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6.14.18 – Indian Trails Camp Picnic – Please RSVP
June 14, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Our Club has been supporting Indian Trails Camp since it’s inception in 1953. We are proud of our long-term partnership with ITC and every year we have a “picnic” that takes us to Indian Trails Camp. We get to see first hand what our support to the camp has meant and we get to meet the campers and staff, have a wonderful lunch in the Kate Pew Wolters Center with live entertainment provided by the campers and staff, followed by a tour the Camp.
We hope that you will join Tim, his staff and the campers at this fun and inspirational event. Please RSVP by Friday, June 8th.
Indian Trails is a remarkable facility that brings adaptive recreation to the lives of each camper. It is simple in theory, but daunting in task. Indian Trails offers a barrier-free camp setting in which those with disabilities can participate in all manner of activities the outside world is ill-equipped to provide. It is a place filled with fun, recreation and friendship. Campers learn perseverance, team-work and self-reliance. They leave for home loaded with love, respect and memories.
The history of the partnership between Indian Trails Camp and the Grand Rapids Rotary Club is one of energy, commitment and loyalty. Since 1953 Rotarians have invested their time and money toward the success of the camp, helping Indian Trails become a community and state treasure, and one of only five camps in the nation serving the most disabled group with barrier-free camping facilities.
Indian Trails Camp, located six miles west of Grand Rapids, has been providing camping experiences to individuals with disabilities since 1953. Campers return year after year to suspend personal obstacles long enough to enjoy those activities we all remember as part of a treasured camping experience – swimming, canoeing, archery, music, competitive sports, challenge course, dances, and most of all, the opportunity to make friendships and build relationships that affirm and encourage greater self-discovery.
Indian Trails’ campers range in age from 5 to 70+ with such disabilities as: spina bifida; cerebral palsy; traumatic brain injury; congenital anomalies; down-syndrome; autism; multiple sclerosis; arthrogryposis and cognitive impairments.
Indian Trails Camp is located
O-1859 Lake Michigan Dr. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49534