Camp Quality Northwest Missouri
Camp Quality Northwest Missouri
P.O. Box 9044
St. Joseph, MO 64508
816-232-2267
Camp Quality Northwest Missouri
is a volunteer driven organization providing a week long summer overnight camping experience and year-round support programs for children and their families with cancer
With a Dose of Smile Therapy. . .
Camp Quality is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer. Many difficult physical and emotional challenges face a child, and his or her family, when battling cancer. At our summer camps we have developed an important type of "therapy" . . . we like to call it Smile Therapy! With a laugh in their hearts and smiles on their faces, Camp Q. Kids find themselves capable of more than they may have dreamed possible.
We Laugh, Love, Lift-up . . .
Camp Quality has built its reputation on personalized care. Every camper is paired with a companion who is dedicated completely to his or her care. Companions are the life-blood of Camp Q; they are fun to be with, adventuresome, great listeners and are always sharing their love for life. Their primary responsibility is to make sure their camper has the most enjoyable, safe, relaxing and restoring experience possible. This relationship creates a beautiful bond that continues long after camp is over, and oftentimes for years to come.
Normal Kids with Extraordinary Lives . . .
Surrounded by new friends that can relate, loving volunteers who care, and loads of fun experiences, Camp Quality campers find joy, new courage and renewed hope for the future. They are free to be themselves . . . free to be kids again.
About us:
History
Camp Quality NWMO is a non-profit, all volunteer organization, affiliated with Camp Quality USA, Inc. Kay Jensen of Barnard, Missouri, brought the idea of a camp of this nature back from Australia to the United States. Kay, along with many volunteers and monetary donors, started the first Camp Quality in the United States in 1986. Held annually in June at Camp Farwesta near Stewartsville, Missouri, Camp Quality NWMO has grown from 43 campers in 1986 to 104 campers in 2005, proving a need truly exists.
Goals
To give the children a week of new experiences and friendships, and to give their families a break from the routine of taking care of a sick child. The goals and aims of Camp Quality NWMO are to allow children with cancer to be children again; to create a stress-free environment that offers exciting activities, fosters new friendships and helps give children courage, motivation and emotional strength; and to give children hope for the future in that the camping experience will be such fun they will look forward to and anticipate their next camp; and that the memories from their special week will sustain them in the weeks and months ahead as they continue their medical treatment.
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