Sandy Schenck Wins American Camp Association Award

By Sandy Schenck on October 14, 2012

Sandy SchenckSandy Schenck, Green River Preserve’s Founder and Executive Director, was awarded the ACA Southeastern’s 2012 Community Service Award. He was recognized at the ACA Southeastern Fall Camp Conference in Charleston, South Carolina in early October.

The award is for those who have made outstanding contributions and/or support by local individuals or groups to the field of camping in their community.

Sandy left a business career in 1987 to start the Green River Preserve, a summer camp with a focus on the environment and creative arts. In 2006, he and his wife, Missy, put 2600 acres of the Preserve in a conservation easement which will protect the land forever. Inspired by his work at the camp, he started the non-profit Muddy Sneakers in 2007 which emphasizes hands-on experiential learning. It is used in fifth grade classrooms in 15 schools across Western North Carolina.

Congratulations, Sandy!

Sandy Schenck
Sandy Schenck

An economics major from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sandy also holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Sandy fell in love with summer camps when he was a teenager and dreamed of one day owning his own camp.