March 23 Day Camp

On March 23, sixteen younger children with autism and their parents attended the day camp. Like the day camp of March 19 for older children with autism, we had five new families join us. Also, since this was our first time to have a day camp on a Wednesday, we needed to find many new volunteers. Twelve of our sixteen volunteers had never volunteered anywhere before.

The children made art crafts by arranging ripped and shredded construction paper. 

Those who finished early were able to play with puzzles.

This father and son were among the new families.

A local business provided gift bags for the children.

For many of the children, it was their first time to see Max Lucado's You are Special book.

Several of the families had to leave early, but we took a group shot of volunteers at the close of the camp, with the added smile of one of our joyful participants. The two young men to the left have both been participants on many occasions, but they are starting to serve younger children as volunteers.

~ Kevin