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MDA SUMMER CAMP
“The Best Week of the Year”

Since 1955, MDA has built bridges and knocked down barriers for youngsters with neuromuscular diseases by providing an unforgettable week at MDA summer camp. Campers say the week they spend at MDA camp is "the best week of the year."

Each year MDA supports nearly 90 summer camps, in every state across the nation. MDA Camp is a magical place where year-round skills are developed and where a child with a disability can just be a kid.

In addition to knowledgeable camp staff and medical personnel, each camper has his or her own one-on-one volunteer, who helps with all aspects of both fun and personal care.
 

There’s plenty of fun. At MDA Camp, barriers simply do not exist. Each camp provides a wide range of activities especially designed for young people who have limited mobility or use wheelchairs. Accessible activities range from outdoor sports such as swimming, boating, baseball, football and horseback riding, to less physically demanding programs like arts and crafts and talent shows. Special guests such as firefighters and Harley Davidson riders add to the enjoyment.

If you're 16 or older, you're invited to apply to become an MDA camp volunteer.
At most MDA camps, volunteer counselors work one-on-one with campers around the clock, providing the care, close supervision and attention children with neuromuscular diseases need.
Counselors push wheelchairs, lift and carry youngsters, and even "bunk down" near their campers so they can help them during the night. But above all, they become a youngster's friend for a week — and sometimes for a lifetime.

At MDA camp there's always a need for
                                     Volunteer Counselors
                                             Medical Staff
                                             Water Safety Instructors
                                             Activities Coordinators                                                        

As a sponsor, your business or organization will be invited to send a representative to visit the local MDA camp during our special sponsor VIP Day. You'll see firsthand the joy that summer camp creates and meet campers appreciative of your support in making camp possible. Your involvement also will be saluted on the local broadcast of the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon.

Become a sponsor! Help a youngster with a neuromuscular disease in your community experience a week of fun and friendship they'll never forget.

For more information about medical services available through the MDA clinic, support groups, summer camp, or other services for people and families affected by a neuromuscular disease in MDA's program, please call:
Health Care Service Coordinator

253-627-7575

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