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Group Programs at Camp Independence

Summer 2022 

Recreational Respite and L’Arche LONDON are working together this summer to bring summer camp (in-person) to the community for young adults with disability!  The Independence Summer Camp at L’Arche London is two weeks long, and runs four times throughout the summer. The camp will be offering independent living skills, such as commuting, budgeting, meal planning, and many more. Recreational Respite’s group programs have been developed with the insight of individuals with disabilities, and delivered within many partnerships across Canada.

 

Summer 2023

We are so excited to be partnering again with L’Arche London this summer for Camp Independence! Ideal for adults ages 18-35 who are looking to deepen independent living skills, Camp Independence is a two-week long day camp offering diverse and engaging experiences that will foster self-discovery, healthy lifestyles, financial literacy, employment skills, community participation, recreational pursuits, and so much more. Recreational Respite is keen to deliver programs including Conversation Skills, Identifying Healthy Relationships, Navigating Social Spaces, Problem Solving & Communication to these amazing campers in July and August 2023.

 

Testimonials for Group Programs

"I just wanted to send a huge thank you to the Rec Respite team from all of us at L'Arche London! It has been such a joy working with you all; we have loved every workshop this summer. Thank you for always having clear communication and creative and engaging programming. Our time spent with Chin at camp are some of our best camp memories, and for that, we are all very thankful. Thank you for joining us on our first summer camp adventure! I appreciate you all so much. I hope we get the chance to work together again!"
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Liza
Camp DIrector, L'Arche London 2022
"Tania was amazing! She was fabulous at connecting with the campers even though this session had to be virtual. Tania had great energy and a great way of explaining things. The campers all said that writing a story was their favourite part of the workshop. They loved the freedom to write about whatever they wanted. We even had a story about one of the potatoes from our identity workshop last week. The campers are all still talking about their potato friends! I think this program was a great balance of information to activities. Our two sessions with Recreational Respite have definitely been two of the biggest highlights from our camp!"
Liza
Camp Director, L'Arche London 2023