Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine January 2021 | Page 41

To many people in Canada , the name Easter Seals is synonymous with summer camps .

Camp Winfield – Okanagan Valley , BC . Opened in 1968 .
Every summer , more than 6,000 kids living with disabilities attend one of 14 specialized , fully-accessible Easter Seals camps across Canada .
Camp Easter Seal - Watrous , SK . Opened in 1954
At camp , every child - matter their disability - receives the encouragement and support they need to challenge themselves , build confidence and make the most of their abilities .
Camp is a special place where kids can just be themselves and focus on their abilities … not their disabilities . Camp is a place where everything is accessible and there are no boundaries , no barriers , no limits to what they can achieve . Camp provides a sense of freedomand independence in an environment where anything is possible and there is no such thing as disability .
Camp is a place of “ yes I can !”
Camp Grandpré – Otterburn Park , QC . Opened in 2003 .
Camp Tidnish – located in Baie Verte , NB . Opened in 1937 . Camp Rotary – Sunnyside Beach , NB . Opened in 1952 . To Table of Contents