Teaching Children how to live with and manage their own diabetes in an environment of fun activities, supportive and understanding friends, and great medical care.
Program Emphasis
Gender
Type Of Stay
Location
Diabetes
Coed
Resident Camp
Jackson's Gap, AL
Average Cost
Financial Assistance
Age Range
Capacity
Less Than $500 (week)
Yes
1 - 17
144
About Financial Assistance
Income based fee schedule for Alabama Residents and referral to scholarship resources.
Session Lengths
Food/Nutritional Notes:
Less Than 1 Week
1 Week Session
Registered Dietitians plan individualized meal plans for participants in the Children's Summer Programs.
Three snack times, midmorning, midafternoon, and before bedtime, are included in the daily schedule with snacks incorporated into the meal plan when medially indicated.
Session Information
Children's Summer Programs:
Great assortment of outstanding, and sometimes challenging, recreation activities. Fun and informative daily Diabetes Education activities.
Junior Camp, Ages 6 - 11 years, June 6 - 11
Middle Camp, Ages 11 - 13 years, June 13 - 18
Senior camp, Ages 14 -17 years, June 20 - 26
Adventure Camp, Ages 14 - 17, June 20 - 26
Family Programs: A mixture of fun recreation programs for children, helpful information and instruction in diabetes management and enjoyable recreation programs for parents/caregivers.
Spring Weekend: Ages Birth - 17 & Immediate Family, April 16 - 18.
Summer Family Camp: Ages Birth - 17 & Immediate Famiy, June 1 - 4.
Fall Weekend: Ages Birth - 17 & Immediate Family, October 29 - 31.
Rates for all programs availabe by contacting Terry@CampSealeHarris.org or CampSealeHarris@aol.com.
More About Camp
Camp is fun! The activities are great! The friendship and support are awesome!
Camp Seale Harris was founded in 1947 with the belief that children who strived to achieve "full chemical control" could achieve good health and minimize their risk of diabetes related complications. This belief, now verbalized as teaching, practicing and reinforcing techniques of intensive diabetes management, continues as the foundation of our program today.
Camp Seale Harris believes that children are children first. They happen to live with a health challenging condition.
Diabetes Education is the cornerstone of all Camp Seale Harris programs. Fun, interacive and informative Diabetes Education sessions are included in the daily schedule of the Children's Summer Programs. Diabetes Education Seminars addressing various issues of interest to parents and caregivers are offered several times during the Family Programs.
Teams of leading diabetes care professionals from pediatric and childrens diabetes clinics, clinical practices, medical training programs and other diabetes affiliations volunteer their time and expertise in diabetes management to encourage, motivate, teach, and provide medical care to program participants.
Personnel trained in diabetes management are always present to provide supervision and care of children during the Children's Summer Programs.
Camp Seale Harris teaches that you can learn to live with the challenges presented by diabetes. We recognize that diabetes in an unfortunate inconvenience. However, it doesn't have to impose limits on your life. Diabetes doesn't have to control you, you can learn to control your diabetes!
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