Camp Snowflake
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“After
volunteering at Camp Snowflake, it left me a feeling of fulfillment,
which I haven’t felt before. I realized that we take the simple things
in life for granted such as being outside and feeling the cold air on
our faces. After this experience of volunteering it made me think about
so many things in life that I should experience and not take for
granted. This experience with these children made my desire to become a
teacher even greater.” |
Volunteers are assigned a camper with special needs, and spend the day playing games or making arts and crafts projects. Volunteers may also take the children on trips to bowling alleys, Sportsworld, pumpkin farms, etc.
A SHU student reads Dr Seuss to a child at Camp Snowflake, a camp for children and young adults with multiple disabilities.
Thanksgiving dinner at Camp Snowflake.
“This Council lays stress on reverence for the human person; all people must consider their every neighbor without exception as another self, taking into account, first of all, life and the means necessary to living it with dignity”
Pope Paul VI/Encyclical Letter Gaudium et Spes