Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!olivea!oliveb!bunker!wtm From: deforest@hpihoah.cup.hp.com (Martha de Forest) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Summer Camps Message-ID: <16037@bunker.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 90 14:03:03 GMT References: <15966@bunker.UUCP> Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: deforest@hpihoah.cup.hp.com (Martha de Forest) Distribution: misc Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 108 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 12122 > > I am now running the Disability discussion area on American > People/Link-- the area, itself, is small, but growing. I was approached > by one participant who asked me if I knew of summer camps for disabled > kids. > There are many camps across the country for kids with all sorts of disabilities. On the way home from work, I pass two. The camps are in the middle of California Redwoods, the addresses are: Camp Krem "Camping Unlimited for Retarded Children" 102 Brook Lane Boulder Creek, CA 95006 (408) 338-3210 Camp Harmon "Easter Seals" 16275 HWY 9 Boulder Creek, CA 95006 (408) 338-2128 These are both in the Santa Cruz mountains 45 minutes from Silicon Valley, 90 minutes from San Fransisco. Other addresses that you can use for a lead were posted by Sheila Fava last month, these addresses can be used to find children's athletic camps. The neat thing about athletic camps is that the children are likely to make friends whom they will see at athletic events throughout the year. My daughter went to an athletic camp and had a blast. ORGANIZATIONS WHICH OFFER SPORTS/ATHLETICS FOR disABLED INDIVIDUALS The organizations listed below are members of the Committee on Sports for the disABLED of the United States Olympic Committee. Since I belong to three of the organizations listed below (USCPAA, NWAA and PVA-Auxiliary) I will begin by listing the sports organi- zations I belong to: National Association of Sports for Cerebral Palsy 3916 E. 34th Street New York, NY 10016 (Parent Organization) --------------------------------------------------- U.S. Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association 34518 Warren Road -- Ste. 264 Westland, MI 48185 PHONE: (313)425-8961 --------------------------------------------------- National Wheelchair Athletic Association 3595 East Fountain Blvd., Ste. L10 Colorado Springs, CO 80910 PHONE: (719)574-1150 --------------------------------------------------- United States Les Autres Sports Association 34518 Warren Road, Ste. 264 Westland, MI 48185 PHONE: (313)425-8961 --------------------------------------------------- Paralyzed Veterans of America (Auxiliary) 801 13th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 PHONE: (202)872-1300 or 1-800-424-8200 CONTACT PERSON: Andy Flemming --------------------------------------------------- National Handicapped Sports and Recreation Association Capitol Hill Station P.O. Box 18664 Denver, CO 80218 --------------------------------------------------- American Athletic Association of the Deaf 3916 Lantern Drive Silver Spring, MD 20902 --------------------------------------------------- Special Olympics, Inc. 1350 New York Ave. NW, Ste.500 Washington, D.C. 20005 --------------------------------------------------- United States Association of Blind Athletes 55 W. California Ave. Beach Haven Park, NJ 08008 --------------------------------------------------- United States Amputee Association Rt. 2, County Line Fairview, TN 37062 --------------------------------------------------- These sports organizations are here for -YOU- the -potential- athlete....YOU who will do your best to the best of your ability and whether you win or lose, it will be worth the effort because it was the fight well fought. ----- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. ----- ---Sheila. ** HOST(ess): ABLED-Athlete Conference #72 ** -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!157!3!Sheila.Fava Internet: Sheila.Fava@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com