Volunteering at camp this summer was so much fun! I had the opportunity to meet all kinds of great new friends that I hope to keep in touch with. Miss Colleen and I are currently looking for Staff Members, Counselors, and Campers that would like to participate in the growth of the Special Camps website! Continue Reading
A little bit of rain never hurt anybody! We’ve got enough sunshine here to put smiles on everybody! LET’S GO ON A LION HUNT! Continue Reading
The first day of camp was a HUGE success thanks to the wonderful volunteers and staff! Stay tuned to the website for updated content and SEND SUN SCREEN!
Male Camp Counselors Needed! Continue Reading
The kind folks at the Mayslake Knights of Columbus Council #4053 will be hosting their 20th Annual golf scramble to benefit Special Camps on July 23rd. For details please visit our event page by clicking below!
Our daughter, Susan Rebecca Johnson, aged 38, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 21. Services will be at Ahlgrims Funeral Home on Thursday, May 3. Visitation will be from 4 pm to 7 pm with funeral service at 7 Pm. Ahlgrims is located at 567 S. Spring Road in Elmhurst. In lieu of flowers, we would prefer donations be sent to Special Camps, 26W684 Lindsey Ave., Winfield, IL 60190, where she loved going to summer camp.
Hello Special Camps family,
It is with deep, deep sorrow that I notify you one of our adult campers, Susan Johnson, (daughter of Nurse Carol), joined the chorus of Angels Saturday night. Susan, our sweet, gentle and always up for a good time funny girl, has officially become one of God’s Angels! As Susan would say, “God is good all the time”. Susan was 38 years old. She did not suffer. She will be missed. More details to come!
Much Love!!!
Miss Colleen
Volunteer Staff
January 29, 2018
Special Camps offers enriching opportunities for adults over the age of 21 to experience the joy and compassion of Special Camps too. You’ll give our campers your full attention, love, patience and respect. In return, you’ll be repaid a thousand times with the knowledge you’ve helped our campers increase self-esteem, independence, make new friends and gave our special needs campers wonderful memories.
You’ll enjoy great activities along side your campers including swimming, horseback riding, music, digging for gold, sand volleyball, basketball, archery, water games, crafts, field games and more. At night we’ll have large all-camp parties.
You need not have experience to apply. You’l have a great time paired up with one of our experienced staff members.
Adults over the age of 21 are needed to serve in the role of RN nurses, cabin parents, and activity leaders. We are a 100% volunteer run camp, and all staff members receive training and are paired up with experienced volunteers.
RN nurses are volunteers that play and enjoy serving children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. Three nurses are needed each week to dispense large quantities of medication, treatments and tend to minor injuries as they arise in a camp setting. When your not dispensing medication, (mostly at meal times), our nurses are often found playing, dancing and participating in fun activities alongside our wonderful campers.
The White Pines ranch is in Oregon, IL, (1/2 hour West of DeKalb). It’s a beautiful horse ranch, that is rented exclusively for our camp use both weeks. Friendship, love, lots of laughter and hugs fill this small village. White Pines ranch is a beautiful, clean, dorm style, overnight camp experience. Our nurses enjoy a private sleeping quarters area, with their own dressers and their own separate showering area.
We have wonderful camp nurses that will be there to guide you from previous years. Most of our campers simply could not attend Special Camps, without loving, caring nurses to tend to their medical needs. Please help us, so we can continue to call Special Camps the “most loving place on Earth”.
For more information, or to speak to one of the nurses you’ll be working / playing alongside, please call Colleen at (630) 690-0944.
