Camp Jornada
Camp Jornada
PO box 9175
Rochester, MN. 55903
507-358-0958
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Where Everyday is a Journey!
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Camp Jornada Foundation's mission is to provide free camp programs for children faced with cancer and a year-round support network for these children and their families. Camp Jornada offers children (ages 5-17) fun activities and the setting to share their unique experiences, with the goal of instilling self-esteem, and the opportunity to make every day a journey...
Camp Jornada 2009
Let's Make Some Waves!
When: August 1-7, 2009
Where: Iron Springs Christian
Watch for more details to come!
About us:
Mission Statement
Camp Jornada Foundation's mission is to provide free camp programs for children faced with cancer and a year-round support network for these children and their families. Camp Jornada offers children (ages 5-17) fun activities and the setting to share their unique experiences, with the goal of instilling self-esteem, and the opportunity to make every day a journey...
Goals
* To encourage each child to make the most of each day
* To provide a free camp for children with cancer, their siblings, and those who have/had a parent with cancer, where they can make new friends and obtain emotional support to help overcome the challenges each maybe faced with.
* To provide these children with the opportunity to share their unique experiences with one another, to obtain self-confidence, and to help them cope in a positive manner.
* To give children in early stages of their disease the chance to learn from otherw who are further along in the treatment, thereby coming to understand that whatever their own difficulties, others have them too, and have found ways to cope with them.
* To provide siblings a similar camping experience with the chance to spend time with other who share their unique situation, and to offer them the attention and emotional support they need.
* To provide children camp programs and activities, as their medical needs allow, that will offer them a variety of fun experiences.
* To provide a safe medical environment to assist all children with their medical needs.
* To encourage each child to develop a self-sufficient attitude and a strong self-esteem derived form taking care of their own needs, as their age and abilities allow.
* To give parents, whose children attend camp, assurance by running a safe, secure program, and helping them with all the necessary information and support.
* When, appropriate, to assist children in learning any degree of self-care or self-monitoring recommended by their physician; to assist children in acquiring as great a sense of responsibility for themselves as their age and abilities allow.
* To provide a year-round support network for all the children and their families.
"Cancer survivorship can be a catalyst for a spiritual awakening, providing life with depth and poignancy. Survivors themselves are often gutsy and assertive, and they dare to take chances. They are often optimistic, independent-minded, compassionate, and have an elevated self-esteem. New attitudes towards work, pleasure, and relationships develop with utmost clarity, while superficial distractions and frivolous people are filtered out. Survivors share a new understanding and appreciation of time and a sense of needing to make every minute count."
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