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The Circle of Life Camp
Until
there is a cure . . . there's the Circle of Life
Education and psychosocial support for children
with diabetes to live happy and healthy lives.
Founded
1996
The Circle
of Life Camp, Inc., a not-for-profit resident camp for children
and adolescents with diabetes, was founded in 1996. The camp provides
the fundamental, age-appropriate diabetes education and social
support essential for adolescents to properly manage their diabetes.
The campers experience a unique opportunity to interact in a relaxed
and supportive atmosphere, which fosters understanding, acceptance
of their condition, and proper emotional development. They are
able to share their knowledge, experience, and concerns as well
as participate in educational sessions and recreational camping
activities.
We are fundraising
to expand the current Circle of Life Camp into a comprehensive
Circle of Life Center. The Center will include a permanent site
for the camp that would offer year-round programming, as well
as a residential treatment facility for children struggling to
manage their diabetes. The residential treatment facility would
offer children with diabetes the medical, psychological, and social
support they need to manage their disease, cope with it and the
demands of adolescence, and overcome psychological problems while
receiving the education to maintain their academic standing in
school. Our effort to build the Center is critical to the exponential
number of children diagnosed with diabetes each year. In addition
to the already challenging normal developmental processes of growing
up, children with diabetes have to balance the daily demands of
disease-management into their lives. Unfortunately, many youngsters
have difficulty coping with this chronic disease and can suffer
physical and psychological complications. The Circle of Life Center,
which will be the only one of its kind in the world, will be able
to help thousands of children each year, so that when they grow
up, they will be happy, healthy, productive members of society
instead of a burden on our healthcare system.
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