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Updated: Camp for Kids with Heart Disease—Apply to Volunteer Today!

by Alison Boerner on Friday, May 08, 2015

Summer days at Camp Odayin are filled with all the typical joys of camp—horseback riding, arts and crafts, wacky costumes, and canoeing. Children meet lifelong friends and find themselves longing to grow up to be like their cool counselors. While this is a common scene at many camps, an observant visitor might realize there’s something special about the campers at Camp Odayin. At meals, caring nurses give these vibrant children numerous colorful, cardiac medications. Down at the lake, waterskiing kids with zipper scars trail behind a boat carrying a cardiologist and an AED.

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Wanted: Inspiring Summer Camp Volunteers

by Alison Boerner on Friday, May 03, 2013

Camp Odayin provides life-changing camp experiences for children with heart disease. Thanks in part to a volunteer staff, each camp program costs only a $25 registration fee per camper. For most of the campers, Camp Odayin is the only chance they have to participate in a summer camp program, try new things, and be among other kids who understand the challenges they have faced in life. Eight–year-old Aidan didn’t know any other kids living with heart disease before coming to Camp Odayin. Aidan has an atrioventricular septal defect and goes through his daily life aside six healthy brothers. His family had attended Camp Odayin Family Camp, but like many parents, Aidan’s mom and dad hesitated to send their medically fragile child to Residential Camp. Aidan’s mom shared the following after Aidan’s week at summer camp...

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Camp for Kids with Heart Disease: Apply to Volunteer Today!

by Alison Boerner on Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Summer days at Camp Odayin are filled with all the typical joys of camp—horseback riding, arts and crafts, wacky costumes, and canoeing. Children meet lifelong friends and find themselves longing to grow up to be like their cool counselors. While this is a common scene at many camps, an observant visitor might realize there’s something special about the campers at Camp Odayin. At meals, caring nurses give these vibrant children numerous colorful, cardiac medications. Down at the lake, waterskiing kids with zipper scars trail behind a boat carrying a cardiologist and an AED.

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