at 11:00 am, packed my things, and then headed to the BJC at 2:30 pm. Technically, over the weekend I was probably awake for a total of 58 hours without sleeping.
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Jud Millar on Fri, Mar 01, 2013 @ 08:21 AM
An upcoming episode of The Mindy Project will feature Seth Rogen as the latest in a long line of famous guest stars to play the love interest of Dr. Mindy Lahiri. Other famous guest stars who have appeared on the show include Ed Helms, B.J. Novak, and Seth Meyers. Rogen will be playing Mindy Kaling’s summer camp crush on an upcoming episode of her Fox comedy The Mindy Project, according to media reports.
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Jud Millar on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 @ 12:16 PM
SMA camp counselor Sarah Bademan '12 has been involvedwith THON for the past three years while a student at Penn State University. The PSU Dance Marathon, commonly referred to as THON is:
THON was started in 1973 by the university's Interfraternity Council and in its first year more than $2,000 was raised with 39 couples dancing for 30 hours straight. Last year 15,000 PSU students raised more than $10 million dollars at THON. The money that is raised is donated to The Four Diamonds Fund, a charity devoted to defeating pediatric cancer through research and caring for patients at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. It is an amazing event with the more than 15,000 students, the families of patients and the local community involved with the rallying cry, "FOR THE KIDS!"
In past years Sarah was a THON Administrative Assistant. This year Sarah will be one of the 700 dancers who will take the floor this weekend and dance for 46 hours straight! Sarah says, "I have been training hard and working on my dance moves all year for this weekend! Just standing on my feet for 46 hours seems daunting enough, but to dance for that many hours seems impossible. I am really excited. I have put so much time and energy into THON over the years that dancing this weekend feels will be a culmination of it all and the highlight of my Penn State career." We wish Sarah and all the dancers the best of luck in this worthy cause and we hope to stop by the BJC this weekend!
Stone Mountain Adventures(SMA) is a co-ed overnight teen summer camp for 60 teenagers ages 12-16 located in the mountains of centralPennsylvania. We specialize in getting teens excited about life through:
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Posted by
Jud Millar on Thu, Jan 31, 2013 @ 07:55 AM
A few weeks ago I traveled to Manchester, England, for three days. It was a quick trip, but an incredible experience. The purpose of my trip was to attend a "staff fair" hosted by
Camp America, a company that helps camps like SMA Teen Camp find international staff and then arranges their J1 work visas. The staff fair was a smashing success with about 60 camps in attendance and more 2100 potential camp counselors trying to find the perfect camp for them.
While I was in country I traveled east by train to York and stayed with the Richard Thompson, the son of my host family in the fall of 1990 to the spring of 1991 when I did a "Gap Year" after high school. There are lots of SMA connections in the Thompson family: Will Thompson was a counselor at SMA in 1985 & 1986 and his son Sam was a camper from 2008-10. Now they live in Port Washington, NY. Charlie Thompson was a camper in 2006 and 2007 and his younger brother David will be a first-time camper at SMA this summer. It was amazing to reconnect with old friends and visit some familiar places such as the Pocklington Rugby Club where I played rugby and St John's College where I was a student.
There was time to visit with some former SMA Teen Camp counselors who live near Manchester including: Ceit Bannon 2006-08 and Konnie Bannon 2007 & 2008 (sisters of Rory Bannon 2012); Matt Fox aka FOXXY 2006-08 and Beth Clewes 2012 and her mom. It was amazing to be so far from home but to have so many great connections and friends to visit. Pictured below are Ceit Bannon, Jud, Konnie Bannon & Matt Fox.
The camp fair took place in the Historic Manchester City Hall with Albert Square .
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Posted by
Jud Millar on Fri, Nov 02, 2012 @ 10:03 AM
Rock Bottom Construction Project...
This fall we have been busy at Stone Mountain Adventures working on a new construction project. We are in the process of converting the Rock Bottom Bunk House/Camper Cabin (AKA "Lower Boys" for those of you who were at SMA before 2005) into the new SMA Game Room and Music Studio as well as a permanent home for the camp radio station - WSMA!
The game room will have a foosball table and a combo pool & ping pong table. The game room will also house the Famous SMA Bunk Junk.
WSMA, the camp radio station, will also have a new home in Rock Bottom and will be the perfect place for DJ campers to perform, produce and record radio shows to be played back for all of camp during The Power Hour of Freedom.
The music studio will also house the SMA digital recording studio that will be hard wired and will enable us to easily record and remaster all of our recording sessions and live shows. The most unique and exciting feature of the SMA Music Studio is that is has giant doors that can be opened when the band has a live show!
Check Out the YouTube Video:
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| SMA Teen Summer Camp Rock Bottom Construction Project Fall 2012 |
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