Beth, your camp souunds absolutely a wwonder, esp. since a large share of people with disabilities never,never go outside 3 quick quweriesc from a 1-fingered typist 1) what is a cooper car? 2) how much acreage did you all have to work with? 3) was there any overnight camping or stargazing or both? oh,yes,did you have a vespers service for outdoor worship? how did thatv go? blessings, sce [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Hill Thiers <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, August 01, 1999 9:06 AM Subject: Our great Camp (at least I like to think so) >Hello fellow listers, >I've been quiet again this week after working so hard to catch up with my >mail last weekend. Had family over and also this was camp week. Usually >at this time of year, our patient loads are pretty low so, the speech >therapist decided to start a camp. >The camp is for children who are physically challenged and/or may be using >augmentative communication devices. We call it Camp Candu. >This year we had an abundance of volunteers, some typically developing kids >and six campers. We had a full week of activities that included shaving >cream fights, swinging, bubbles, skating, biking, a Cooper car, horse back >riding one day, a luau, parchute play, basketball, dancing, and lots and >lots of laughing. The best part of the experience other than the big grins >and obvious fun is the remarks of the parents especially ones like "I >didn't know they could do ...." >By Friday we were tired but had a great luau with grass skirts and leis and >a real Hawain trained polynesian dancer (who's just about one of the nicest >people you are ever going to meet). >We've got lots of pictures and as soon as we have our website for the >office and camp up and running, I'll send you the URL. >Hope your summers are going well, I feel sorry for you folks up North who >aren't used to the heat. Us, we just head for the air conditioning and the >pool. > >Elizabeth Thiers, OTR >email: [log in to unmask] >homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html