Camp Healthy Hope

This is a day camp for children ages 3 to 12 with Type One Diabetes.  Also welcome and encouraged to attend this camp are the siblings of these children.  The foremost goal of this camp is to acquaint children who have diabetes with other children facing the same daily challenges.  It is the hope of the camp to help these children learn about themselves, their diabetes, and make and reach goals that they set both with their diabetes and overall development.  Children with diabetes face the difficult decisions of what to eat, how much to eat, how much insulin to give themselves, and how they feel 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  At camp we work to encourage the children to tune in to their emotions and behaviors to determine whether or not they are the result of a high or low blood sugar.  In addition, we work with age appropriate games to help the children learn how to treat lows and how many carbohydrates are in what types of foods.