Gales Creek Camp for Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Description

Gales Creek Camp is many things. It's an exciting outdoor experiance with acres of quiet Oregon woods to explore. It's a lengthy bridge crossing a noisy, running creek. It's swimming in the pool, playing tennis, soccer, softball and volleyball. It's dancing and picnics. It's painting and drawing, beading and weaving. It's making friends. Gales Creek Camp is all of this and so much more. It's a place where children and teens gain confidence in managing thier diabetes. Educational classes help each child grow toward living an independent life. Campers learn to test themselved and give injections. They learn how food and exercise are linked with insulin, and how sports, illness, and stress interact with diabetes. Perhaps most important of all, Gales Creek Campers learn that diabetes doesn't have to prevent them from living active, satisfying lives. Staff members who have diabetes themselves model healthy habits and demonstrate that children with diabetes go on to college, enter the work force, and become successful adults.