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Evening Program Writing
We found this great old photo in the Rockbrook archives the other day. It’s not exactly clear when it was taken, but we’re guessing that it was sometime in the 1950s. It looks like the girls are all writing for the camp yearbook, ̶...
The Best Girls Summer Camp
What makes the best girls summer camp? It’s funny, but you see that claim now and then. “We’re the best girls camp ever!” or “Welcome to the best girls camp in North Carolina.” Most of this can be considered ak...
It’s Your Adventure Girls
Are you ready for some adventure girls? Are you ready to put yourself out there, or up there as the case may be? Camp is a the perfect place for girls to try out outdoor adventure sports. There’s rock climbing, high ropes course climbing, w...
Kayaking this Summer
We’ve been doing a lot of kayaking this summer. The campers have been showing great interest, so Clyde and our kayaking staff counselors have been busy. Starting in the lake with introductions to the equipment, safety issues, and paddling tec...
Middlers Go to Sliding Rock
Yesterday we took the entire Middler Line to Sliding Rock, the wonderful natural water slide nearby in the Pisgah National Forest. We loaded up all 75 (5-6 grade) campers and counselors and had an exciting afternoon and evening with lots of trips do...
Riflery Camp for Girls
Hey what’s your score? When girls select riflery as one of their camp activities, they first learn the basics of shooting. After some practice, camp girls develop their marksmanship skills and begin to shoot more evenly. When they can consis...
Being a Camp Leader
One important mark of leadership for the staff at Rockbrook is their ability to model personal character for the girls at camp. We strive to hire cabin counselors and activity staff members who exemplify good character and thereby can serve as role ...
RBC in the Press
We bumped into this article the other day by Anne O’Connor entitled, Is Summer Camp Good for Her? It’s a great discussion of why traditional overnight summer camps offer so much, and how many “specialty” camps (e.g., compute...
Camping Girls
Let’s not forget hiking! All the girls who come to Rockbrook can count on a hiking and camping adventure. It’s not required or anything, but just about everybody takes a special trip out of camp to spend a night camping out in the fores...
What Camp Teaches
As a summer youth camp, Rockbrook’s mission is to be “a haven for girls, a place of their own, where they can explore the beauty of nature, try new things, enjoy carefree summer living, and make some of their very best friends.” And...
FL Girls in NC
You might be surprised to know that girls from Florida go to summer camp in North Carolina all the time. FL is not too far from NC, and when you consider the great mountain climate up here in Brevard, our much cooler summer weather is a real draw. ...
Camp is a Refuge
We hear this a lot, actually: that camp is a refuge. It’s a place where girls can escape the busy, sometimes overwhelming pace of their regular lives. For many young kids, each day is a bombardment of stimuli, new information and entertainm...
The Youngest Riders
Can the youngest children at camp take horseback riding? Absolutely, yes! The youngest girls at Rockbrook, who are 6 years old, are some of our most enthusiastic riders down at the equestrian center. Camp is a great place to develop girls’ in...
Friends at Camp
Summer Camp is a place where girls make some of their very best friends, the kind of friends that understand you and like you for who you really are. Away from the confines of home and the expectations of school, girls at camp are free to explore, t...
The Fun and Friends of Camp
“What makes Rockbrook so much fun?” Wow, that’s a hard one! Of course, the most obvious answer is being able to do all of the great activities at camp— the crafts, the sports, the adventure, the horseback riding, etc. While that...
Shooting Archery
Here we have another of the more popular activities with the girls at camp— shooting archery. It’s not too surprising when you think about the satisfaction that comes from hitting the target, or the confidence you feel when you get better an...
Exciting Summer Gymnastics!
Girls who attend Rockbrook Camp can take a regular gymnastics class. These summer gymnastics camps are just one of the many sports activities available at RBC. Beginning with basic flexibility, balance and strength training, you’ll work on ...
Learn to Knit at Camp
Can I learn how to knit at camp? You sure can! In fact, knitting has become one of the crafts at camp girls are really enjoying. You might think it’s old fashioned or something that only your grandmother would do, but knitting is really coo...
A Girls’ Summer at Camp
Here’s a great old photo of girls at Rockbrook Camp enjoying their summer swimming and sliding down into the lake. We’re not sure when the photo was taken, but in the background you can see the Hillside Lodge with very little growing aro...
Girls Kayaking
Rockbrook girls kayaking! Here’s a photo we found the other day of a kayaking trip we think is from the 1990s. It’s true; whitewater kayaking trips on local rivers (like the Nantahala) have been a part of our whitewater program for more...
Camp Girls
Long-time Rockbrook counselor Beth Dobson sent us this great old photo of some Rockbrook Girls. “I was going through some old family photos yesterday and found a picture of my grandmother at RBC. I edited the photo to point out which girl is ac...
Rockbrook Mini Camps
The regular sessions at Rockbrook are either 3 or 4 weeks long, and most of the girls who return to camp each summer select one of these as their camp session. In addition though, we also have several 2-week-long “Mini Camps” offered thr...
Girls Riding Camp Stable Club
“What’s the Rockbrook Stable Club?” A riding camp for girls should be more than just riding; it should also be learning about horses. That’s why girls who are truly “horse crazy” love Rockbrook’s ground less...
Top 10 ways to dress up at summer camp
Dressing up is one of the best things about going to an all girls summer camp. There seems to always be a chance to put on something funny, become a character, or create an alter ego of some sort. Parties, skits, shows! Thinking of Rockbrook, here...
Is your child ready for camp?
How do you know if your child is ready for summer camp? It’s an important question to ask, especially if you have a younger child who’d new to the experience. Most discussions of this question focus on whether or not your child is outgoi...
Knitting Camp Girls
“Like your hat Maddie.” You get to make some pretty cool stuff when you come to camp… like this hat for instance. Maddie knitted it when she first got to camp last summer, and from then on was rarely seen without it. It’s tr...
Pottery — A craft tradition for girls at Rockbrook
One of the many folk crafts of the Appalachian region, including the area around Rockbrook Camp, is pottery. Following a long tradition of people making household pots from clay, there are now, according to the Southern Highland Craft Guild, more th...
What Outdoor Game is the Most Fun?
Shaving Cream Fight!!! It’s true; there’s really nothing quite like a summer game of 50 kids and teens running around tryng the cover each other in shaving cream. Not really many rules to the game, but it won’t be long, and youR...
Making Real Friends at Camp
And these aren’t your casual friends. At camp you’ll make the absolute best friends of your life, the kind of friends you’ll always stay in touch with. That’s because camp is a place where you can be who you really are. No ...
Jacksonville Florida Summer Camp Girls
We just had a wonderful time visiting all the Rockbrook Camp girls down in Jacksonville, Florida. Tons of girls came and enjoyed the party, the pizza, the craft activity, and of course the camp movie and slide show. Most of them were new girls want...
