Camp Simcha — Local services in Town of Lumberland

Dear camp Simcha Special,

I have heard of you long before it dawned on me that my child will be your camper. So when my daughter went to camp, we were all very excited. We knew that she will have a great time there.

But then came a moment. The moment I realized how little I knew about you. It happened on the last day of camp, when we went to pick her up.

I saw her face Beaming with joy; A smile that wasn't seen on her face for a long time, A sense of happiness that I thought she might not have again.

At that moment it flashed through my mind and my heart all she has been through this past year. The things she has missed. Going to School and everything it entails; friends, playing, singing, learning etc. Family life and simchas. And so many things that are usually taken for granted.

I also had a flash of so many new things she learned this past year. So many names of doctors, nurses and therapist; long lists of medications and devices, the smell of medical facilities, the temperature of operating rooms, the fragility of life, the power of hope, the beauty of love....

And here she is. So happy! As happy as a child can be. Everything about her screamed happiness; her face, her words and her whole demeanor.

I was overwhelmed by tears of joy that did not flow, but were confined to my heart, and will always remain there.

Dear camp Simchah special; I do not have the words to describe you, what you do or the joy you bring. Neither do I have the ability to express my gratitude to you.

Hopefully, someday, a gifted writer will show up and find the words to describe what special place you are, the joy you bring to those kids and the gratitude we feel towards you...

Until that day, all I can say...

There's no words to describe camp simcha. when you first arrive you can feel the love, the positive energy, the way each staff dedicates their life to the campers, and puts their all in making such an incredible summer. I'm a camper in camp simcha special, I've been going for ten years. Each camper can connect with others, and share their story. Each camper gives others hope, to keep fighting and not give up. When I'm in camp simcha special, I don't feel judged, or left out. I feel included, and can be myself. The way camp simcha makes everything accessible, is so amazing and there's no words! In camp, you can do things you would never imagine on doing. Boat rides, ropes course, helicopter rides, etc.. this place is magical, and im happy to be in such a family and community like...

No one does more 4 kids than this place.One lady told me her son had hospice nurse's at home when Chai lifeline told her to send her son to camp she ask the lady what if something happens. She said we'll get u by helicopter. The boy went to camp loved it got the courage to fight and is thriving this story happened when he was 4 yrs old .Today he is 17 and is a counselor in camp super enthusiastic can't do enough for his kids that he is in charge of. Only one story that I know of told to me by his mother .There r many many more stories like this I'm not a fundraiser just someone blown away by what this place accomplishes great place to support financially physically and any way u can. We should need their services but since we do I recommend help them help all the kids the...