| Comments from Parents and Campers
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| Each year my daughter learns something new and I feel that camp is very beneficial to her. It seems like that each year she attends, she takes on a little more responsibility than the year before. My daughter loves camp…....she has so many friends there and then keeps in contact with many of them during the year with snail mail and e-mail. She says that at camp she's popular. I thought we would never leave this year because it took her so long to say goodbye to all of their friends. The bonding in the cabin is probably her favorite thing. She is more conscious of what's going on when her number is high or low and how to fix it because of camp. Bret told his mom: The food and snacks were great. They let me eat things that you don't, Mom. My daughter Allison has attended camp since she was 11 years old and this summer she was a CIT. She loved it and commented "I finally found my niche in life. I like working with the kids and I think they like me." She has never had a negative experience - only positive. My daughter now does all of her daily managing of her diabetes thanks to Camp Hertko Hollow! She went to camp not knowing how to inject her insulin and now she is independent and can stay overnight with her friends. She feels more like a "normal" kid. This was Elizabeth's 5th year attending camp. She talks about it all year round. She loves camp! In fact, she once told me "I will be sad if they find a cure for diabetes, I would not get to go to camp." Her comment was "Camp rocks!" I had to do some persuading to get my son to come to camp since he was just diagnosed in February. I felt that he went just to please me. But when I picked him up on Saturday morning he said "Can't I just stay here for another week?" |
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| Until my son attended camp, he never believed us when we told him that other kids have diabetes. When we picked him up, the first thing he said was "All the other kids have to poke their fingers too!" He had his first seizure 3 days before leaving for camp, so I wasn't going to send him, but after talking with his doctor I realized that camp was exactly where he needed to go and that the staff would take excellent care of him. They did and he had a wonderful time! Thank you sooooo much for giving him the opportunity.
My 9 year old daughter definitely came away with a feeling of community and belonging.
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