Chris

About Chris Strevel

Chris first joined Tate’s Day Camp in 1989 while attending the University of Tennessee. He thought he was only looking for a fun summer job but quickly learned that he had found his career. After serving as a camp counselor, head counselor, and assistant director, he accepted the Executive Director role in 1993.

Summer Leadership Series: Abby Mason

We recently asked our 2017 Day Camp Leadership Team members a few questions to help you and campers get to know them a bit better in preparation for this coming summer! Meet Abby Mason! Q: How many summers have you worked for the Day Camp? A: "This will be my sixth summer at Tate's Day [...]

By |2017-11-03T17:14:56-04:00March 22nd, 2017|Tates Camp|

Remember Mikey? He Hates Everything!

Do you ever recall seeing one of those Life cereal commercials from the 70’s where two brothers discover a new cereal and neither one wants to try it, so they push it over to their younger brother and say, “Let’s get Mikey. He won’t eat it. He hates everything.” To the amazement of his two [...]

By |2017-11-03T17:11:40-04:00January 27th, 2017|Tates Camp|

Here… Take My Slice of Pizza

It was lunch time in Kindergarten, and it was everybody’s favorite day – pizza. The teacher passed out the lunches and noticed that one little girl didn’t have a lunch. She was not on the sign up list for pizza, and she hadn’t brought her lunch from home. No problem – it sometimes happens, so [...]

By |2017-11-03T16:55:59-04:00September 13th, 2016|Tates Camp|

I Blinked

Three weeks ago, while standing in the camp office, I said to our incredible team of directors, “Let’s make these final three weeks count because in the blink of an eye, we will be standing in this room – it will be Thursday, and there will only be one day of camp left. Focus on [...]

By |2017-11-03T16:54:34-04:00July 27th, 2016|Tates Camp|
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