CAMP TWIN LAKES INC
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Mission Statement
Camp Twin Lakes provides life-changing camp experiences to almost ten thousand children with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges each year. We collaborate with mor3e than 50 different nonprofit organizations, each serving a different population, to create customized programs that teach our campers to overcome obstacles and grow in their confidence and capabilities.
About This Cause
Since 1993, Camp Twin Lakes has provided life-changing camp experiences to thousands of children with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges. Camp Twin Lakes provides week-long summer camps and year-round weekend retreats at three fully-accessible and medically-supportive campsites, day camps and through hospital-based Camp-To-Go programs.Camp Twin Lakes collaborates with nearly 60 different nonprofit organization, each serving a different populatio, to create customized programs that teach campers to overcome obstacles and grow in their confidence and capabilities.Annually, Camp Twin Lakes serves more than 9,900 campers, leverages support from 3,500 volunteers, and subsidizes 80% of the direct camp costs ($800) for every camper served. Prior to Camp Twin Lakes' opening in 1993, special needs groups in Georgia lacked adequate facilities to hold their camp programs. Today, Camp Twin Lakes partners with these organizations to provide high quality, fully-accessible recreational activities in a medically supportive environment. Camp programs are customized for each group of campers. Since its opening, Camp Twin lakes has welcomed more than 100,000 children and volunteers. Each year, thousands of campers and volunteeres head to CTL-Rutledge, CTL-Will-A-Way, and CTL-Camp Dream for week-long summer sessions and year-round weekend retreats. CTL campers constantly comment on how powerful it is to feel normal, to be one of the group, and not to stand out because of their various illnesses or challenges. Kids build camaraderie and friendships that will last a lifetime, not to mention support systems that will see them through their hard times back at home, which often entail doctor's appointments, hospital visits and ongoing treatments. A medical coordinator is on permanent staff and all camp programming is overseen by a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. CTL Program Staff are specially trained in adaptable and accessible programming. We collaborate with each Camp Partner to ensure every child's needs, medical or otherwise, are attended to.