“Enhancing the lives of vulnerable children”

Care For Kids Foundation

4760 Kingsway Drive

Indianapolis, Indiana  46205

USA

 

Office (317) 257-5437

Fax (317) 257-7054

www.careforkidsnow.com

Email: info@careforkidsnow.com

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                             Care For Kids Foundation

                             4760 Kingsway Drive

                             Indianapolis, Indiana 46205

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care for kids camp

Serving our communities foster children

Summer camp. For some it’s a privilege. For others, it’s a convenience.

But for the underserved children in our communities, it’s just a dream. A fantasy that may never be realized. Another opportunity lost in a life filled with trauma and tragedy. But an opportunity that, if realized, may make the difference between confidence or despair….self esteem or self loathing….a productive contributor to society or part of the problem.

 

The care for kids camp for foster children focuses on children who, through no fault of their own, are placed into the foster care system due to circumstances that include abuse, neglect, abandonment and parental incarceration. The Care For Kids Foundation is investing in the opportunity for these children to experience one week of residential summer camp in beautiful Brown County, Indiana.

 

It’s a camp experience filled with all the fun and learning experiences that you can pack into a weeks time. In addition to all the “traditional” camp encounters (horseback riding, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, arts and crafts, outback camping, nature walks, high ropes challenge courses etc…), the care for kids camp also includes life skill components that help engender a sense of hope, self esteem, self confidence, team building skills and respect for yourself and others.

 

In 2007, the care for kids camp served 96 children between the ages of 7 and 14 for one week of residential camping with our partner, Happy Hollow Camp in Brown County. In 2008,2009 and 2010, the care for kids camp doubled that amount and engendered a sense of hope for nearly 200 children each year. The camper/counselor ratio was 3:1, so the children received all the attention they hoped for on what turned out to be their first camp experience for the majority of these children. In fact, for many, it was their first week long time frame away from their “normal” environment.

 

Judging by observations from board members, counselors and the camp director and staff, the

care for kids camp is one of the best camps each year due to the type of children served, with their eagerness to learn, compassion and respect shown for others and a willingness to try things they may have never had the opportunity to try before.

 

The partnership with Happy Hollow Camp, the participation and coordination from all the foster care social service agencies who helped locate these deserving children and the financial support from corporations, foundations and especially individuals made this opportunity a reality for 200 children within the foster care community.

 

Our goal is to continue to serve the community and grow this experience into the future. With your help, the social service agencies challenged with locating these children are confident that The Care For Kids Foundation can to up the ante and give even more deserving foster children the opportunity of a lifetime that lasts a lifetime in the summer of 2011!

 

 

   

Text Box: Check-in and health screening downtown Indianapolis before the exciting bus ride to Brown County

Safety check-in for the girls bus to Brown County

The goodbyes were heart felt and filled with anticipation
Text Box: Time to share stories with new friends Text Box: Some children were surprised that meals were served three times a day, as they were lucky to get one at home Text Box: Animal encounters of the right kind. Text Box: Outback camping brings you closer to nature... and yourself

 On Site Images

care for kids camp

 
Text Box: It’s necessary to look up now and then. Text Box: Yoga is not only good for the mind and body, but the soul as well. Text Box: Awaiting the adventure to Brown County Text Box: A time for learning the art of respect. Text Box: A sense of self is a good thing. Text Box: Stretching gives these children flexibility. Text Box: Sometimes you never know what activities will give a child the results you are trying to achieve, so you give them all you can and hope for the best.

If we change a child's life direction by a couple of degrees at an impressionable age, it might just be the opportunity that these beautiful but sometimes overlooked children need to make a huge difference down life's road.

 

 

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