Camp
Welcome to Kids for Camp!
Week 4, Day 1 of Kids for Camp 2010! Today our teens will be heading out to their volunteer job sites - learning job skills as well as the importance of giving back to the community!
Camp starts at 8:30 a.m. and runs through 2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday
Please arrive at camp to pick up your child on time - at 2:30 p.m. each day. Our staff is not available to provide childcare after the camp day ends.
If you require extended care and have not signed up and paid in advance, you will need to do so immediately. We must have advance notice that you plan to use this service, as we will need to hire adequate staff to care for the number of children we have. If you have not already made these arrangements, you will not be allowed to leave your child in extended care this week; but you may sign up and begin in week 2.
Teens! Get involved and earn volunteer hours!!
If you are over 18 and want to volunteer
Volunteer application for anyone over 18
Siblings and Friend Application
"Kids for Camp" is a state-of-the-art program that has earned national accolades for Autism Pensacola. This major, six-week summer camp, which was started by Judy Burns in 2003, provides fun and intense learning experiences for autistic children, as well as training for educators.
Burns saw a need, had a vision and teamed with Autism Pensacola to make "Kids for Camp" happen. Burns, who has a son with autism, received the help of Gulf Breeze Presbyterian Church, and the Gulf Breeze Rotary Club.
The camp has grown from serving a handful of children to serving more than 70 children each year between the ages of 3 and 22 at multiple locations. In addition, over 100 teachers have used the camp as a learning lab. Teachers go though a week-long training session offered by Sacred Heart Autism Center before camp starts. Teachers then take the expertise learned during camp back to their classrooms.
Currently, camps are held at Pensacola Junior College, Holm Elementary School and Washington High School in Pensacola, Florida. Partners include Sacred Heart Hospital, Escambia and Santa Rosa County Schools, Pensacola Junior College, University of West Florida, Florida State University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities and Florida Inclusion Network.
"Kids for Camp" received national publicity when reporter Lisa Daniels of NBC Nightly News and her crew came to Pensacola and did a moving, in-depth story on the camp that aired in August 2007.
Currently, funds for the camp come from the Annual Dinner and Auction, April Nicole's Ride for Autism and an informal "Friends and Family Campaign" e-mail solicitation that allows contributors to donate to a specific child and help offset the family’s and Autism Pensacola’s cost for the program. Please consider a donation today and help us make a difference in a child’s and family’s life.
"Kids For Camp" On National News