News and Events
Nanticoke Indian Pow Wow Enjoyed by All
DAB recreational activities take place all over the State of Delaware and this year we are kicking off with some great events in Sussex County. The yearly gathering to celebrate Nanticoke ancient tribal customs and rituals with the members of public was enjoyed by 22 from people from DAB on a beautiful sunny day on September 10th in Millsboro. Everyone enjoyed the drumming, dancing, and storytelling, as well as visiting Native American vendors and craft booths. We were pleased to welcome Ronnie Davis, our new van driver for Kent and Sussex Counties on his inaugural trip. He did a fantastic job and will be a great asset to our team! Ronnie joins us after retiring from a long career with the U.S. Air Force. He currently lives in Dover and is looking forward to getting to know the many people we serve over the next few months.
Phillies Night Enjoyed Despite Irene
A wonderful night at the Philadelphia Phillies kicked off our Fall Recreation programming on August 26th! It was quite an adventure getting to the game for our staff, clients and their guests due to all the evacuation traffic heading north out of the path of Hurricane Irene. However; even the predicated torrent could not stop our group of 16 Phillies fans from cheering their team on.
Many thanks to Judy Engelgau, Activities Director, for planning the trip and sticking to the plans despite the delays caused by Mother Nature!
Camp Sunnybrook 2011 Family Day
On August 4th, our six-week camp Sunnybrook Program culminated in our Annual Family Day celebration. This year, we were also able to show families our beautifully renovated camp facility at Landis Lodge. Our 24 campers, staff and volunteers were joined by their families, local Lions Club Supporters and others for an impressive day of musical entertainment, craft displays, camper and volunteer awards, and swimming skills demonstrations, as well as a fun and fabulous picnic.
Eric Perkins on guitar leads campers in song
Many thanks to all of those who made the camp and the event a huge success including Sandy Albaugh, Camp Director, Eric Perkins, Music Instructor, Shannon Bogush, Crafts Instructor and Steve Pickering, Writing Instructor, as well as all of the DVI support staff, who worked with the campers throughout the six-weeks on mobility skills, Braille skills, computer technology, cooking skills, reading and much more. Kudos to our many camp volunteers, all of whom were local high school students, who donated more than a 1,200 hours combined to assist campers throughout the day, and join them for many of our fun, exciting and instructive field trips.
Families enjoying an outdoor picnic
We also thank our pool staff and swimming instructors, Suzie Brazeau, Liz Veith and Christi Husband for all of the incredible work they did with the campers to instruct them on the swimming skills each day. Many campers became true water bugs! On family day, each camper was able to demonstrate the many skills that were learned over the six-weeks to include water survival skills, kick board skills, floating skills; and for the more experienced campers, diving, free-style, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly.
 Campers prepare for kickboard demonstration |
 Young campers demonstrate back floating skills |
 Campers display butterfly skills in the deep-end |
 Suzie oversees swimming demonstrations |
