Portfolio Category: Camps

What an amazing camp! Everyone got on well, and played and interacted positively with each other. Twenty-two children attended camp this year, including several first-time-to-camp. There was a mix of children using syringes/injections and insulin pumps.  Stand staff commented on how the children were great listeners, were enthusiastic and they appreciated the offers of help…

This camp was a return to Wainui YMCA camp for adolescents for the first time in four and a half years. Twenty-two teens, four medical staff and three peer supports piled into vans and cars and made our way over to Wainui. The day was drizzly and damp and this continued for most of camp…

Teens head to Tekapo for 4 days of skiing and other activities – learning to manage their diabetes in an extreme environment and supervised by a Medical team and adult peer leaders.

We are fortunate to have the facilities at Stand for Children at Glenelg Spur for 4 days of activities, day trips and learning about Type 1 diabetes in a fun environment.