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Session I
Camp Dates: July 15-21, 2012
Camp Ages: 6 - 10
Camp Fee: Free to all Louisiana Families possible through the generous and long-standing support of the Lions of Louisiana
Session II
Camp Dates: July 22-28, 2012
Camp Ages: 11 - 14
Camp Fee: Free to all Louisiana Families possible through the generous and long-standing support of the Lions of Louisiana
Address:
292 L. Beauford Dr.
Anacoco, LA 71403
Here's how it works:
- The Lions of Louisiana provide their facility, 2 one-week sessions, program staff, and Lion Sponsorship of the campers
- The American Diabetes Association, provides a medical and dietary staff, handle camper recruitment and assignment, and secure insulin, blood testing meters and supplies
- Approximately 200 campers attend - the 6 to 10 year olds during the first week and the 11 to 14 year olds during the second week.
- An hour of Diabetes education is provided daily to all campers and staff by either the Doctors, Nurses, or Dietitians. The rest of the day is packed with LOTS of outdoor activity scheduled around blood testing times and snacks.
- Medical and Dietary Staff consist of Medical Doctors, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Dietitians, Student Dietitians, Student Nurses and Medical Students.
The Louisiana Lions Camp and the American Diabetes Association have worked together for over 25 years to provide summer camp fun and education to Louisiana's youth with diabetes.
For more information, contact Treva Lincoln at (504) 889-0278 x6074 or tlincoln@diabetes.org.
About Camp Victory
The Camp is located at the Louisiana Lions Camp near Leesville. Campers enjoy the 170 acres of rolling piney woodlands that sit on the edge of Lake Vernon. This facility includes bunk houses, cabins, kitchen-dining hall, infirmary, multi-purpose building, arts and crafts building, swimming pool, gymnasium, boat dock, archery hut and much more.
Activities at Camp are geared to all ages. The younger children will enjoy swimming, art and crafts, archery, playground equipment, fishing, nature, dances, and an awards ceremony. The program for the teens will include swimming, canoeing, paddle boats, nature, dances, skits, archery, volleyball and an awards ceremony. All activities are supervised by qualified staff.
Education: Providing the youth of Louisiana a safe and rewarding camping experience has been a major focus of the American Diabetes Association since its beginning. Each summer over 75 physicians, nurses, dietitians, and social workers volunteer their time to see that the medical needs of the children are met.
Our campers are educated daily about diabetes in many ways. In addition to the fun educational games they play with our dietitian interns, they will also experience many "informal teaching moments", a sort of learning without knowing it. These moments occur many times throughout the day, whether it be carbohydrate counting, drawing up and injecting insulin or learning about site rotation.
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Donors:
- Auto-Chlor
- Lilly
- Life Scan
- Novo Nordisk
- AccuChek
- Animas
- Minimed
- BD
- Sanofi Aventis
- Bayer
- Abbott
- Century Tel
- Lane Memorial Hospital
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COMING SOON
A Day in the Life at Camp Victory
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Photos of Camp Victory
Staff Applications coming soon!
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