Irina Edelyson, an accelerated second degree student, also helped staff the camp for the weekend. She helped younger children get ready for bed and stayed with them in their cabins while a camp board member came, dressed in costume, to read bedtime stories. Everything was a surprise in a good way. Her breadth of experiences enabled her to create a PowerPoint slide presentation about the camp for board members to use in their fund- raising and recruitment endeavors. One of the special qualities of the camp is the one to one adult to child ratio.
Volunteers staff the camp.
They include chaplains, teachers, hospice workers, therapists, and those with big compassionate hearts interested in helping grieving children. Counselors and children participate in many traditional camp activities crafts, songs, campfires and games. All activities are planned to help children address aspects of their bereavement experiences. They are encouraged to share their feelings with others, in hopes that they will work through facets of their grief. Because children often can't verbalized deep feelings, they have opportunities to express themselves with pictures, colors, movement and songs.