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Camp Care-A-Lot and Camp Care-A-Lot, Too
Description
We are dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and despair with balanced recreational, social educational, and emotional activities. Cooperation and self-esteem building is the goal. The mission is to "Teach children to care about themselves and others, their country, community and their environment and to let them know that people care about them".
The winners of the President's Daily Points of Light Award in 2000, Camp Care-A-Lot and Camp Care-A-Lot, Too are one-week residential camps located in Springfield, IL and Jacksonville, IL for children from low or no income families. We address conflict resolution, respect, teamwork, motivation and Self-esteem through balanced recreational, social, educational and emotional activities. Camp is a unique opportunity to experience living and socializing with groups of other children and adults in a nurturing and risk free setting. Camp Care-A-Lot is a non-profit organization founded by local individuals and governed by a volunteer Board of Directors from Sangamon, Morgan, and Scott counties.
Camp Care-A-Lot leases Lake Springfield Baptist Camp in June and Camp Care-A-Lot, Too rents the Western 4-H Camp on Lake Jacksonville in July. The camps are open to children, ages 6-10, who come from low-no income families, regardless of race, culture and background. Children sleep in cabins, have 3 nutritions meals and 3 snacks everyday, go swimming and boating, do arts and crafts (making jewelry, decorating shirts, picture framing, tie dyeing, making camp quilts and sand sculptures), hike, and have campfires and entertainment. Members of the Island Bay Yacht Club have given generously of their time to take the campers sailing on Lake Springfield, and provide refreshments for the entire group when our time on the Lake has concluded. This has become one of the most anticipated activities for our campers.
Contact
- Camp Care-A-Lot
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- Springfield IL
- United States 62703
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- +1.21754647
