Summer Camps for Children with Juvenile Arthritis
Summer 2009 Information
- Who: Children and teens with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions
- What: Camp Wekandu
- When: July 19-24, 2009
- Where: Joy Outdoor Education Center in Clarksville, Ohio
- Cost: $480, Financial assistance is available
Camp Wekandu is a 5-day summer residential camp for children and teens with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions. Campers should have completed first grade through high school graduation by July 19, 2009.
Camp Joy provides empathic counselors, easy-access facilities, great food and great fun. Staff from Rheumatology Clinic at Cincinnati Children's will provide medical and therapy supervision at all times, conduct educational sessions and generally interact with the campers. Dining area and cabins are air-conditioned.
Activities are modified and supervised so that EVERYBODY can participate. Examples include:
- Archery
- Alpine tower climb or ropes course
- Arthritis education programs
- Arts and crafts
- Canoeing
- Campfires
- Fishing
- Group Exercises
- Music
- Nature study
- Native American and pioneer lore
- Singing
- Skits
- Swimming (walk-in pool)
As one of our campers last year said, "Wekandu rocks!"
For more information about Camp Wekandu, Pam Heydt, Division of Rheumatology, 513-636-4676.
