Camp Laney was founded in 1959 by former Woodlawn and Alabama coach Malcolm Laney. Coach and his wife Louise directed the camp through fifteen successful seasons. Coach Laney was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.

     Coach Laney's successor, Rob Hammond, has been spending his summers at Camp Laney since 1961. During these summers Rob was a camper, junior counselor, and senior counselor. He became director in 1974. Rob graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971, and taught for five years at Darlington Lower School in Rome, Georgia.
     His becoming director of Camp Laney is the fulfillment of a longtime ambition, and he will strive to provide your son with the same meaningful camping experience Coach Laney provided for him.
     Rob, his wife San, and their two sons, Jordan and Bo, live in Rome, Georgia during the off season.
     The fulltime Associate Director at Camp Laney is Whitney Chapman . Whitney has been coming to camp since 1977. He spent these summers as a camper, junior counselor and senior counselor.  He was in charge of the horseback program for eight summers. Whitney graduated from UAB in 1994.

The other fulltime Associate Director at Camp Laney is Jonathan P. Floyd. Jonathan has been working with the staff of Camp Laney through the American Red Cross since 2002. He is a graduate of Berry College and received his Master's Degree in Outdoor Education from Georgia College in 2006. Before coming to Camp Laney Jonathan served as the Program Coordinator to the Outdoor Education Center at Georgia College & State University and he remains an Adjunct Professor of Health and Physical Education at Berry College. He currently resides in Summerville, Georgia.

CAMP LANEY
P.O. BOX 289
MENTONE, ALABAMA  35984

E-MAIL: info@camplaney.com
TELEPHONE: 1-256-634-4066/4067
FAX: 1-256-634-4098

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