Frequently Asked Questions: Kids

1. Is camp scary?

If it's your first time away from home, any camp can be scary for a little while. Most kids feel pretty good by dinnertime their first night. Talk to the kids you're going through treatment with, and chances are they'll tell you that they were scared too, but that now Camp Ta-Kum-Ta is their favorite week of the year.

2. Having cancer is weird enough as it is. Won't going to a "cancer camp" just be weirder?

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But because every kid there, and a bunch of the councilors too, have been through exactly the same thing, cancer becomes a non-issue. You're no longer different. You're just you!

3. What if I need treatment while I'm at camp?

No problem. Many on our Medical Staff are the same people you see when you come in for treatments at the hospital. Now which would you rather do? Get treatments at the hospital or by the lake and go climbing on the ropes-course after?

4. My parents don't let me do anything anymore. Is camp as boring as home?

Nope! You'll swim, dive, climb, soar through the trees, fly in balloons, dance on the lake, and eat ridiculous amounts of food Mom or Day would never allow!

More questions? Contact Jim Noyes, Personnel Director:
jimnoyes@comcast.net
802-888-5095
1621 Brook Road, Hyde Park, VT 05655