Youth with Special Needs Form Bonds with Innovative Summer Staff
Camp Woodchuck’s theme this summer is “Ride the Wave” and we are excited to announce we have 46 Campers riding the wave into a fun summer experience! We are providing an In-home Camp experience where each Camper has a Camp Counselor that goes to the family’s home with a backpack full of supplies, activities, energy […]
Camp Woodchuck
By Tiffany Graf, Family Support Services Assistant Coordinator and Camp Director The Voices of the Rainbow Choir is made up of all the campers and staff of Camp Woodchuck. The campers have great personalities that shine when they perform. This year Camp planning staff chose three songs for the campers and staff to sing: “Fight […]
A Camp Employee Perspective
Riley McGinn spent her summer working on staff at Rainbows’ Camp Woodchuck. Though she expected to have an impact on the children at Camp, she discovered she was the one who walked away with greater perspective after all. “These kids are so special for so many reasons, and I think that there are a lot of […]
Wrapping up Camp Woodchuck 2017
-Written by Candace Staker, Rainbows’ Family Support Services Coordinator A’hoy everyone! We have officially closed up Camp at Pirates’ Cove for the summer and have returned to Kids’ Cove. But, boy do we have stories to share! The ship is docked and all the little pirates will soon be returning to school with memories of, what […]
July 2017
Camp Woodchuck, a program of Rainbows United, is a full day Camp for children ages 6 to 21 years who have significant developmental challenges and runs for 9 weeks during the summer. It is now in full operation with105 children enrolled. In 44 days of Camp, the children and youth will perform 7 Choir performances for […]
Rainbows’ Camp Woodchuck
-Written by Sidni Garwood, Rainbows’ Volunteer Coordinator Growing up, I remember looking forward to summer the second we returned to school from Christmas. Both of my parents were (and still are) teachers. So, together we mentally counted down the days until our well-deserved break arrived! Looking back, it’s funny how we anticipated this “vacation”. […]
Camp Woodchuck 2017
Ahoy, matey! As the school year comes to an end, things are ramping up here at Rainbows. Summer is near, meaning preparation for Camp Woodchuck 2017 is well underway. This year, Camp is all about pirates! Rainbows’ Kids’ Cove location will undergo a transformation into Pirates’ Cove, with a Treasure Island theme. Adventure awaits those […]
Meet Jenna
With your donation, Rainbows can continue to help more than 3,500 local children like Jenna learn to walk, talk and succeed – revealing each child as an original work of art like no other. The piece below was written by Jenna’s mother: Jenna is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and epilepsy. In her first year, one of […]
The Best of 2016
What fun we have had over the last 12 months, creating weekly blogs for our followers! Our goal was to provide useful information and resources as well as share the news and excitement happening at Rainbows, and we hope we have accomplished just that. In case you missed them, we compiled a list of the […]
Megan McCumbers
Megan McCumbers was born prematurely, three months later she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. For the 15 years since then, she has been receiving services through Rainbows, starting with in home Infant/Toddler Services and then moving to center based services, like Latch Key and Camp Woodchuck. During this time, she has also been diagnosed with […]
