Summer camp for kids with Celiac Disease and gluten intolerance

[Guest guest]

Save the date for the first annual Northern California

overnight summer camp for kids with Celiac Disease and gluten

intolerance. The camp will be held August 20-23, 2007 at

Camp Arroyo in Livermore, California.

The Family Foundation and the Celiac Sprue Research

Foundation are sponsoring an old-fashioned overnight summer camp

with swimming, horseback riding, arts and crafts, field sports, a

ropes course and, most importantly, completely gluten free meals and

snacks. The camp is for kids ages 9 to 17 and is FREE, except for a

$25 registration fee.

To make this Camp happen we need volunteer counselors, ages 18 and

older, to supervise and have fun with the kids. While the

counselors need not be on a gluten free diet, one BIG advantage of

volunteering as a counselor is being served all those freshly

prepared and delicious gluten free meals.

While camp is many months from now, summer schedules fill up

quickly. If you are potentially interested in being a counselor, or

know someone who is interested, please send an email to

campceliac@... with your name, gender, age, experience (if

any) working with kids, areas of interest (crafts, team sports,

theater, music etc.).

We are also looking for a volunteer to set up a web site to

facilitate camper and volunteer registration and information. If

interested, please send an email to the above address. Thanks for

your help in making this camp a reality for our kids!

If you know anyone who is interested in attending the camp as a

camper, please have a family member send an email to

campceliac@... with the camper's name, age and gender.

You can learn more about the Family Foundation at

www.ttff.org and the Celiac Sprue Research Foundation at

www.celiacsprue.org

Thank you!

Jackie Corley