Adoptive Family Camp Featuring TBRI!

Journey of Hope Adoptive Family Camp - Apply by March 31st!

This summer, Holt-Sunny Ridge will be hosting our first Journey of Hope summer camp for domestic and international adoptees and their families. This three-day camp is designed around the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)® parenting curriculum for adoptees and their families. Even years after their adoption, some children may struggle with behavior regulation, attachment and social skills. This camp will equip families with tools and strategies they can use to help their child learn self-regulation skills and deepen family attachment. Parents will also receive specialized TBRI training.  Other activities include fun sensory games, art and equine therapy. When: Friday, June 23 – Sunday, June 25, 2017 | 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Where: The Ranch of Hope Reins Equine Camp in Hampshire, IL Cost: $350 per family or $450 for a family with more than one child Requirements to Attend: Attending families must have both parents attend all 3 days For families who want to register siblings, both children must meet the requirements. If one does not, then childcare arrangements will need to be made for the sibling that is not eligible. Child(ren) must have been home for at least 1 year, and be between 7 to 11 years old. Please see flyer for more details before you apply. Only ten spots are available for this pilot camp and applications are due by  March 31, 2017. So apply now!

Download Application Here

 Questions? Contact Pam at pams@holtsunnyridge.org

Adoption Family Camp!

Adoption Family Camp

A Place Set Apart For Your Family!

Date: August 14th – August 18th, 2016

Location: Conference Point Center, Lake Geneva, WI

This is a unique opportunity for families to learn, share, gain support, and celebrate adoption with other families that are built like yours. Adoptive parents get a rare opportunity to take time out from the rush of everyday life to reflect thoughtfully with other parents who share your experiences.

Includes 5 Days and 4 Nights Lodging, 11 Meals, and Programming

$179 Adult age 13 and older

$100 (Children 5-12)

$25   (Children 0-4, includes 2 childcare sessions)

$699 Family Camp Max

Register Here

Benefit Concert for LYDIA

projectMUSIC Featuring Spirit Family Reunion on Aug. 24

You are invited to spend an eclectic and energizing evening with Spirit Family Reunion at a benefit concert for LYDIA. Funds raised through this special event on Aug. 24 will be used to send the 40 kids who live at LYDIA to camp. It's all part of projectMUSIC, which has raised more than $150,000 for the cause since 2007. The concert will take place at Catalyst Ranch in Chicago. Only 150 tickets are available, at a cost of $200 each (every $400 enables us to send one child to overnight camp). CLICK TO LEARN MORE PURCHASE A TICKET or, if you can't attend, please MAKE A DONATION. When purchasing a ticket or making a donation, please be sure to select projectMUSIC - Donation Only or projectMUSIC - Ticket.

Summer Camp for Adoptive Families

 

The Celebration of Nations: Adoptive Family Weekend started out with one goal in mind—to create a fun and exciting experience for adoptive families from all backgrounds to come together and socialize. This goal has been realized and the 3 day event has become possible with the collaborative planning and efforts of various adoption related organizations, including the YMCA Camp Minikani and Bridge Communications, Inc.

 

Heading the organization of the camp is Erik Kennedy, Carmen Knight, and Elijah Fyksen (see bios). Each, with their own unique background and story, wanted to create an experience for adoptive families, by adoptive families, to ultimately help build and strengthen the adoptive family network and community.

Celebration of Nations: Adoptive Family Weekend

Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 2 2013

 

Come spend the weekend with your family and other adoptive families for a fun, informative weekend at YMCA Camp Minikani, located 20 minutes north of Milwaukee on the shores of Amy Belle Lake.

Hear from guest speakers, participate in adoption panel and discussion groups. Your family can also compete in the Family Olympics, try your hand at archery, boating, jumping on the trampoline and climbing the climbing wall. Get cozy around a campfire and spend some time bonding with other families just like yours!

 

So whether you’ve adopted from:

China, Korea, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, India, Vietnam, Russia, Romania, the Ukraine, the Philippines, the United States, Guatemala, Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, or ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD you're invited!

*Some activities are age appropriate and weather permitting*

 

To register go to the YMCA Camp Minikani website:

http://www.minikani.org/yearround/events

Cost:

*Family of Four-

$330

($40 dollars per additional person over the age of 3)

*Individual Rate-$85 per person

(adults and children 4 and older)

*Children 3 and under- $5

If you have any questions please email adoptivefamilyweekend@gmail.com.

 

 

Adoptive Family Camp

Celebration of Nations- Adoptive Family Weekend

Your family is invited to join both domestic & international adoptive families at YMCA Camp Minikani for an informative and fun filled weekend!

Hear from guest speakers and participate in an adoption panel and discussion groups. Your family can also compete in the Family Olympics, try your hand at archery, boating, jumping on the tram-pop-oline and the climbing wall. Get cozy around a campfire. and check out the cultural activity booths and cultural wellness activities.

Celebration of Nations is brought to you by YMCA Camp Minikani in conjunction with Carmen Knight, who is affiliated with Bridge Communications Inc and the Ties Program: Adoptive Family Travel.

For more information click here or call 262-251-9080.

TRAC Camp in Need of Donations

FOSTER CHILDREN are the most AT-RISK group of children in the United States. Every year over 3 million American children are reported as abused. This is defined as being physically attacked, emotionally damaged, sexually molested, or severely neglected; often by people children have loved and trusted most. Many of these children end up in DCFS foster care. Foster children are proven to be at a higher risk for future homelessness, prison terms, and unwanted pregnancies. By the age of 18, 40% of foster children will be incarcerated. These staggering statistics show how necessary it is that the forgotten children from our own local neighborhoods be offered some positive alternatives to the abuse and neglect that they have suffered. Last summer, a group of volunteers had a vision to start the Teen Reach Adventure Camp (TRAC). TRAC is a volunteer ministry that provides a Christian-based summer camp for children between the ages of 12 and 15 who reside in foster or group homes in Lake, Cook, and McHenry Counties. Their goal is to hold their first TRAC program this July for roughly 50 teens. They will be taking graduates from Royal Family Kids Camp, an affiliated program which serves 7-11 year old foster children. The hope is that if they can get kids to camp a few years from 7-11 at RFKC and a few more years from 12-15 at TRAC, than a powerful, positive impact can be made on the lives of children who have very little hope for a bright future. The cost to run the camp this first year will be approximately $20,000. The per capita annual cost to the state to incarcerate a juvenile offender in a correctional institution is $70,827. Nearly half of all teens discharged from juvenile prisons will return within three years. If we can keep just one child a year out of the juvenile justice system, this money will have been well spent. Please consider making a donation to support the TRAC program. Any support that you can offer will help to reach the goal of making a difference by providing hope. Further information about TRAC can be found at www.teenreachadventurecamp.org. To make a donation, go to http://trac-chicago.bbnow.org/

Adoption Summer Camp

Sunny Ridge Family Center presents: Adoption Summer Camp An eight-week C Camp for Adopted Children ages 10 to 13 Tuesdays, June 21, August 9, 2011, 6:30pm to 8:00pm REGISTER NOW at http://adoptioncamp.eventbrite.com/ or www.sunnyridge.org.

Welcome to Adoption Summer Camp, an eight-week camp designed for adopted children, (domestic or international) ages 10 to 13. Adoption Summer Camp provides adopted children with a fun and creative way to spend their summer nights, while meeting other adopted children and discussing adoption related topics.

Adoption Summer Camp takes place on eight consecutive Tuesday evenings, June 21 to August 9, 2011, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm, at Sunny Ridge Family Center in Bolingbrook, Illinois. A pre-camp assessment is required for each participant. Adoption Summer Camp will focus on common adoption issues, such as identity, loss, feelings, adoption stories, and birth parents while providing a safe, confidential, and fun environment for participants. Snacks and beverages will be served at each night of camp.

SOMETHING FOR PARENTS Two Parent Workshops will be offered concurrently, on Weeks 4 and 6 (Tuesday, July 12 & 26). Then on the final night of Camp (Tuesday, August 9), parents are invited to attend and enjoy Camp with their children.

WHAT TO WEAR/WHAT TO BRING Children attending the Adoption Summer Camp should dress comfortably—shorts, jeans, t-shirts, etc., are all acceptable. Please do not bring any valuable personal items, such as jewelry, iPods, cameras, video game players, etc., as these are not allowed at Camp. Please do not bring food or beverages, as refreshments will be provided.

WHAT IS THE PRE-CAMP ASSESSMENT? A pre-camp assessment is a scheduled 15-minute meeting with a counselor and at least one parent (preferably both if applicable) and then with the child individually. The pre-camp assessment takes place prior to the camp and helps to assess the child’s readiness and willingness to participate in an adoption support group. Pre-camp assessment is required and should be scheduled after registration and no later than June 1, 2011. To schedule your pre-camp assessment, please contact Pam Shepard, LCSW, at Sunny Ridge Family Center, (630) 754-4522.

ATTENDANCE Participants are required to attend a minimum of six of the eight sessions. Regular attendance will provide your child with a quality camp experience and group cohesion among the children. The first session on June 21, 2011 is mandatory. Parents should plan on attending BOTH parent workshops, which occur during weeks 4 and 6, to better understand the complex issues that their children will discuss these weeks. During the pre-assessment, a camp agenda, including topics and activities, will be discussed. CAMP FEE Adoption Summer Camp fee is $350 per child, and includes the eight-week Camp, and two Parent Workshop sessions held during weeks 4 & 6.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration takes place online and begins on Friday, April 1, 2011. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis and should be completed as soon as possible. Camp size is a minimum of 5 participants, maximum of 15. You may choose to pay entire Camp fee of $350 when you register, or $175 at registration with the balance due by June 1, 2011. No child will be admitted to participate without payment of entire Camp fee. For more information please call Pam Shepard, LCSW at (630) 754-4522.

REFUND POLICY To receive a full refund, cancellations must be made by 5:00pm on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. No refunds will be made for later cancellations. Cancellations may be made in person, by phone or e-mail.

ADOPTION CAMP SESSIONS Eight Tuesday evening sessions: Tuesday, June 21 - Child Camp (mandatory) Tuesday, June 28 - Child Camp Tuesday, July 5 - Child Camp Tuesday, July 12 - Child Camp & Parent Workshop Tuesday, July 19 - Child Camp Tuesday, July 26 - Child Camp & Parent Workshop Tuesday, August 2 - Child Camp Tuesday, August 9 - Child Camp (Parents attend) NOTE: All Camp Sessions begin promptly at 6:30pm and conclude at 8:00pm. Please be sure your Camp participant arrives on time. Parents should plan to pick up their child no later than 15 minutes after the conclusion of each Session.

A TYPICAL EVENING AT CAMP* 6:30PM Welcome & Ice Breakers 6:45PM Adoption-related activities 7:15PM Adoption-related discussion 7:40PM Games 7:55PM Wrap Up 8:00PM Close

*Order of activities subject to change SUNNY RIDGE POST ADOPTION SERVICES The Post Adoption Services at Sunny Ridge Family Center provide adopted children and families continued support through parent education workshops and seminars, guided discussion groups for both adoptive parents and adoptees, summer camps and groups for adoptees, and adoption-competent individual and family counseling services. Sunny Ridge is an Illinois Licensed Child Welfare Agency, License #019976.

Royal Family Kids Camp of Lake & Cook Counties

Creating Hope and a week of "Positive Memories" for abused kids living in Foster Care

Mission: Through a one-week summer resident camp grounded in Christian values, to create hope and positive experiences/memories for abused, neglected, or abandoned kids living in foster care within our neighborhoods in Lake and Cook counties.

Background: Founded in 1985 by Wayne and Diane Tesch, RFKC, Inc. is a national 501(c)3 organization. Today, RFKC holds more than 165 camps in 40 states and 7 foreign countries and serves nearly 7,000 campers each summer. Each camp is a partnership between a church that provides the volunteers; the communities' social services agencies that provide the kids; local businesses, foundations, service clubs and friends that provide the funding; and RFKC that provides the critical training and proven format.

The Campers: The campers are boys and girls 7-11 years old that live in our communities. These children have been neglected, abused and separated from their siblings living in Foster Care or group homes. The children's only memories are of distrust, perpetual anger and low self-esteem. They are victims, longing to be accepted and loved, who would not normally have the opportunity for a camp experience.

Camp Dates: June 13-18, 2010

Camp Location: Lake Geneva Youth Camp, Lake Geneva, WI

Volunteer Opportunities: Counselors (RFKC will train you), nurses, social workers, activity & craft leaders, photographers, Grandpa & Grandma/Aunt & Uncle role models, and leaders in worship, drama & bible stories.

2010 Camp Week Needs List:

1. Foster Child Camp Scholarship
80 needed: $375 per child

2. Royal Family Kids’ Camp T-Shirts (to wear during camp)
80 needed: $6.95each / $563 total

3. White Royal Family Kids’ Camp T-Shirts (clean to wear home)
80 needed: $6.95 each / $563 total

4. Music CD’s with Camp Songs
80 needed: $5 each / $400 total

5. RFKC Children’s Living Bible
80 needed: $9 each/ $720 total
ALREADY PLEDGED!

6. Memory Book/ King Photo Album
80 needed: $3 each / $236 total

7. Royal Court Duffel Bag with RFKC Logo (Take-Home Memory Bag)
80 needed:$6.95 each/ $563 total

8. Camper Activity Books - 2009 Curriculum “Royal Court” (Esther / Daniel)

80 needed: $1.80 each / $144 total

9. CD Players for Take-Home Memory Bag; Batteries
80 needed: $15 each/ $1200 total

10. Everyone’s’ Birthday Boxes

80 Needed: $15 each/ $1200 total
ALREADY PLEDGED !

11. “Everyone’s’ Birthday” Sheet Cake & cupcakes for campers

1 cake & 80 cupcakes needed: $185 total

12. Clear Large Storage Bins, 26 gallon
7 needed: $12 each / $84 total

13. 40 Stuffed Animals for girl campers (already have knitted hedgehogs for boys)

40 needed $10 each/ $400 total

14. Craft / Woodworking supplies

80 needed: $20 each / $1600 total

For more information on volunteering or gifting, Please contact Bart Francour, Volunteer Director, at 847-382-0884 or Tim Vandenbos at 224-512-1940