Camp Holiday Trails by the Numbers

SPRING & SUMMER IN REVIEW 2007

Camp Holiday Trails’ mission is to empower, encourage and educate children with chronic illnesses, their families and healthcare professionals by providing a summer camp and year-round programming aimed at personal growth.

School Nurse Retreat, Mar. 20-21
Spring (VERB!) Break Day Camp
Family HIV Camp April 27-29
Family Diabetes Camp Weekend, May 4-6
Family Hemophilia Camp Weekend, May 25-27
Journey through the Seasons/Hospice Camp, June 9
Burn Camp, June 17-23
Session1: Young Camper Week, June 24-29
Session 2: July 1-13
Session 3: July 15-27
Session 4: Camp Youngblood, July 29-Aug. 3
Session 5: Family Camp Week, Aug. 5-10
Camp Kesem, for children living with a family member affected by cancer) Aug. 12-18
Family Health & Fitness Camp, Sep. 21-24 (pending)
Family Peritoneal Dialysis Camp, Sep. 28-30 (pending)
Young Family Camp, Nov. 3 (pending)

Total Engaged

School Nurse Retreat – 100
Spring Break Day Camp - 10
Family Weekends, other - c. 220
Burn Camp welcomed 35 Campers and 20+ volunteers
Summer Camp Program embraced 199 special Campers
Camp Kesem – 32 campers

Text Box: *Note: Camp Holiday Trails is one of a few camps that accept Campers with multiple diagnoses. This list represents the diverse diagnoses of our Campers, including Campers who have more than one primary diagnosis.

Primary & Secondary Diagnoses

Asthma/Respiratory: 44

Sickle cell: 2

Cancer: 4

Spina bifida/paraplegia: 4

Cerebral Palsy: 10

Visual/hearing impairment: 4

Cystic Fibrosis: 1

Other: 10

Text Box: Campers also diagnosed with a social/behavior disorder (ADHD, depression, etc.): 25

Diabetes: 26

Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder: 9

Heart Transplant/Disease: 13

Hemophilia/Bleeding Disorder: 28

HIV+/Autoimmune Disorder: 20

Kidney Transplant/Disease: 8

Neurological: 7

Ages

Age 5-7: 7%

Age 8-9: 18%

Age 10-12: 26%

Age 13-14: 24%

Age 15-17 (Blazer Program or teen campers:) 19%

Over 21: 6%

Text Box: Retention 48% Of Campers returned from prior years with tremendous growth in new Campers and the addition of 3 new camp weeks (means more chance for NEW campers!) Gender

Boys: 51%

Girls: 49%

Ethnicity

Anglo: 49%

African-American: 44%

Latino/Hispanic: 6%

Asian-American: 1%

Virginia Out of State

Central VA: 15% Baltimore region: 13%

Charlottesville region: 17% MA: 1%

Fredericksburg: 1% MD and Wash., DC 14%

Northern VA: 7% NC: 1%

Richmond region: 3% NJ: 1%

Roanoke: 2% Philadelphia region: 7%

Southwest VA: 1%

Tidewater region: 17%

(VA Beach, Newport News, Norfolk)

Camperships

Over $94,315 campership assistance was provided to eligible families. 92% of campers needed and were awarded partial financial assistance based on a sliding scale for fees.

Therapeutic Riding Program

Over 30 youth volunteers were lead by the director of Horses as Healers in providing a therapeutic riding experience for all of our campers.

MedKorner

A rotation of EMTs, LPNs, RNs, Physician Assistants, nurse practitioners and Pediatricians staffed Med Korner 24 hours a day throughout the summer. A total of 31 healthcare professionals lent a hand during summer ’07!

Co-Medical Directors Dr. Carlos Armengol and Dr. Gretchen Wasserstrom were joined by Dr. Bill Hammill to lead the Med Team.

Volunteers

Over 40 individuals volunteered throughout the summer!