History - A deeper look
Camp Viewmont was founded on what we now call Triple C Camp in 1951 by the Baptist Church of Richmond. The idea was to get the children out of the city and find a place in the woods that would be a great escape from the day-to-day grind of the Richmond City atmosphere. Programs included swimming in a spring fed swimming pool (which is now the lower field), horseback riding, and overnight stays. Yes, Camp Viewmont was an overnight camp, and thus, we are fortunate to have cabins, a dining hall, and other traditional facilities that typically are only found at residential camps.
If you went to Camp Viewmont, or know someone who did, we would love to meet them and learn more about the historical aspect of the facility and program.
In 1984 the Moore Family bought camp from the Baptist Church. The camp continued as Viewmont till 1989. The Moore's organized similar programming for the overnight community and did a few day programs until they sold the camp to the Charles family in 1989.
Rick and Pat Charles changed the name from Camp Viewmont to Triple C Camp which stands for Camps and Cottages of Charlottesville. Rick and Pat changed the programming to a day camp, bought buses and transported children to and from Charlottesville. Pat’s program experience along with Ricks business savvy allowed them to operate the camp for ten years and see thousands of local children enjoy the outdoors. In the fall each year they operated a Pioneer Program to give young pre-K and Kindergarten children the opportunity to come to camp. This was the beginning of what is now a long history of year round programming at Triple C.
Libby and “H” Rothenberg were fortunate enough to meet Rick and Pat in the fall of 1999 and moved to Charlottesville to buy camp in December of ’99. Everything happened very fast which was great for Libby and “H” as they already had 11 years of day and overnight camp experience in the Midwest working for private and not for profit camps. In ’99 their daughter Eryn was eight and son Ryan was two.
Libby and “H”, and now Eryn, have continued to operate the summer day camp with overnights on Thursday's, but also host over 200 days of year round camp programming through Charlottesville’s Challenge Course and Green Adventure Project School. School groups, sports teams, corporate groups, youth groups, boy/girl scouts and home school children all enjoy the 35+ beautiful acres in southern Albemarle County and are guided by experienced staff.
To learn more about the history of camp, or to share your experiences, please call 434.293.2529 or email register@tripleccamp.com. We love hearing from and talking with our alumni.