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Contact Camp Spifida
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Camp Spifida Contact Information
Kelly Hammaker
Fundraising Coordinator
196 Rose Lane
Port Trevorton
PA, 17864
570-374-4907
Summer 2009 Dates: July 26th - 31st
Make a Donation to Camp Spifida!
Camp Spifida welcomes donations to assist with camp medical supplies, insurance, expenses and camp tuition. (Note that a donation of $500 will send a child to Camp Spifida for a week.)
Our goal is to provide a typical camping experience, allowing for health and physical limitations, with emphasis on positive self-image, independence and self-assurance in all campers.
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SUMMER 2009 CAMP DATES
July 26th to July 31st
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Camp Spifida Builds Self-Esteem
Part of Camp Spifida’s mission is to encourage the children’s independence to build self-esteem and confidence. For many of the children who come to camp, they are the only ones in their school, the only ones in their community, who have spina bifida. Camp Spifida is a place to go where they are like everyone else. Each camper brings his or her unique abilities, and that contributes to the whole camping experience. As one mother says, “Camp Spifida has given my daughter the chance to be a kid - not a disabled kid - but a kid”.
Camp Spifida helps children and parents know that they still love each other very much, but they can also enjoy some things apart from each other. Because of the tremendous bond that forms between parents and a child with spina bifida, it is hard for parents to let their children do something new on their own for the first time. “Camp is great for them,” another parent says, “because it lets them know what it’s like, for once, to be part of the norm.”
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Camp Spifida
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Kelly Hammaker
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196 Rose Lane
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Port Trevorton
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PA, 17864
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570-374-4907
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Thank You for your support!
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Camper Information Contact:
If you have a camper interested in Camp Spifida, please contact Sasha Hovak
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