Allenberry Youth Programs

We're SO close! Look for a new AYP brochure in the mail or at a school near you in the next couple of weeks. Works of art, thanks to Cathy Stone and Sam Gray!

How can you instill in your child the importance of good sportsmanship and offset the "win at all costs" philosophy? Both parents and coaches can start by focusing on these issues... http://life.familyeducation.com/sports/parenting/36484.html

Cryptozoology visits the Appalachian Trail! http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/1109/676342.html

is seeking Summer Program Counselors Allenberry Resort Inn and Playhouse is seeking high energy, cheerful, creative and dynamic counselors (ages 20+) for its new youth programs (co-ed, residential, ages 11-17). Applicants should have a strong interest in the outdoors, fine arts, and sports. Intermediate level tennis players with an interest in coaching and/or teaching; USPTA trainer Ruth Hessert will be involved in the selection process. Residential summer program/camp expe...rience preferred. Counselors must be First Aid and CPR certified before the employment start date. Positions will run from around June 16th until around August 22nd. Applicants hired as counselors will have the opportunity to intern as tennis trainers two nights per week from the end of October through April. Counselors will also receive instruction in fly fishing and all fine arts activities as well. Counselors will have orientation and training on the Allenberry property in Boiling Springs, PA before the program participants arrive. Counselors will receive $200-250/week D.O.E. plus room and board (at Allenberry Resort!). If interested, please contact us by email at [email protected]

Creativity Tips A few thoughts from pikaland.com on how to harness your creativity. Number 7 on the tip list is a favorite:... "I try and find the pattern between things, and connect the dots between random things just for fun when I’m stuck in a rut. Like when I see the color yellow around me, and then I start to focus on finding yellow things stuff that I didn’t notice before will show themselves to me. I’m heightening my sense of awareness because I’m narrowing my focus to one thing." Give it a try! :) http://pikaland.com//inspiring-creativity-9-tips-to-be-mor

Halloween Zoology Special The bats of Pennsylvania: http://www.batmanagement.com/Batcentral/batspecs.html... All Pennsylvania bats belong to family Vespertilionidae, and are also known as evening bats or common bats. They are insect eaters, taking prey on the wing. Often they feed over water, and some species occasionally land and seize prey on the ground. A bat consumes up to 25 percent of its weight at a single feeding. More bats! Less mosquitos!

Mystery Quiz! It's that time of year again... Murder Mystery opens this weekend at Allenberry! So here's a little mystery of our own... Any guesses on who the young man in this picture might be?! And yes, he works here at Allenberry :)

Scenic Science Update "Every fall the leaves of many trees turn magnificent colors. One of the great benefits of the season is looking at the fall foliage, with its bright reds, oranges and purples, before the leaves fall off for winter. How exactly do the vibrant green leaves turn so many different colors, and why? Over the spring and summer months, chlorophyll in the leaves absorb sunlight which is then used for energy. The energy is used to convert carbon dioxide, the kind... of air we breathe out, to carbohydrates such as sugar and starch, for the tree to use or store. Chlorophyll gives the leaves their green color. Other pigments are also in the leaves, such as carotenes and xanthophylls; these give yellow and orange pigments. During the spring and summer months, the chlorophyll is most prevalent, therefore the leaves appear green. In the fall, the lower temperatures and shorter day lengths signal the trees to stop making food. The sugar and starch stored from earlier now serve as food for the tree during the winter months. Since the chlorophyll is not being used, it starts to break down, revealing yellow and orange pigments. Red and purples, or anthocyanin pigments, are made from different chemical interactions with the carotenes and xanthophylls. Thanks to these chemical changes, we are able to see extraordinary fall colors." Rebekah Shaffer, Slippery Rock University, PA.

Activity Highlight: Japanese Bookbinding At the end of our Arts and Nature programs, participants will bind their work together by hand into a volume to take home and share with friends and family. Shown right to left: basic four-hole binding yotsume toji; then the embellished corner variation called the Kangxi binding; the third is the tortoise-shell variation called kikk toji; and then the hemp leaf pattern called asa-no-ha toji.

Staff Highlight: Leslie Sterner, Sales Manager Leslie was literally raised at Allenberry. She has worked here as a buffet girl, waitress, hostess, service manager, and sales manager. It runs in the family. Leslie’s mother worked here when she was a child. Leslie met her husband here and raised her daughters Rachel and Sara here. A Carlisle High School graduate and Penn State Alum she majored in Individual and Family Studies.In her current position at Allenberry, Leslie is a w...edding planner, meeting planner, banquet and picnic planner... to name just a few of her many responsibilities. Much of her day is spent on the phone and, now, on the computer. She is a "people person"... most days. Leslie likes ebay, Facebook, chocolate, plants and flowers, bargain shopping, spending time with her girls and 4 kitties. Her dislikes are cooking, laying tanbark, cooking, cleaning bathrooms, and cooking. See more