Tennessee Summer Fun for EVERYONE
By Rachel Underwood & Karen Mevis
We know what you may be thinking: “I just got over the Holidays… now I have to think about Summer Camp?!?!” Unfortunately, yes. While it can be stressful to immediately move from one season (hosting the holiday dinner!) of planning to the next, starting your summer camp planning now can be very beneficial to your campers. Summer camp spots fill up fast – and this is especially true when it comes to inclusive camp experiences for children and adults with disabilities. Giving yourself an early start also allows you to start the funding process earlier, regardless of whether you are applying for camp scholarships, local, or state funding to support your camper’s experience.
Camp offerings for 2020 include day camps, overnight camps, free camps, camps for persons with certain disabilities, and camps with a certain activity focus, like art, music, or horses, for example. Camps may be exclusively for individuals that are not able to go to a typical summer camp because of their disability or chronic healthcare condition or they may be open to everyone but include an inclusive program. In this article we feature a few of the camps that serve individuals with disabilities. READ MORE>>
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Post-Secondary Spotlight: Summer College Experiences
Attending summer programs or visitation days hosted by some of the state's inclusive higher education programs is a fun way to get a jump start on your future. Programs like IDEAL at Lipscomb University and Next Steps at Vanderbilt University invite young people to a week long summer residential program. The Edge program at Union University introduces their offerings early next month at the Edge Preview Day at the U on February 17. READ MORE >>
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Call Pathfinder
By Karen Mevis
CALLER: Hello. I want to go to camp. Can you help me? My mother says that we can’t afford it, but I need a vacation. I went to Easter Seals Camp before, and I loved it. I made a friend and I just talked to her, and she is planning to go this summer. And I want to go again too. Mom says my SSI dollars don’t stretch far enough. She says she stretches every dollar, and she is stretched out. What does that mean? And what can I do to go to camp? I live near Decatur, Tennessee. For Pathfinder's response, READ MORE >>
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