Lion David Phelps posted on May 10, 2010 10:43
Camping for
Children with Handicaps
About Camp
The Texas Lions
Camp has been providing free outdoor camping experiences to handicapped
children since the early 1950's. While at Camp, campers have the
opportunity to enjoy many
activities including: swimming, horsemanship, ropes course, arts
& crafts, nature
studies, animal science and horticulture, music, drama, recreation
and athletics, shooting
sports and overnight/outdoor campouts.
Opening
Campfire
Each session
begins with an opening
campfire ceremony, where campers are officially introduced
to the staff and
the Camp rules are explained to campers by the Camp's director.
Most
importantly, each camper is invited to set a goal for the week,
and to
purpose to work hard to make their goal come true during their
session.
In a ceremony
that is rich in symbolism, each camper "blows" their wish onto
a stick, and the stick is then thrown into the fire. As each child
throws their stick into
the fire, several things begin to happen. Number 1, the fire grows,
symbolizing that as we
work together, our efforts are multiplied and the fire burns
brighter and hotter then it
would with just a single stick. Number 2, the sticks (goals) are
transferred in the smoke
to some place on Camp, where campers must work to claim the goal for
themselves.
2010 Schedule
- Session 1 June 6 – 12,
2010
- Session 2 June 13 –
19,
2010
- Session 3 June 20 –
26, 2010
- Session 4 June 27
–
July 3, 2010
- Session 5 July
4th -
10, 2010
- Camp Discovery July 11 –
17,
2010
- Lease Week July 18 – 24,
2010
- Day Camp July 21 – 23,
2010